Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana What to Name Your Baby Now [Paperback]

Quoted everywhere fromParentingtoThe 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 won't find anywhere else, along with their trademark wit and insight on the most important questions---and answers---for expectant parents:

Style: What's hot and what's 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 what
celebrities are naming their babies

Image: What's really in a name, and why Briyana spells trouble

Sex: What's 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

The classic baby name guide. The New York Times Magazine

The arbiter of hip baby names. The Wall Street Journal

TheSpymagazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names. Scripps Howard News Service

Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides, [Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line. Entertainment Weekly

Linda Rosenkrantzis the author ofTelegram! Modern History as Told Through More than 400 Witty, Poignant and Revealing Telegramsand the memoir,My Life as a List: 207 Things About My (Bronx) Childhood. In addition to writing articles to numelc0