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Just names that we give and choose compiled by B K Watson of polkarmicc publishing. Book of first names for babies, boys, girls, children, men and women. Every attempt has been made to ensure that the text is accurate and if any errors survived we are sorry and apologise, any corrections needed will be made when next we print. This book of forenames for baby boys girls children men and women. Almost all the names used to produce the front and back covers of our publication are additional to those shown in the main listings. Introduction says Watching television you have doubtless noticed the practice of flashing up a persons name on a caption during interviews etc and perhaps you too feel that there seem to be an increasing number of forenames exhibiting not only individualism but also a certain attractiveness due to the spellings used for what are usually quite well known names hence are reason for producing our book of firstnames for babies, boys, girls, children, men and women. Nowadays it is quite impossible to draw any strict lines between original names variants and blends furthermore our view is that when selecting a name the primary considerations of parents do not involve such matters or indeed if the name is a contraction or diminutive. Books abound providing details of name origins and meanings the known source countries with the suitability for boys or girls and what lies behind and any associations for a particular name explained. This book of forenames for your child will assist with the selection of possible names simply listed in alphabetical order which can then be considered by referring to more scholarly works our aim being to provide the widest selection of suitable names from which to choose such as the seldom used names abbegale alee anarose annelli aodhan ardita aundrea barin bekriye bessette bramon bransle brennain cairn caleigh carethia celyn charlaine claer claison cleto copeman cristiaan daneed darion deira airon alinur andrinna anura ardhia astrit banks barboura bengy blerina branche bremer brighde calam carelia caril cerri charney chryssy clairie clarita clody crenna cryss darah darrall delina. With some 5,000 languages on earth the choice of names is wide and variations endless listed within 240 pageas are over 19,000 names that can be are and have been used comprising the unusual modern or traditional with others offering perhaps more memorable offering varying degrees of individuality all selected from master listings exceeding 38,500 entries here you will find most available names many drawn from outside the normal mainstream sourced from original names with other forms pet stage names titles pen names aliases nicknames and pseudonyms. Variations produced by edit improvements made mean that certain names were replaced with alternatives therby increasing the available choice and hence cutting the variants of names featured with seldom used names these have been so called because it was only after a four year search that they were added to master listings exceeding then some 34,000 separate individual names. Derbe dolcie donnasue dorey dorron dunster earlean eigil eldard eleasha elhane elsom erykah fafa farie feidlim ffrench floriana flnvola garen garin geina genis graygory guylee gylla haldene helton hewson hoskyn idony indrea jaid jania jari jenai jerrica joleah kahl kaith kalai karima karys keah dilyn donalin doolin dorinel doyne durham ebonnie eilan eleana elein ellicia ericha ethney farbie fawnia ffinlo finlow foord gaina garf gavrik gemima glorya gregalan gwynfa haeran helder heston hollyce idell ileene ireland jamelah jardine jasrita jeraint jocille kaelynn kaies kaitra kallum karroll kaylum keay BOOK of FIRST NAMES for BABIES BOYS GIRLS CHILDREN MEN AND WOMEN. Traditional Unusual Favourite French Modern Welsh Son Biblical Irish Forenames Daughter Hebrew Christian Scottish Gaelic Child German Choosing Foreign Italian Selection TRADITIONAL UNUSUAL FAVOURITE FRENCH MODERN WELSH SON BIBLICAL IRISH FORENAMES FIRSTNAME FIRST NAMES DAUGHTER HEBREW CHRISTIAN SCOTTISH GAELIC CHILD GERMAN CHOOSING FOREIGN ITALIAN SELECTION and listing entertainers actors singers. During 1993 the United Kingdom recorded birth rate exceeded 780,000 with every child being absolutely unique many parents seemed eager to name their child accordingly kelleigh keon kerith khairi kharis kiely kioron klary krystel kylee kylian larvell lawrette leighanna leonce levine liell linor lizann llifon lohan lyonella macie maelle maison manie marold mascall maygen mehran meona merlita mhari morrigan myreah naish nenette nyda olivo olvis orhan phenie reve rhoddy kelman kerina kerrod khandi khloe kimia kitra koreen kumara kylen kyri laurin leeroy leili levert leyona lindalee linzee lleyton lochlann loretha macenzie maea mailie malissa marinda marril mayberry mecheal melford merivel merylyn milene myleene myrtha nazrin nilus ogwen olver onnalee phanella quintalena rhaman rhonna. Other seldom used first names featured within the bamesbook cmprise roida roque rosdew roxsanna ruohei shairon sharmilla sheerin shenton shonda sulgwyn tarren thioni tolley tresham tullis tyria ursilla veanne verlaine vici wandira wilis winster yasmeena zhora zohren ronnel rosalien rossy rozonda saida shanet sharran shelini shiolah siebert tahera templar thrine touran trewin tyran uisdene vavona vectra vincenta wakely wilfrom winnel yanna yavone ziona zyda and additional copies of this book are available via mail order send cheque or postal order with your name and address to Polkarmicc Publishing at 8 Cookson Close Freckleton Preston Lancashire PR4 1GF. Unique compared with other available books dealing with the subject of FIRST NAMES featuring over 19,000 name options eight years spent on the compilation of JUST NAMES THIS BOOK WILL ASSIST IN THE SELECTION OF POSSIBLE NAMES 240 printed pages within which to find the perfect name more names listed than in any other known book book size one-third A4 98 mm x 211 mm 15 mm thick lists compiled using alternate UPPER and lower case letters for EASE OF READING our aim has been to