The Parent Soup Baby Name Finder: Real Advice from Real Parents Who Have Named Their Babies and Lived to Tell about It...

by Kate Hanley

Including more than 15,000 names, this book show parents how to deal with flak from family and friends and learn to recognize when it's time to put away the books and start getting used to the name... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809229617
• ISBN13: 9780809229611
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Top of the Top 18

Interesting spelling and different grouping of names , but there is a lacking of meanings that can be found in other baby names books. Although there are lacings in this book there are good names and groupings.

Wonderful Book!

This was a wonderful book! I'm only 13, but I just love names and this is my favorite name book out of the 6 I own. Thanks for making it wonderful, Kate Hanley!

Thank you Parent Soup!

Parent Soup - you have done it! What a great "tool" to help with finding the perfect name! The category lists were a marvelous idea - everything from the standard lists (boy or girl names) to unisex names, ethnic names, and even how many syllables a name contains. My favorite parts of the book were the tips given by parents like me, who have been through it all - from how to handle giving your child a name that has been passed down in the family to which spelling to use for a certain name. These parents offer up their best advice to help you make the big name decision. We had so much fun with this book as a family! My children really enjoyed looking up the meanings of their names, and even talked about what they might name their own children someday. I got the chance to tell each of my children again why we had chosen their names, giving them a little more insight into who they are. I am giving a copy to an expecting friend as a shower gift. I think she and her husband will have a great time trying to find just the "right" name for their new baby. Thank you Parent Soup for putting this together with the help of your members!

I Wish This Book Had Been Available To Me Long Ago!

Parent Soup's Baby Name Finder is much more than lists of name possibilities. This book deals with the real issues that many parents face when considering names for their bundles of joy. Real parents from Parent Soup's online parenting community give tips on how to handle such issues as "dealing with flak from family and friends" and how to determine if you have a "keeper". The tips are not preachy; they only offer several opinions that all parents will want to consider.And those lists are fabulous! This book offers 42 lists in which to categorize names. If you want a Welsh name that has three syllables, you can find several here! You can even find out how your child's name ranks on a popularity scale. Did you know that Tatiana is one of the 50 most popular girls' names of the 90's?My children thoroughly enjoyed looking their names up and learning about the ethnic origin associated with those names. Some were thrilled to find out that they had popular names, while others thought it was cool that their names were more "unique". This book should be in every family's personal library. What a great resource for children when they have to do that inevitable report on the history of their names. And what a wondeful gift for soon-to-be parents. This book is just plain fun to read. It offers down-to-earth advice from "real" parents just like all of us.

Did you know Yanni means the same thing as John?

I like that there are so many different types of names in the book, but my favorite part are the tips and stories from parents about naming their babies. There are also fun tidbits of information--like 27 Ways to say John. The lists they have are also really handy--I wanted an Irish name, so I went straight to the list in the back of the book and saw all my options right there. Of course, I'm a big Parent Soup fan--and this book is worthy of their name!