A Dictionary of First Names
Patrick Hanks(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 1. October 1990
Book
Hardback
479 pages
978-0-19-211651-2 (ISBN)
Description
This dictionary explains the origin and meaning of some 4500 European and American names, while two appendices cover the most commonly recurring Indian and Arabic names. Entries give the ethnic and linguistic root of a name, cross-referring them to those closely related, and list associated cognates, masculine and feminine forms, variants, diminutives, derivatives and pet forms. Summarizing much historical and etymological information, this authoritative reference work will be beneficial to family historians, genealogists, linguists and the interested general reader.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-211651-2 (9780192116512)
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