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The Penguin Dictionary of First Names

Author: David Pickering   Series: Penguin Reference

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The Reference Relaunch is a major event in reference publishing - Penguin Dictionaries are getting a brand new look

Names have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. With 150 plus entries, this book takes a look at over 5,000 examples, ranging from the familiar to the comparatively obscure, drawn from different parts of the English-speaking world.

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The Reference Relaunch is a major event in reference publishing - Penguin Dictionaries are getting a brand new look

Names have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. With 150 plus entries, this book takes a look at over 5,000 examples, ranging from the familiar to the comparatively obscure, drawn from different parts of the English-speaking world.

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The Reference Relaunch is a major event in reference publishing - Penguin Dictionaries are getting a brand new lookWhat's in a name? Rather more than you might at first suspect, for names are steeped in history and myth and have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. Now fully updated for its second edition, with 150 new entries, The Penguin Dictionary of First Names takes a close look at over 5,000 examples, ranging from the familiar to the comparatively obscure, drawn from all parts of the English-speaking world. Detailed and informative, it is essential reading for expectant parents and for anyone who is intrigued by the story attached to each name.

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About the Author

David Pickering is a freelance writer and editor. He is the author of a number of reference works including the Cassell Dictionary of Abbreviations and the Cassell Dictionary of Proverbs. He lives in Buckingham.

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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
5th August 2004
Edition
2nd
Pages
400
ISBN
9780141013985

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