What's in a Name? Everything You Wanted to Know. New, Revised Edition (New Rev) - Paperback

by Leonard R. N. Ashley (Author)

What's in a Name? will tell you the facts behind the names of persons, places and things; about how names are chosen for business and for success; how they are used for everything from tracing settlement patterns to telling fortunes; how forenames have their fashions; where surnames had their origins; all about names in the U.S. and around the globe.