I have this book and found it too hard to choose a name. After weeks of reading and discussing names with my DH we couldn't agree on anything even with so many to choose from - it made me wish I had bought a book with less names so as to make it easier to choose! It also has lots of the same name just spelt differently so that makes the task even longer. Unless you are a speed reader you'll spend all your time reading this book instead of reading about what to expect when the baby arrives! Like most new mums to be I read everything about names and labour but nothing about life with a baby...mmm methinks my time would have been spent better reading about that. What I did .  Read the complete review

My husband and I are expecting our first child this year and I seem to accumulated 3 baby name books over the last couple of months, either from friends or siblings. It has taken me quite a while to work my way through these and I am still not finished the third. However, one of the first that I received was this book by Lesley Bolton 'The Complete Book of Baby Names - Best 100001+ baby names' which can be picked up on amazon marketplace, as I don't think Amazon themselves sell this particular copy (published 2006) anymore. This is a very thick, heavy book, hardly surprisingly given the number of names in it. THe cover is fairly attractive with little ...  Read the complete review