Cool Names for Babies [Paperback]

Pamela Redmond Satran (Author), Linda Rosenkrantz (Author)

Book Description

Release date: January 22, 2008

Five years ago, America’s leading baby-name experts, Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz, wrote a hip little book to answer the question they were asked most frequently: “What are the cool names?” Cool marches on, so it’s time for a fresh new look at the latest trends, including:
• Little Caesars: Led by celebrities (from Daniel Baldwin’s Atticus to Julia Roberts’s Phinnaeus), Latinate boys’ names are hot, hot, hot

• Scarlet Ladies: Sexy siren names, from Lola and Scarlett to biblical bad girls Salome and Delilah

• Hollywood Squared: Golden Age silver-screen glamour is in, from Ava to Gable, as in Clark

• Thunderbolts: Brisk and bold one-syllable boys’ names like Colt, Cade, Trent, and Stone.

• Vowel Names: As in Addison, Ella, Oliver, and Olivia.

Plus the coolest baby-name ideas you won’t find anywhere else: Coolest Flower Name, Coolest Royal Name, Coolest Palindrome Name, Coolest Fruit Name, Coolest Poet Name. Inspired, fun, and exciting, the new Cool Names has all of the hottest names for babies.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The up-to-the-minute word on what’s hot and what’s not from ‘the arbiters of hip baby names.’”

---The Wall Street Journal

 

“Part advice manual, part pop sociology text...Satran and Rosenkrantz have a pretty solid record of prognosticating.”

---The New York Times Magazine

About the Author

PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN and LINDA ROSENKRANTZ are the bestselling baby-naming experts on Parenting.com and the authors of Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana (now in its fifth edition) and The Baby Name Bible, as well as the original edition of Cool Names, which have sold a combined total of well over a million copies.  Pam lives in Montclair, New Jersey, and Linda in Los Angeles, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Second Edition, Revised and Updated edition (January 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031237786X
• ISBN-13: 978-0312377861
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars There are some crazy names, but good ones too! May 5, 2008

By T. Zeller

Format:Paperback

I bought the first edition when I was pregnant with our first child and found her name within the strange and weird. Our second daughters name came for the first edition as well. These names are WELL beyond the Jacobs and Emilys we know at least 15 each of. There are the strangest of the strange, Zell, and beautifully normal, Audrey and Wyatt. This book will definitely let you decide what you DO NOT want to name your child as well as what you could live with.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book if you are struggling with choosing a name! August 6, 2008

By Skatcat

Format:Paperback

I almost didn't pick up this book in the bookstore. I mean, I figure any book that actually gives itself the moniker of "cool" would by default NOT be cool, right? Plus, there are tons of free website with lists of names, so why would I need to buy a book? But I started thumbing through it, showed it to my husband and we decided it was exceptional enough to buy it.

The book is grouped into categories, and sure, some of them are a little unusual. We aren't the types to name our kids after a video game character or a supermodel, but some of the other categories were right up our alley. I especially loved the suggestions for taking an ordinary name and tweaking it slightly to make it more unusual or exotic. Great idea! This book also reminded me of names I hadn't thought about in years, many of which I hadn't seen on the "free" websites.

All in all, definitely worth checking out if you are stumped for names and want something that not half the other kids in preschool will have.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Not your typical baby name book and that's a good thing July 21, 2008

By Casey

Format:Paperback

Out of all of the baby name books that I went through, this was one that stands out. It does have a lot of trendy names in there but that's part of the point of the book. If you're looking for more traditional names, there are tons of books that will do that for you. This one can point you in directions that you might not have thought of and I think that's a good thing. It's easy to read and the organization make it more entertaining to get through (you don't have to go through lists and lists of names in alphabetical order). Don't get me wrong, I think books with lists of names are useful but sometimes sheer quantity is not what you need.

On a side note, a great web resource is the Baby Name Wizard. Loved how that site charts the popularity of names over time and puts it into an easy to read format. I got the book by the same guys and it's okay. It just seems like another baby name book with lists of names. The website presents the information in a much better format in my opinion.