Baby Names Keepsake (Hardcover)

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Product Description

A name is a legacy, bearing both family and cultural connections. Parents are invited to choose the perfect name for their baby with Anne Geddes' new keepsake book. A multicultural list of over 3,000 names, each includes the origin and meaning. The book is illuminated by over 200 Geddes images--some in full-page spreads. This is a treasure to be handed down from generation to generation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 100 pages
• Publisher: Cedco Publishing Company; 1St Edition edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0768320011
• ISBN-13: 978-0768320015
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #871,149 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An adorable book of baby photos to accompany baby names, April 16, 1999

By	W. Darling (Scottsdale, Arizona) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A nice book to not only look up baby names and meanings, but to enjoy all those precious little people! I only gave it 3 stars because it is still after all, a baby-naming book. However, of all the books seen in this category, it is definitely the best! Very enjoyable!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful baby name book, April 6, 2004

By	M. E Flanagan-Paull "molly123marshall" (Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a wonderful baby name book, one of the best I've seen available. It's a good size (approx 8" x 10"). There are pages for photos, birth information, and "why your name was chosen" at the front, hence the "keepsake" aspect to it. The girls section is in the first half of the book, the boys in the second half, and each section is alphabetized, so it's easy to look up a name's meaning. There are common names such as Anne and Ashley, as well as unique names such as Aurelia and Ailsa. Here are two examples of how the names are defined (note: in the book, each name is in bold):

Isaac, "God may smile upon me," Hebrew. In the Old Testament, the son of Abraham who was saved from being sacrificed.
Liam, Irish Gaelic short form of William.

So as you can see, some name definitions are longer than others, yet most (99%) provide name meaning and origin. Anne Geddes baby photos are scattered throughout, and the layout is reader-friendly, so overall I find it to be a helpful and adorable book. Therefore I highly recommend it to others. Best wishes!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book.... Limited Names, November 22, 2004

By	ABWK "Gavin's Mama" (Auburn, IN) - See all my reviews

I LOVE Anne Geddes and this is a beautiful book. I gave this to my husband when I found out I was pregnant and told him that he might want to read it. We spent a lot of time looking at it, but in the end the name we picked wasn't even in the book. There are many to choose from, but we had more luck on the internet and in some larger books.