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A Dictionary of Surnames
by Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges
from Oxford University Press, USA
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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excellent reference
An alphabetic compendium of the derivation of european names (with a separate section for arabic names). Without being a scholarly work it covers a wide field. Those seeking ancestral background for names not usually covered: basques, ashkenazi, eastern european in general, will find it invaluable. Perhaps too much space is given to english surnames for which a wide variety of sources already exist As an english language source for european names it is invaluable
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An excellent resource 
I found this book to be extremely helpful for researching the origins of surnames. Highly recommended!
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why are book descriptions so hard to find in here?
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Not only a useful tool, but enjoyable reading as well.
Although the price of this book can be a little intimidating, it is well worth the money spent for anyone interested in how and why our surnames developed. The introductory pages give information on names in many different language groups, and tells what all the different endings on names mean in each of these languages. The style is not dry and academic as one would expect, but is comfortable reading for both the layman and the professional.
The dictionary itself lists over 70,000 names along with... more info
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