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10 Brilliant Baby Name Books 2024
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Choosing a name for your new baby can be a really difficult decision. Traditional or unusual? Go with a traditional family name or strike out with your own creation?
Maybe you prefer the timeless, classic baby names that have stood the test of time, while your partner wants something very different; they favour one of the wierd and wacky names for a baby. Whatever you have in mind, there certainly are lots of babynames to choose from!
Here are some of the most recent babyname books to help you make your choice, including the very newest books for 2024.
Best Baby Name Books for 2024
- Baby Names 2024
This is the UK's best-selling book of baby names, with over 8000 ideas for your baby. It also includes hints on choosing a name and dealing with family expectations (and other people's opinions).
- The Penguin Book of Baby Names
This book is a classic and still one of the UK's most popular baby name books despite being nearly 15 years old.
It includes ideas from around the world in it's over 5000 suggestions.
- The Amazing Baby Name Book - A Possibly Helpful and Slightly Amusing Guide from A-Z
If you are bored of thinking about baby names already, reading The Amazing Baby Name Book feels like discussing your name choices with your best friends.
An entertaining read when you're looking for a name for a baby (or a pet or a movie character), from the traditional to the unique and unexpected.
- 22,000 Baby Names: Baby Names for Girls and Boys
From classic to unique, popular to edgy, vintage and time-honored to new and modern. Discover a new baby name, or discover an old favourite you've forgotten. This baby name book includes names from all over the world.
- Epic Baby Names for Girls: Fierce and Feisty Heroines, from Ancient Myths to Modern Legends
Add a dash of magic to the naming process for your girl. From ancient mythology to modern pop culture, here are the names for baby girls which are imbued with spiritual, mystical - even otherworldly - history and meaning.
- The Name Book
This comprehensive book gives you 10,00 name ideas along with their meaning, origins and spiritual significance.
- 100,000+ Baby Names
US author Bruce Lansky's baby name books have been bestsellers for decades, and this latest edition is no exception.
It includes names from all over the planet, from England and Europe plus Asian, Hawaiian, Native American and Antipodean baby name ideas.
- Baby Names for Little Sh*ts
This funny baby name book is designed especially for people who are convinced their friend or family member is about to welcome a devil child into the world.
Baby Names for Little Sh*ts contains more than 10,000 of the names everyone should avoid like the plague. It's the perfect baby shower gift!
- The Best Baby Names for Boys
Crammed with helpful lists, naming tips, and a collection of boy-centric names to browse whether you want to go classic with Christopher, literary with Holden, or trendy with Wilder or Bryce
- Popular Baby Names Word Search
If you are a puzzle fan, why not choose your baby's name and relax with a wordsearch at the same time!
With thousands of the most popular boys and girls names, this babyname wordsearch puzzle book is a fun way of finding the perfect name for your precious little bundle of joy.
Now that you've got your baby's name sorted, make sure that you have everything you need for your new baby with The Ultimate New Baby Shopping List. From nappies to pushchairs and moses baskets to socks, here is everything that you will - and won't - need.