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A Dictionary of First Names
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A Dictionary of First Names (2 ed.)

Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges

Over 6,000 names

‘I have returned to this dictionary again and again for sheer pleasure?’ — Financial Times

We all have a first name, but how many of us really know its origin and history? This dictionary covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including the traditional and the very newest. It tells you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of popularity, and who the famous fictional or historical bearers of the name have been. It covers alternative spellings, short forms and pet forms, masculine and feminine forms, as well as help with pronunciation.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
2006
Print ISBN-13:
9780198610601
Published to Oxford Reference:
2006
Current Online Version:
2012
eISBN:
9780191726675

Authors

Patrick Hanks, author

Kate Hardcastle, author

Flavia Hodges, author

Patrick Hanks is a lexicographer, onomastician, and corpus linguist. He is a Visiting Professor at the Bristol Centre for Linguistics, University of the West of England.

Flavia Hodges is a philologist, lexicographer, and publisher.

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Contents

Front Matter

Publishing Information

General Links for this Work

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