A Dictionary of First Names by Patrick Hanks
This dictionary explains the origin and meaning of some 4500 European and American names, while two appendices cover the most commonly recurring Indian and Arabic names. Entries give the ethnic and linguistic root of a name, cross-referring them to those closely related, and list associated cognates, masculine and feminine forms, variants, diminutives, derivatives and pet forms. Summarizing much historical and etymological information, this authoritative reference work will be beneficial to family historians, genealogists, linguists and the interested general reader.Patrick Hanks is a visiting professor at the University of the West of England (Bristol, UK) and a professor of lexicography at the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom. Collins English Dictionary, Cobuild, and the New Oxford Dictionary of English are just a few of the significant reference volumes he has edited.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192116512 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192116517 |
| Title | A Dictionary of First Names |
| Author | Patrick Hanks |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1990-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 479 |
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