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African-American Baby Name Book
by Teresa Norman
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Berkley Trade (1998-02-01)
ISBN: 0425159396
EAN: 9780425159392
Dewy Decimal #: 929.408996073
Paperback: 192 pages
SKU: V088RTUM
Condition: Used: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Names are a hallmark of our heritage, reflections of both the ethnic and religious roots of our past and our dreams for our children's future. This A-to-Z guide includes more than 10,000 names, ranging from African names to contemporary names to traditonal Muslim names and more. Also featured is advice on alternative spellings, information on origins and meanings, and tips on choosing a name that will help parents reflect the treasure of the child who owns it.
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Customer Reviews
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I think it's great!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-01-25
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I think that this is a very good book! I read the reviews from others saying there's not African names in there or there's European names, etc... but this is an African-AMERICAN baby name book. I think it's very good and thorough. You can't expect every name ever thought of to be in it because that changes everyday. I love the layout, the meanings, origins, etc. I'd highly recommend it to others looking for names for their child. It's a great place to get good ideas. We have 3 African-American girls and although their names aren't in this book it still was interesting to read and it gave us a nice starting point in the decision making process. I think Teresa did a fantastic job writing this!
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Most names not African, save your money
Rating  (1)
Date: 2006-12-20
Being an African myself, I was really excited to read a compilation of African names...but I was bamboozled. Majority of these names are not even African. I do not understand how Arabic names are considered African. I would borrow this from the library because it is not really helpful. It is truly disappointing.
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ok book
Rating  (3)
Date: 2002-01-25
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
but it depends on what you're looking for. i didn't realize that an african-american baby name book would include so many names from europe, etc. but our country is very diverse, so i guess that's where the "american" part comes in. it's a good book with plenty of names to choose from.
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Weak selection of african names from the mother country!
Rating  (2)
Date: 2002-01-01
4 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was very disappointing, there were too many names that were of other origins beside Africa and I wanted african names for my child. The african names it had, the very few there were, should have had the way to pronounciate them, which would have been a help. Anyhow, I have used the many websites for african names to find a name for my child. I would have done better with another book.
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Not all it's cracked up to be
Rating (1)
Date: 2000-01-30
32 out of 33 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought this book with high hopes of finding names of an African cultural and/or religious background and instead I got a book with a hodge podge of names - some African, some Spanish, some Celtic (and so on) and some made-up ghetto fabulous names that I certainly was not expecting to be held up by this author as names to pass on to the next generation of African American babies. Unless you are looking for names outside of our culture or have been wondering how to spell Shaniqua, I'd pick another book.
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