BOOK REVIEW:
THE BABY NAME BIBLE
The
Book: The Baby Name Bible
The Authors: Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda
Rosenkrantz
Publication
Info: Published March, 2007 by
St. Martin’s Press, New York
Author’s Track Record: Satran and Rosenkrantz
are two of America’s most successful baby name authors,
and this book is their tenth baby name book. They began with Beyond
Jennifer and
Jason… and over the years have extended
the “Beyond” brand to include Irish, Jewish, and
English baby names, as well as American.
What You Get:
It’s a dictionary-format book, interspersed with panels
containing a wide variety of baby name lists, ideas, suggestions,
and trivia. The breezy, casual style is a tried-and-true formula
from Satran and Rosenkrantz. The Baby
Name Bible offers lists
like “Cool Biblical Names…” reminiscent
of the laid-back
approach in their book Cool Names For
Babies.
The introduction comes with a list of Top Ten Tips for successful
baby naming.
You’ll also find Names from the Movies;
Cool Saint’s
Names; Names
that are
Classic but not Boring; Chic French Names; Cool Nickname Names;
Names Dads Like More Than Moms; Names Kids Love Having, and
so on.
Each letter of the
alphabet
comes with a list of “Stellar
Starbabies” names, which is another way of saying Celebrity
Baby Names.
Most letters
of the alphabet
also include
one name for which Satran and Rosenkrantz provide international
variations.
The listings themselves come with a set of
symbols, including the popularity trend, whether or not a name
is unisex, and what the authors consider “best bets.” Origins
and meanings
are included, along with spelling variants.