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Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana: What to Name Your Baby Now | 
 enlarge | Authors: Linda Rosenkrantz, Pamela Redmond Satran
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 48431
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 4th
Pages: 480
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0312940955
Dewey Decimal Number: 929
EAN: 9780312940959
ASIN: 0312940955
Publication Date: August 29, 2006
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Amazon.com Review
For expectant parents, it's part of the tradition to pore endlessly over baby-name books searching for the perfect moniker. Names carry stereotypes, vary in perceived attractiveness (a blond bombshell named Gertrude?), and help influence how we see ourselves. As Sigmund Freud once said, "A human being's name is a principal component in her person, perhaps a piece of his soul." In Beyond Jennifer and Jason, Madison and Montana, name experts Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran present a baby-name book that goes far beyond the usual name lists and definitions. Satran and Rosenkrantz provide a thorough history of American naming traditions, discuss the psychological and sociological impact of names, and, yes, include list after list after list of possibilities organized into categories: popular names, old-fashioned names, comfy names, yuppie names, African-American names, androgynous names, Shakespearean names, unpopular names, creative names, mythological names, effective and ineffective middle names, classical names... and so on. Annotated with humorous notes, descriptions, quotes, and name-derivation definitions, the book is a fun and fascinating read even for those not debating between Gravity and Jane or Mason and Hendrick. --Ericka Lutz
Product Description
Quoted everywhere from Parenting to The Wall Street Journal, with over a million copies of their books in print, bestselling authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the baby-name experts. In this fresh and expanded new edition of “the best baby-naming book ever written” (The News Journal), they offer irresistible lists of names you won’t find anywhere else, along with their trademark wit and insight on the most important questions—and answers—for expectant parents:
Style:
What’s hot and what’s cool--including Honest Names, Spiritual Names, Kreeatif Names, The Two-Syllable Solution, Word Names, The Exotics, and a Girl Named Boy.
Popularity:
The most popular names in America and around the world, and whatcelebrities are naming their babies.
Image:
What’s really in a name, and why Briyana spells trouble
Sex:
What’s it like for a girl to grow up with a traditionally feminine name like Abigail or Blossom; a no-frills name like Alice or Jane; or a unisex name like Dylan or Dakota? And are there any decidedly masculine names left for boys?
Tradition: A concise history of American baby-naming, plus inspired ways to reflect your own cultural heritage.
Family: Whose name is it, anyway? and other vital considerations.
“Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides…[Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line.”—Entertainment Weekly
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| Customer Reviews: Read 51 more reviews...
 Perfect Baby Name Book August 27, 2008
Rory Hughes (Chicago)
So many baby name books just list names broken down into various categories and maybe they give you some details for the name (origin, pronunciation, etc.). I thought this book was great because it really gives you advice on naming your children. Plus it was fun and easy to read which is always good.
 Boring....... February 14, 2008
S. Venters (Denver, Co)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The names in this book are boring and really quite ridiculous. We didn't like any of the names in this book.
I wouldn't recommend it. If you want to look through it, go to Barnes and Noble and browse. Not worth the $$.
Good if you like to categorize things December 30, 2007
S. Rogers (Santa Rosa, CA, USA)
While it didn't show me any names I liked that I haven't heard before, I did like the lists of what is popular, and it categorizes names in tons of ways, so it's kind of a fun way to look for a name. We still haven't chosen one yet, but we'll keep poring through the book.
Not as good as others August 31, 2007
T. Gray
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am an avid Amazon shopper, and I was disappointed with this book. It's just pages of a bunch of lists of names. A lot of names are repeated in different categories. I would recommend the book, Baby Name Wizard.
 Okay, and has some good ideas July 8, 2007
R. DeVita (NJ)
I liked some of the ideas that the authors presented, but overall I found the way that they broke up the book to be confusing. The names were not listed alphabetically, and in several cases I would read one section, and have some of the same names from earlier listed in another section. I will definitely be searching for another book to help me find a better variety of names with more organization.
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