Lists of Names


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Baby Names Now


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A guide to baby names and their meanings draws on research from a variety of sources.







Names New and Old


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These essays tell the story of geographic, literary, personal and various other types of names. Information on names is offered chronologically from 1391 up to the present time and the 'hip-lit' names used in Bret Easton Ellis's Less than Zero. There are also technical studies, such as the names of drugs in the world of street-Spanish, and the sound patterns of proper names in the English language.