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(1990). Dictionary of pseudonyms and their origins. By Adrian Room. Names, 38(3), 246-247.

(1990, February). Psychoanalytic perspectives on migration and exile. By Leon Grinberg. Choice, 27-3552.

(1991). Medical literature and eponyms: An encyclopedia of medical terms derived from literary characters. By Alvin E. Rodin and Jack D. Key. Names, 39, 62-63.

(1991). A century of population growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790-1900. By United States Bureau of the Census. Names, 39, 63-65.

(1991). German-American names. By George F. Jones. Names, 39, 135-137.

(1991). Childlight: Parenting for the New Age. By Hilarion; The worst name baby book. By Bob Glickman; Baby names: Over 4000 beautiful Indian names for your child. By Vimla Patel; The Hawaiian name book: Hawaiian translation. By Patrick Ka'ano'i and Robert Lokomaika'iokalani Snakenberg; and The complete book of Hebrew baby names. By Smadar Shir Sidi. Names, 39, 285-289.

(1991). Jablonski's dictionary of syndromes and eponymic diseases, 2nd ed. By Stanley Jablonski. Onomastica Canadiana, 73(2), 78-80.

(1991). In which county? Nova Scotia surnames from birth registers, 1864 to 1877. By Terrence M. Punch; Soundex reference guide, The. By Bradley W. Steuart. Names, 39, 289-292.

(1991). How to change your name in Florida: With forms. By Mark Warda; Ohio name change. By LawPak; Change your name legally in Massachusetts. By Timothy Scott. Names, 39, 292-294.

(1992). Can you name that team? A guide to professional baseball, football, soccer, hockey, and basketball teams. By David B. Biesel. Names, 40, 138-139.

(1992). Baby names for the '90s. By Barbara Kay Turner. Journal of the North Central Name Society, Spring, 34-36.

(1993). The book of African names. By Molefi Kete Asante. Names, 41, 128-131.

(1993). Jewish personal names: Their origin, derivation and diminutive forms. By Shmuel Gorr, edited by Chaim Freedman; Jewish family names and their origins: An etymological dictionary. By Heinrich Guggenheimer & Eva H. Guggenheimer; A dictionary of Jewish surnames from the Russian Empire. By Alexander Beider,Onomastica Canadiana, 75(2), 94-98.

(1997). Choosing auspicious Chinese names. By Evelyn Lip. Revised ed. Times Books International. Names, 45(1), 60-63.

(1997). Joodse voornamen in Amsterdam: Een inventarisatie van Asjkenazische en bijbehorende burgerlijke voornamen tussen 1669 en 1850 [Jewish first names in Amsterdam: An inventarization of Asjkenazi and matching civil first names between 1669 and 1850]. By Jits van Straten and Harmen Snel. Names, 45(3), 217-219.

(1998). A dictionary of Muslim names. By Radwan Hakim. Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 46(1), 71.

(1998). Jewish family names and their origins: An etymological dictionary. By Heinrich W. Guggenheimer and Eva H. Guggenheimer; A dictionary of Jewish surnames from the Russian Empire. By Alexander Beider; A dictionary of Jewish surnames from the Kingdom of Poland. By Alexander Beider. Names. Jewish surnames from Prague (15-18th Centuries). By Alexander Beider. Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 46(2), 133-138.

(1998). The cognitive psychology of proper names. By Tim Valentine, Tim Brennen, and Serge Brédart. Studia Anthroponymica Scandinavica, 16, 136-137.

(2000). Polish first names. By Sophie Hodorowicz Knab. Names, 48(2), p. 138.

(2001). The sweetest sound. By Alan Berliner. Onomastica Canadiana, 83, 39-40.

(2001). Jewish first names. By David C. Gross. Names, 49(1), 36.

(2002). Names and Social Structure: Examples from Southeast Europe. Edited by Paul H. Stahl. Names, 50(1), 77-79.

(2003). Selected bibliography of the onomastics of the Uralian languages. Ed. by István Hoffmann. Names, 51(3-4), 243-247.

(2003). Personal names studies of medieval Europe: Social identity and familial structures. Ed. by George T. Beech, Monique B ourin, and Pascal Chareille. Names, 51(3-4), 247-253.

(2004). A dictionary of Ashkenazic given names: Their origins, structure, pronunciation, and migrations. By Alexander Beider. Names, 52(1), 53-59.

(2004). Dictionary of American family names. Ed. by Patrick Hanks. Names, 52(1), 61-65.

(2005). A dictionary of Jewish surnames from Galicia. By Alexander Beider. Names, 53(4), 315-321.

(2005). A dictionary of German-Jewish surnames. By Lars Menk. Names, 53(4), 322-328.

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