Can anyone recommend good baby name web sites?

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Answer 1

http://www.babynamesworld.com/

Answer 2

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Answer 3

recommend good baby web sites

Answer 4

I wouldn't use a website because they don't have as much variety as a baby name book. the book version gives many names AND accurate meanings.

Answer 5

Go to www.babynames.com. They really are all the same. If you check a few of them out you will see the sites just look different but the name lists are all the same.. Good luck with your name picking.

Answer 6

behindthename.com - you can get ratings of how often they are used (even historically), top name lists from different countrys, other people's opinions of the names, meanings, etc, and also the name are wider-ranging becasue they are international

Answer 7

I have seen 'em all, and I really prefer babynames.com .
You can keep a going list of favorites with your last name...that way you don't have to write them down; just click on "add to list", and you have it all stored.

Answer 8

http://www.behindthename.com/

p.s: on the matter of accuracy

I've got news for you. Your baby name book is probably wrong.
How can I make such a giant, all-encompassing statement? Who died and made *me* the Name Goddess, you ask? Well, nobody. It's just common sense. Think about it-- the first thing people do when they go to pick out a baby name book is look up their own name. This usually gives them a feeling about their own name--positive or negative. Who wants to see that their name means something unflattering (as the name Cameron means "crooked nose") or vague ("meaning unknown")? People are more likely to buy a book if they feel good about a name. Thus name books either do what people have been doing for centuries, and making things up based on a semi-educated guess, or just "bend the definition" a little bit. I mentioned that the name Cameron comes from Scottish gaelic words meaning "crooked nose"-- I have seen it listed in baby name books as meaning "one with distinguishing facial features," and "having a defining nose." Sure, one whose nose is crooked could have their nose be "distinguishing"... but this purely an interpretation!

"Elaborating, Fancifying, and Cleaning-up"
Older baby name books are particularly bad offenders of this. Check the original copyright date on your book-- a lot of publishing companies have made new editions of older baby name books (from the 60s and before), only changing the cover. I have one book where pretty much every definition is a major elaboration. Here are some name definitions I've found that are particularly amusing to me:

Bonnie: "Little, sweet, pink, angel-like, and very good." Bonnie is actually an adjective used in Scotland to mean "pretty" or "good" or other positive adjectives (as in a "bonnie lassie"). Somewhere along the line, this word turned into a name (though it wasn't used in Scotland until relatively recently in its history). However, "Little, sweet, pink, angel-like etc." is purely speculation!

Heath: "From a vast wasteland." Sounds poetic and romantic, doesn't it? Heath is simply what it sounds like: a heath, which Merriam Webster defines as: "an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus." Now THAT takes away some of the romance, doesn't it?

Serafine: "ardently religious." This name stems from the seraphim a class of angels in the bible. It comes from a Hebrew word meaning "burning ones." Ok, "ardent" does come from a Latin word meaning "fire," but the meaning is pretty fanciful!

Olivia: "peaceful woman." William Shakespeare is responsible for coining a lot of our modern names, Olivia being one of them. He probably used it as a feminine form of Oliver, or at least stemming from the word "olive." Yes, in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the olive branch is a symbol of peace, but calling Olivia a "peaceful woman" is kind of elaborating a bit. Besides, scholars think that the name Oliver is a form of the Norse name Olafr, and has nothing to do with olives or branches at all.

"Educated Guesses"
Many names in our naming pool are either so old or so new that we don't know their meanings. For example, the name Mary. It comes from the Hebrew Miriam, but where does that come from? Some scholars connect it to the Hebrew word mara, meaning "bitter." Some claim that it's related to the Indo-European root for the word "mother." Some speculate "rebellious" or "obstinate." I've seen "sea of bitterness" and "rival" as well. Basically, we just don't know what the meaning is. Over the centuries, the guesses about this name have been tainted with its connection to the biblical Mary. Thus, peoples' hypotheses about the name are skewed towards the Mary of the bible and events surrounding her. This is even more evident with the name Veronica. Her name was something more like Pheronike, a Greek name with the same roots as Berenice, meaning "victory bringer." However, when it was translated into Latin, it became "Veronica" after the words "vera icon" or "true image," based on the fact that St. Veronica was to have wiped the face of Jesus, and the cloth came away with the imprint of his face on it.

Both websites and baby name books are guilty of these mistakes, however there is a crucial difference:
a website can be altered after the fact, a publisher (though they might alter a meaning in the next publication of a book) will probably not come to your door and inform you that your book is wrong, thus offering you another copy

Also, if your website is a paysite, or is begging for donations at every turn, there's a good chance a great deal of the names there are a little off as well -- if there is money to be made, the site (or book) is probably not going to let any unflattering meanings or origins slip through

Answer 9

there is one I like. the site give you many names, the meaning of the name an its origin, other names that stems from it, etc.

Answer 10

Here are several baby name sites you might try:

http://www.babynames.com/
http://www.babynamesworld.com/
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/
http://www.babyzone.com/babynames/
http://www.babynamenetwork.com/

~Kyle