Personal
Names
Use the following Library books and recommended websites to get
information on Personal Names.
Reference Books
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Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana: What to name
your baby now.
REF CS2377 .R67 1999
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Muslim names and their meanings.
REF CS2970 .N8 1984
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Bible baby names : spiritual choices from Judeo-Christian
tradition.
REF CS2377 .D49 1996
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A dictionary of Muslim names.
REF CS2970 .A34 1999
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Baby names from around the world.
Fields, Maxine.
REF CS2377 .F5
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Encyclopedia of American family names.
REF CS2485 .R6 1995
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The Jonathan David dictionary of first names.
REF CS2367 .K64
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American nicknames; their origin and significance.
REF E179 .S545 1955
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First name reverse dictionary : given names listed by meaning.
REF CS2377 .N37 1993
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American surnames.
REF CS2485 .S63
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Dictionary of surnames.
REF CS2385 .H27 1997
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New dictionary of American family names.
REF CS2481 .S55 1973
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The Guinness book of names.
REF P323 .D8 1995
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1,001 African names : first and last names from the African
continent.
REF CS2375.A33 S73 1996
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People's names : a cross-cultural reference guide to the proper
use of over 40,000 personal and familial names in over 100 cultures.
REF CS2305 .I54 1997
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African names : names from the African continent for children and
adults.
REF CS2375.A33 S74 1993
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Book of Irish names : first, family & place names.
REF DA979 .C64 1989
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Names from Africa; their origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
REF CS2375.A33 C48
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The Dictionary of Irish family names.
REF CS2415 .G74 1997
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A handbook of African names.
REF CS2375.A33 M3 1994
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A dictionary of English surnames.
REF CS2505 .R39 1997
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Hispanic surnames and family history.
REF CS2745 .P53 1996
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The New Century Cyclopedia of Names
REF PE1625 .C43 1954 |
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Dictionary of American Family Names
REF CS2485 .D53 2003 |
More Books
Use the
Library Catalog
to find more books on names.
Suggested Subject Headings include:
Names
Names,
Personal
Generally, books on names will be in the CS200 section
of the stacks.
Journal Articles
Journals and magazines usually provide the most current
information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or
professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. To find
articles on names, use one of the online indexes listed below.
Use subjects similar to those used to locate books - personal
names, first names, names. Limit your search to a
specific ethnicity or nationality by using and.
EbscoHost Masterfile Premier
Ethnic NewsWatch
Gender Watch
For remote access to the
library databases, see
E-Resources
Login & Searching Options.
Internet Sites
The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the
information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is
important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to
determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet
sites that may be useful are listed here.
Behind the Name
http://www.behindthename.com/
The etymology and history of first names.
What's In Your Name?
http://www.kabalarians.com/gkh/your.htm
The Society of Kabalarians (a registered non-profit society)
provides name analyses.
First Names & Surnames from the 1990 Census in America
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html
You can search by female, male, or surname.
Chinese Surnames
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3919/
This site contains links found in the Hundred Families Surnames
and an alphabetical index to Chinese surnames.
AfriGeneas: African Ancestored Genealogy
http://www.afrigeneas.com/
There is a surname database and a searchable collection of census
records, slave data, and other documents (see Library).
U.S. Surname Distribution
http://www.hamrick.com/names/
By entering a surname, you will retrieve a map showing the distribution of
people with that surname within the 50 United States. Limitation: Only the
50,000 most common U.S. surnames are searched, so less common names
retrieve no results.
Family Search
http://www.familysearch.org/
The genealogy website of The Church oh Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints. The Church has the world's largest family history library.
Ellis Island Records
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
Between 1892 and 1924 over 22 million passengers and ship crews came
through Ellis Island and the port of New York. You can research passenger
records from ships that brought the immigrants.
Last Name Meanings
http://www.last-names.net
NameSite.com
http://www.namesite.com
Google
http://www.google.com
Use this search engine to see if there is a web
site for names of a particular ethnicity or nationality, type in the search as
follows: personal name and japanese (or other nationality)
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