Baby Name Books

The Baby Name Wizard : A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby

Yes, your baby’s perfect name is out there.

The trick is finding it.

The perfect baby name will speak to your heart, give your child a great start in life and maybe even satisfy your relatives. But you can't expect to just stumble on a name like that in an A to Z dictionary or on a trendy list.

That’s why you need The Baby Name Wizard. Created by a name-searching mom, it uses groundbreaking research and computer generated models to pinpoint each name’s image, examine its usage and popularity over the last 100 years, and suggest other promising ideas. A perfect guide to the modern world of names, The Baby Name Wizard will engage you from the first name you look up and keep you enchanted through your journey to the just-right name for your baby.

The Name Book

A unique guide to the spiritual meaning of names

More than 10,000 names and the message behind them: cultural origin, literal meaning, spiritual connotation, and a related verse of scripture.

For years, The Name Book has been a treasury of the meanings and origins of names. Now revised to include many

75,000+ Baby Names for the 21st Century

The largest collection of baby names in the world! Modern, traditional and global names give new parents a culturally diverse and imaginitive range of baby names.

The Perfect Baby Name

The Perfect Baby Name is a guide to choosing a first name that sounds good with your last name. Names that are pleasing to the ear are easy to remember—and if people remember your name, they think of you first for party invitations, job referrals, and social introductions. A great-sounding name can make your child more popular and successful in life. Just think of how many memorable celebrity names repeat similar sounds, like Lucy Liu, Wayne Brady, and Elvis Presley.

Using the most basic rules of poetry and phonetics, The Perfect Baby Name shows you how to examine your surname by the sum of its parts--consonants, vowels, syllables, and accents--and match it with a complimentary first name. Once you have learned this simple technique, you can turn to the lists of first names with pronunciation guides, organized by sounds and rhythms.

Here's how it works with the surname Green: Break down the sounds: G, R, long E, and N. These are the four different sounds (or phonemes) in that name. Now refer to those four different lists in the back of the book. The G list has names like Hugo and Morgan... The R list has Rex and Aurora... The E (long) list, Eli and Alicia... The N list, Nathaniel and Lindy... All of these names sound good with Green, so now it's just a matter of personal preference. If your last name happens to be Green, simply scan the lists for the name you like best and choose your perfect match.