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A carefully researched dictionary which explains the origin and usage of over 800 American first names. Includes a very substantial historical introduction, which follows the patterns and influences afffecting naming from the Anglo-Saxons in nineteenth-century America.

George Stewart, the world's foremost authority on place-naming, has written an engrossing dictionary that has become the standard work on the history of American first names. Stewart places names in historical and linguistic context, discussing, with his characteristic wit, each... Read Full Overview