names, english

Spine title: Brewer's names. Over 8,000 entries reveal the origins of names including personal, place, and trade.

Teaches children what proper nouns are and explains how to use them.

Describes the origins of proper nouns that have become common words in the English language such as boycott, gauze, scrooge, and scapegoat.

Takes a whimsical look at the naming of everyday things, from people, to cars, animals, and places, and discusses their origins.

Spine title: Names. A compendium of interesting facts about names and nicknames divided into thirty-three categories from cars to trade names to apples.