Book Description
The up-to-the minute word on what's hot and what's not from "the arbiters of hip baby names."-The Wall Street Journal

As America's leading baby-name experts, Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz hear the same question again and again: "What are the cool names?" Here are the fun, fresh answers, delivered with the authors' trademark wit and authority, including:

*HOT COOL--From the top 100 of cool to why Ivy is cooler than Ivana.
*COOL COOL--Famous names: movie characters, artists, athletes, musicians, and writers, even nanny diary names
*NEW COOL--Spiritual names like Pax or Eden; color names (Indigo, Lavender); music names (Jazz, Cadence, Madrigal); foreign word names (Luna, from the Spanish for moon; or Vero, Italian for truth).
*TOO COOL--Why not to name a child Kool or Tiger.

plus superlatives you won't find anywhere else: Coolest Cowboy Name, Coolest Southern Belle Name, Coolest Palindrome Name, Coolest Spice Name, Coolest Hero Name...

Cool Names is the definitive guide to the hottest names.


About the Author
Pamela Redmond Satran lives in Montclair, New Jersey, and Linda Rosenkrantz lives in Los Angeles, California. They are the authors of Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana ("the classic baby-name guide"--The New York Times Magazine) and Baby Names Now, with nearly a million copies in print.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

About the Author
Pamela Redmond Satran lives in Montclair, New Jersey, and Linda Rosenkrantz lives in Los Angeles, California. They are the authors of Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana ("the classic baby-name guide"--The New York Times Magazine) and Baby Names Now, with nearly a million copies in print.

SYNOPSIS

As America's leading baby-name experts, Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz hear the same question again and again: "What are the cool names?" Here are the fun, fresh answers, delivered with the authors' trademark wit and authority, including:

     *HOT COOL--From the top 100 of cool to why Ivy is cooler than Ivana.      *COOL COOL--Famous names: movie characters, artists, athletes, musicians, and writers,  even nanny diary names      *NEW COOL--Spiritual names like Pax or Eden; color names (Indigo, Lavender); music names (Jazz, Cadence, Madrigal); foreign word names (Luna, from the Spanish for moon; or Vero, Italian for truth).

     *TOO COOL--Why not to name a child Kool or Tiger.

Plus superlatives you won't find anywhere else:  Coolest Cowboy Name, Coolest Southern Belle Name, Coolest Palindrome Name, Coolest Spice Name, Coolest Hero Name...

Cool Names is the definitive guide to the hottest names.

FROM THE CRITICS

The Wall Street Journal