Beyond Jennifer & Jason Madison & Montana: What to Name Your Baby Now

Quoted everywhere from Parenting to The Wall Street Journal with more than a million copies of their books in print bestselling authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the baby-name experts. In this fresh and expanded new edition of the best baby-naming book ever written (The News Journal) they offer irresistible lists of names you wont find anywhere else along with their trademark wit and insight on the most important questions---and answers---for expectant parents:. Style: Whats hot and whats cool---including Honest Names Spiritual Names Kreeatif Names The Two-Syllable Solution Word Names The Exotics and a Girl Named Boy. Popularity: The most popular names in America and around the world and whatcelebrities are naming their babies. Image: Whats really in a name and why Briyana spells trouble. Sex: Whats it like for a girl to grow up with a traditionally feminine name like Abigail or Blossom; a no-frills name like Alice or Jane; or a unisex name like Dylan or Dakota? And are there any decidedly masculine names left for boys?. Tradition: A concise history of American baby naming plus inspired ways to reflect your own cultural heritage. Family: Whose name is it anyway? And other vital considerations