INTRODUCTION
What's a "New Age" Baby Name Book?
CHAPTER 1
Choosing a Name for the Twenty-First Century
CHAPTER 2
The Psychology of Naming Your Baby
Name That Stereotype
CHAPTER 3
Twelve Fun, Easy Ways to Create a Special Name
CHAPTER 4
Choosing a Name from a Special Culture
CHAPTER 5
Choosing an Astrological, Magical, or Numerological Name
The Twelve Zodiac Signs
GIRLS' NAMES
Naming Customs: Familiar Names That Are Rarely Used
Important to Know: Does Higher Education Influence Baby Names?
Did You Know: Naming Babies After the Rich and Famous
The Legend of St. Barbara
Poetic Vietnamese Names
How Soon Will Your Baby Know Her Name?
Umbundu Proverb Names
Saintly Irish Names
Time-of-Birth Names
Magic Names
Did You Know: "Also Names"
Gift Names
Important to Know: Overly Unusual Spellings of Traditional Names
What if Your Baby Grows Up Hating Her Name?
Trait Names
African Order-of-Birth Names
Miwok Indian Seed Names
Naming Customs: Laplanders
Should Your Children's Names Complement Each Other?
Important to Know: How Much a Girl Likes Her Name
Newly Coined "La-" Names
Hawaiian Sky Names
Chinese Flower Names
Miwok Indian Chicken-Hawk Names
Important to Know: Trendy "Masculine" Girls' Names
"Sexy" Names: Drawbacks in the Corporate World?
Six Hidden Messages a Name Can Send
Miwok Farewell-to-Spring Names
Miwok Indian Bear Names
French-Sounding Girls' Names
How Classy is Cackle?
Naming Your Adopted Baby
Japanese Animal Names
Day-of-the-Week Names
Polynesian Nature Names
Japanese Virtue Names
Gender-Free Names
BOYS' NAMES
Did You Know: One-Third of Young People Wish for a Different Name
Israeli Holy Names
A New Naming Trend
Did You Know: What Your Signature Reveals
A Martyr Named Briant
Did You Know: Naming Your Child with Initials
Nigerian "Chi" Names
Naming Customs: Ultra-Trendy and Ultra-Original
Where Middle Names Began
Naming Customs: The Ultimate Act of Generosity
Did You Know: Crisis in China
Naming Customs: Formerly Masculine Names
Arabic Occupation and Title Names
The Longest Name in the United States
Did You Know: A Child's Name Is Central to His or Her Identity
New England "Trends"
Naming Customs: Spanish Nicknames
Did You Know: Surnames
Native American Nature Names
The Most Unpopular Names in This Country
Did You Know: Whom You're More Likely to Marry
Did You Know: Do Smooth-Sounding Names Influence Voters?
Miwok Indian Names
Nicknames: Insulting or Flattering
Nigerian Holy Names
To Each His Own
The Long and Short of Presidential Names
Hidden Meanings in Our Own Names
Naming Customs: Adult Nicknames
Naming Tip: How Flexible Should a Name Be?
Scandinavian Mythology Names
Miwok Indian Names
Lucky Chinese Names
