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The Baby Name Survey Book Paperback – June 1, 1998

by Bruce Lansky (Author)

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What will people thing about your baby's name?

The Baby Name Survey Book, previously titled The Baby Name Personality Survey, is not just a baby name book -- it is a reflection of how popular culture affects the perception of popular names. This is the fist name book to provide information on what people think about names. With the information in this book, parents can pick a name for their child with positive connotations, and avoid names that might subject their child to teasing.

A total of over 100,000 parents were surveyed to determine the most common images people hold about the most popular names for babies. For this new edition, over 300 new names were added to the original 1,400 names, and many of the names were updated to reflect the most up-to-date information about the names you're considering for your baby, including:

The new image of names associated with celebrities, such as Newt, Colin, Denzel, Selena, Winona, and Mariah;
- The image of trendy names such as Taylor, Cody, Sierra, Dakota, Caitlin, and Jasmine;
  - The image of newly popular ethnic and international names, such as Keisha, Latanya, Jamila, Asia, Rasheed, Alejandro, and Andre.

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250 pages
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English
Publisher

Meadowbrook
Publication date

June 1, 1998
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6 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
ISBN-10

0671023853
ISBN-13

978-0671023850
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Meadowbrook (June 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671023853
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671023850
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches

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Bruce Lansky is the #1 author of baby-name books in North America. His name books include: 100,000+ Baby Names, 60,000+ Baby Names, The Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World, The Very Best Baby Name Book, and 25,000+ Baby Names.

He is also one of North America’s most popular authors and editors of children’s poetry and children’s fiction. His twenty children’s poetry books (including Kids Pick the Funniest Poems and Mary Had a Little Jam) have sold more than 3.5 million copies. His three children’s fiction series including Girls to the Rescue™, Newfangled Fairy Tales™ and Can You Solve the Mystery?™ have sold more than 1.4 million copies. He also launched two series of picture books for young children: Picture Readers (for children ages 3 to 6) and Early Readers (for beginning readers).

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Dylite Hiatt

Useful and entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2020

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I use this mainly for story writing and gameplay characters. It's quite entertaining to look up your friend's names together.

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RM

Saying that people think one name is "a hick that's a snob" is just garbage writing for a baby name book

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2014

Awful book. He basically describes the qualities of celebrities that share these names, in a broad, generic way. Otherwise he pulled descriptions right out of his ass. Saying that people think one name is "a hick that's a snob" is just garbage writing for a baby name book. "She's most likely African-American" or "he is tall with a big gut." Hack book that's sole purpose is to cash in on parents looking to name their child.

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Melissa H

PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT NAMES,NOT VALID NAME GUIDE,IS INTERESTING

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2016

As other reviewers have explained,this book is basically a book about preconceived
notions relating to any name. Example,"Fatima" (a fat,unattractive woman") or "Michael"
("a strong,handsome man") or my name,"Melissa" (petite, young girl who is sweet but, spoiled").
The concept is interesting but,I do not think extremely valid and the reason is,we go through fads,fashions,
cycles of popularity where names come and go.
I read this as a curiosity but,I would NOT recommend this book as a "guide' incidentally,this was published
in 1998 so,some names popular back then,are no longer !!! The authors sent out questionnaires to different
people(men/women,urban/rural) to see what their thoughts were on various names but,again,"preconceived
notions". I would not rely on this book when choosing a baby's name-seek out other baby name books.

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Jennifer

Necessary and lovely

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2016

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I know this book is a little dated, but the basic names are there to help a first time mom figure out what people will instinctively think of her child's name. Unique names are wonderful, but resume names are vital comparatively! Look at this book for guidance.....

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Lizzie Borden

great deal and resource

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2013

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I absolutely love this author and this book has helped me, my sister and countless friends name our kids. It's a must buy!

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Magical Wanderings & Fantastical Travel

Used for writing...

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2014

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I purchased this for naming characters in a fiction project I am working on. It definitely came in handy, not only for finding names, but for finding out what pre-conceived perceptions people may have for those names.

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M'ette

I found this oddly accurate.

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2021

When I was head cashier at a popular book store, we had a sweaty, disheveled man RUSH in demanding to find baby name books. I showed him the section and pointed out this one as my favorite. It turns out that his wife had JUST given birth, to a RED head. All their names flew out the window.
It might be dated, but the surveys were eerily accurate. It also helps to consider potential nicknames.
I wouldn't want anyone calling Robert 'Bob' for instance. I like 'Dan'l 'for Daniel though.
I was amazed at how accurate stereotypes are. It made me wonder if the person grew to be the presumption of the name.

Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2008

I own alot of name books simply because the subject fascinates me. This book really isn't one of my favorites. The concept seemed like a good one. Instead of focusing on the definitions, orgins, etc. of names it looks at how various names are percieved by the rest of society. It is a great idea but unfortunately this book never reaches its full potential. I guess that I just found the results of this book to be bizarre (and not in a good way!). It is really hard to believe that people would describe the image that a particular name conjures up so specifically. I mean hair color, weight, personality, wouldn't everyone have a different opinion on this subject? The whole thing is questionable. Im not saying that the author of this book didn't do his research (I am pretty sure that the book would not have been published without legitimate sources checking the author's findings thoroughly). What I AM saying is that I could have written this book myself sans research and the general public wouldn't know the difference. Not a top pick.

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