Bring Back Beatrice!: 1,108 Baby Names With Meaning, Character, and a Little Bit of Attitude - Softcover

Griffin, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761158952 ISBN 13: 9780761158950

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, 2011

Synopsis

In a world where too many babies are named Ashley and Jayden and too many baby name books are saccharine pink and blue, here comes something singular: a book that brings meaning, taste, character, a little bit of attitude, and a refreshing lack of trendiness to the art of naming a baby. Bring Back Beatrice! is a clarion call for parents who know they are naming not just a cuddly newborn, but a human being a person who will be proud to carry a name like Iris, meaning rainbow (after the Greek messenger goddess who connected the heavens to the earth); Bennett, the medieval form of the name Benedict, meaning blessing; Henry, good enough for eight English kings after all, it means home ruler; Diana, the Roman goddess of hunting, the allegorical antecedent of the virgin Queen Elizabeth, and alterego of Wonder Woman; or Beatrice, an old-fashioned beauty with roots in

About this title

About the Author:

Jennifer (“soft and white”) Griffin is the author of Humpty Who? and the mother of two. As a Jennifer—the most common name of her generation— she has been obsessed with names her whole life. She and her husband live in New York City with their son, Luke (“worshipful”), and daughter, Josephine (“God adds”). 

About this edition

• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0761158952
• ISBN 13: 9780761158950
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 600