Babies' Names
Collins (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 15. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-00-472291-7 (ISBN)
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Description
An updated and completely authoritative guide to over 1500 first names, now reissued in a new flexibinding This Collins Gem is being reissued in flexibinding, providing the durability of a hardback with the flexibility of a paperback. The stylish new cover design will enliven this and 70 other bestselling Gems. Have you recently named your child Chloe or Jack? If you have, you have chosen the most popular babies' names of the moment in Britain. Other names which are growing in popularity and which are included in Collins Gem Babies' Names are Megan, Georgia and Courtney for girls and Callum, Nathan, Brandon and Joe for boys. This updated edition lists all names alphabetically, giving a pronunciation guide, background to the origins of the name and any pet names or related names. Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Afro-Caribbean and European names, as well as Christian names, are all included. A guide to registering your baby's birth and points to consider when naming your child, plus lists of the most popular girls' and boys' names, complete this comprehensive guide to first names.
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Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 117 mm
Width: 82 mm
Weight
163 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-472291-7 (9780004722917)
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Julia Cresswell
Collins Gem Babies' Names
Book
03/2002
Collins
€24.94
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Previous edition
Harper Collins Publishers
Collins Gem Babies' Names
Book
05/1998
4th Edition
Collins
€24.34
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Person
Julia Cresswell is an authority on first names. In addition to Gem Babies' Names, she has also written Collins Gem Irish First Names and the Collins Dictionary of Allusions, and is presently preparing Scottish First Names.
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