A Genealogist's Guide to Ethnic Names

A Reference for First Names from Around the World

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Genealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the ethnic names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. More than 10,000 names from 50 different ethnicities are organized by the country or region of origin. Naming patterns and traditions are explained and explored for each ethnicity.Discover the meaning of more than 10,000 names from around the world, including:

   • African names
   • British names
   • Chinese names
   • Eastern European names
   • French names
   • Gaelic names
   • German names
   • Greek names
   • Hawaiian names
   • Hebrew names
   • Irish names
   • Indian names
   • Italian names
   • Japanese names
   • Native American names
   • Russian names
   • Scandinavian names
   • Spanish names

Youâ€™ll also find:

   • Emigration patterns of each ethnicity
   • A pronunciation guide for each ethnicity
   • Information about ethnic organizations
   • Naming trends in the United States based on census data

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December 14, 2012

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Connie Ellefson is the author of A Genealogist’s Guide to Ethnic Given Names, originally published as The Melting Pot Book of Baby Names, and the co-author of two books on gardening, Xeriscape Gardening and (award-winning) Xeriscape Colorado. She has long being interested in names, having earnestly labored as a young teen to fill a steno notebook with all the names she could think of starting with “A,” then “B,” then “C,” etc. In part, A Genealogist’s Guide to Ethnic Given Names is her tribute to the spirit of the immigrant, whose story is nearly the same regardless of the nation of origin. She hopes to point out the similarities we all share in our heritage, and, maybe, just a little reduce…