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Product Reviews:
Celtic Baby Names: Traditional Names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall & the Isle of Man |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Not the best Celtic book
Comments: I am a name lover. Always have been; always will be. Heck, I even spend almost all of my free time posting on a message board full of other name lovers. however more specifically, I love Celtic names. I look at e Celtic name book I see. And this is by far1of the worst, in my opinion. many of their pronunciations are wrong, which means that when I find a name I haven't seen before, I do not know whether or not I can trust the pronunciation that they have listed. If you want a really great Celtic name book, check out Loreto Todd's "Celtic Names for Children". If I had to pick my all time favorite name book, that'd be it. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Excellent source for Celt names
Comments: Wonderful assortment of names (not definitive and maybe difference of opinion on some)> Not divided into male and female names, however then these days with a penchant for giving male names to females maybe I am being picky. It gives the meaning of the names,drawn from Celt Languages of Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Manx, Beton and Cornish - 1200 traditional 1st names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, and the Isle of Mane, with the pronunciations, and interesting tidbits about people that had the name. The only US book with names offering this wide of a selection. Since many people have trouble with pronouncing these names, the pronunciations guide is e helpful. Of special interested to writers looking for Celt derivative characters for their books. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Works for my twins
Comments: My husband and I really liked this book. While I can not attest for historical accuracy of references, at least this book had many of them and seemed to be thorough with the info it supplied. There were some names I learned a lot about, and some I decided NOT to choose due to information supplied. I lent this to my brother for his children. We all love it. we chose Fiona and Gwendolyn for my red-headed twins. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Great, however . . .
Comments: I really liked this book. As someone who's been been pregnant5times I have read almost all baby name books and this1has some great options. (The pronunciations are so helpful). however I had1enormous problem with this book. It's not arranged according to gender. All names are just lumped together in each section. (This bothered me so much I wrote to the author.) I finally went through with a pink highliter and underlined all the girls names (since that's what I was pregant with at the time). It may not be a big deal to you, since many of these names are unheard of anyway; however I hated it. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: informative resource
Comments: My husband and I have really enjoyed leafing through this excellent resource. We are searching for baby names that reflect our heritage, however are not ridiculous to spell or pronounce (like my Scottish name is). I haven't ordered any other baby name books...who wants to wade through a sea of 1500 names, when we know we will probably select a British name for our child? |
