Book Description
The most complete, up-to-date baby-naming book on the market. The very best baby-naming book ever! 40,001 Best Baby Names is the essential resource you need to name your baby. This one-stop, baby-naming shop includes important sections such as ten steps to naming a baby, real-life stories and 75 lists of suggestions that range from ethnic names to presidential and bad-to-the-bone names. Creative lists, indispensable information and thousands of names will help you think about your baby's name in a new way and give you solid information (and maybe even a chuckle). Includes: --Every name you can imagine and thousands more --Dozens more individualized lists --A section on how names shape our lives --Advice on how to change your own name --And so much more! Includes 75 great lists to help you choose --The most popular names for every decade --15 lists of ethnic names --Names that spawn difficult nicknames --Ugly names that are in, pretty names that are out --Celebrity baby names --And LOTS MORE!

About the Author
Diane Stafford is the author of four books that are being published in 2002, including Potty Training for Dummies, No More Panic Attacks, and Migraines for Dummies, which she co-authored with her daughter Jennifer Shoquist, M.D. Over the past twenty years, she has served as editor-in-chief of Health & Fitness Magazine, Texas Woman Magazine, Houston Home & Garden Magazine, Dallas-Fort Worth Home & Garden Magazine, Philanthropy in Texas, and Latin Music Magazine. She also started Health & Fitness Groups in New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Miami.

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