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ONOMASTICS RESOURCES

Partial Listing of Some Useful Onamastic Books in the Ylvisaker Library

IN THE REFERENCE SECTION

Surnames:

Fucilla, Joseph Guerin. Our Italian Surnames. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1996. [REFERENCE CS2715.F83 1996].

Hanks, Patrick, ed. Dictionary of American Family Names. 3 volumes. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003. [REFERENCE CS2485 .D53 2003]

----- and Flavia Hodges. Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1988. [REF CS2385.H2]

Hughes, Pennethorne. Your Book of Surnames. London: Faber, 1967. [CS2505.H86]

Jones, George. German-American Names. Baltimore: Genealogical Publications, 1990. [REF CS2487.J6]

Kaganoff, Benzion. Dictionary of Jewish Names. New York: Schocken Books, 1977. [REF CS3010.K28]

Madubuike, Ihechukwu. A Handbook of African Names. Washington: Three Continents Press, 1976. [REF CS2375.A33 M3]

Osborn, Susan. What's in a Name? New York: Pocket, 1999. [REFERENCE CS2377.O83 1999]

Reaney, Percy. Dictionary of British Surnames. 2nd ed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. [REF CS2385.R4 1976]

Smith, Elsdon. American Surnames. Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co, 1969. [REF CS2485.S63]

Given Names:

Ahmed, Salahuddin. A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New York : New York UP, 1999 [REFERENCE CS2970.A366 1999]

Dunkling, Leslie. Facts on File Dictionary of First Names. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1984. [REF CS2367.H3] (This is an update of Dunkling's First Names First (New York: Universe Books, 1977) [CS2367.D84 1977b].)

Ellefson, Connie Lockhart. The Melting Pot Book of Baby Names. Cincinnati, OH: Betterway, 1995. [REFERENCE CS2375.U6E44 1995]

Espy, Willard. O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun. New York: C.N. Potter, 1978. [REF PE1596.E8 1978]

Hamlin, Grace. The Penguin Classic Baby Name Book: 2,000 Names from the World's Great Literature. New York: Penguin, 2001. [REFERENCE CS2377.H36 2001]

Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of First Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. [REF CS2367.H3]

Hva Skal Barnet Hete? 5th ed. Oslo: Schibsteds, 1986. [REF CS2375.N7 H85 1986]

Kolatch, Alfred. Dictionary of First Names. Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David Publishers, 1980. [REF CS2367.K64]

---. Today's Best Baby Names. New York: Putnam, 1986. [REF CS2367.K653]

Norman, Teresa. The African-American Baby Name Book. New York: Berkley, 1998. [REFERENCE CS2377.N67 1998]

Puckett, Newbell. Black Names in America. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1975. [E185.89.N3 P82]

Rosenkrantz, Linda. Beyond Shannon and Sean: An Englightened Guide to Irish Baby Naming. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. [REFERENCE CS2377.R67 1992]

----- and Pamela Redmond Satran. Baby Names Now. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001. [REFERENCE CS2377.R673 2001]

Stewart, George. American Given Names. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. [REF CS2375.U6 S74]

Wood, Jamie Martinez. Como te llamas, baby?: The Hispanic Baby Name Book. Trans. Catherine Martinez. New York: Berkley, 2001. [REFERENCE CS2377.W66 2001]

ON RESERVE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK

(Use the PALS command res eng 315 to find the id numbers):

Mencken, H.L. American Language. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1937. Vol. 1 & Supplement 2. [PE2808.M4]

IN THE GENERAL COLLECTION

Dillard, J.L. Black Names. The Hague: Morton, 1976. [P323.5 O5]

Hook, J.N. Book of Names. New York: F. Watts, 1983. [CS 2481.H66 1983]

Withycombe, Elizabeth. Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names. 3rd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. [CS2375.G7 W5 1977]