American Given Names

Their Origin and History in the Context of the English Language

• Author(s): George R. Stewart,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 264
• ISBN_10: 0195024656
  ISBN_13: 9780195024654
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology , Reference / Genealogy & Heraldry ,

Description:... A carefully researched dictionary which explains the origin and usage of over 800 American first names. Includes a very substantial historical introduction, which follows the patterns and influences afffecting naming from the Anglo-Saxons in nineteenth-century America.