The Guinness Book of Names

by Leslie Dunkling (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $4.21

  Incorporating details of usage in recent years, this updated and expanded edition includes statistical profiles of more than 1000 first names to indicate their popularity over time. Among the other kinds of names examined are surnames and what they reveal about our ancestors, nicknames, and place-name words such as Attic, Balaclava and Badminton.

• Used

  Paperback
  1986

  $3.25

• Used

  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.56

  Features which are new to this seventh edition of a reference book on proper names include advice on remembering someone's name, taking a husband's surname, and why people choose particular names for their children. The book also includes quotes on surnames, a name-day section which looks at the association of first names with particular days of the year, and an updated feature which charts the changing popularity of different names through the ages. The top 50 names of 1994 are listed.