provide the widest possible selection from which to choose over 19,000 names selected from MASTER LISTINGS exceeding 38,500 NAMES simple listings make the initial selection of names much easier £ 10.00 per book OUTSIDE EUROPE delivery included traditional favourite popular others the widest known selection of names Book of baby names, Christian names, christian baby names, Victorian christian names, christian name,christian baby name, BABY NAME BOOK, BOOK OF BABY NAMES, BABY BOOK NAMES TYPICAL EXAMPLES typical examples being aadel aamer aarin aarti abaigeal abbaye abbey abbi abbygail abdelka abdesalam abdiel abdou abe abedi abel ablia aberah abhi abida abie abigayle abimael abinger abiona abner abrahan abraxas absolom abulfaz acacia aceline acey achen achille ackerley ackley acquanetta ada adabela adair adalaide adalat adalet aalan aarika aaron aasha abbas abberley abbeygail abbot abdala abdellatif abdi abdirov abdulahi abebe abeer abeland abena abey abia abidin abigaille abijol abina abiola abirose abott abram abril abuela aby acantha acero achad acher achim ackland acky acton adabel adabelle adal adalard adalbert adalheid baal babaloo babbity babington babita babsie bachiana baden baeden baerbel bahar bahni baikie baillie bainton baird bakary bakia balasz balbine baldemar baldev baldric baldur balfour balki balliol balquees balthazar mambalina bamford bancroft banning bannock baptista barbel baram barbara barbel barbette barbora barbra barcie barden babak babar babette babirye babrak babz bacre badhur baela bahadur bahman bahram bailard baines bairbre bajarne baker balasi balbina balbinia balder baldhere balduin baldwin balinda ballard bally balsora balvinder bambrough banan banharn bannister banquo baqer barak baran barbe barbera barbey barbour barbro barclay bardie. CONTENTS OF OUR BOOK, contents of our book given as the title TITLE introduction, cautionary notes variations designer names, united kingdom favourites, supplementary index, source cultures and reference books. Originality glamour celebrity image, selecting a suitable name can be delightful. THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS INTRODUCED STAGE NAMES FOR SEVERAL ACTORS DANCERS AND MUSICIANS whilst some may feel tempted to provide a name certain of the eventual career that will be followed by their child it has to be remembered that any name given would normally be kept for life and that choosing a name is also a responsibility with important considerations being the combined effect of initials uncomplimentary diminutives pretentious sounding sympathy with the surname pronunciation difficulties and gradparents preferences, however more examples follow cabe cabrera cadao caddock cadell cadenza cadfan cadman cadogan cadwaladr caecilia caelia caera caetano cahal cahir caidan cailin cairbre cairistiona caiseal cait caitlen caitriona calaf calandre calantha calday caldwell calhey cali caliope calisto callan callia callon callula calmady calne caloy caluim calumn calville cabell cacey cadby cade cadena cadeyrn cadi cadmus cadre cadwallen caedmon caelum caesar caewlin cahel cai cailean caio caireen cairstine caisley caitlan caitlin caitrin caius calandra calandria calanthea calder cale calhoun calida calista calixthe callear callola callow callun calmar calow caltha calum calvert calvin Christian female saint names, Christian girl name, boy Christian name, Christian name Saint, baby boy Christian name, Christian male name book of baby names, Books on baby names, a book of baby names, baby names from children’s books, free name book online, big book of names, baby book name survey, best baby name book, more examples of names from which to choose daamen dabnis dacey dacre daemion dafina dagan dagny dagwood dahlia daichi daighn daikin daire dairin daithi dalal dalbil dale dali dalian dalida dalili dalinda daliyah dallis dalma dalston dalyell dalziel damara damarus damek damian damiano damion damola danae danbigh dandhu daneil danele danene danette dabney dace dacia dacres daevid dafydd dagmar dagon dahl dahlin daida daihei daine dairen daisie dakin dalbert dalby dalene dalia dalibor dalila dalimore dalisa dalla dallyn dalrene dalton dalza damalis damaris dameed damen damiani damien damir damon danah danby dane danel danella danese danford. Please note that there are links on pages 2 3 4 and 5 to our other website or web site for the Polkarmicc Moisture Meter Returning to our book, this information provide to help customer evaluate the contents, edit improvements made mean that certain names were replaced therby increasing the available choice and cutting out the variants of names featured such as daragh but not dara, jamilah but not jamila, nestor but not nestore, elisha but not elish, hamelyn but not hamelin, leonie but not leoni and manuella but not manuela. Designer names are specially constructed and formed using the practice of substituting letters to maintain the same or similar vocal sounds with results that are almost endless, vivian becomes vyvyan, theodora becomes pheodora raychel becomes raechel elise becomes elize. ADDITIONALLY, ALMOST ANY SURNAME CAN BE USED AS A FIRST NAME, bamber fraser wilson being typical examples. Drawing any strict lines between names and variants is impossible nowadays thereby providingmore possibilities. More examples of names from which to choose follow, eachan eachunn eadaoin eadgyth eadita eaditha eadrea eadwina eaidie ealand ean eanor eardley earlane earlene earline earnan eartha easabell eason easton easybell eatock eavan ebden eben eberhart ebirah ebrahim ebrillwen ebsen echol eckett eckghart eda edana edburga eddie edee edele edelina edell edet edgard eacheann eada eadgar eadie eadith eadmund eadweard eadwine eain eamonn eanna eanruig earith earle earlis earls earnest earvin easley easther eastre eatiari eaton ebans ebel eberhard eberle ebonia ebrilla ebrima ecaterini eckbert eckhard ector edan edbert edd eddine edelbert edelin edeline edelmar edgar edgardo. FAVOURITE NAMES WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM INCLUDE, alexandra alice amanda amy anna annabel bethany catherine charlotte chloe daisy eleanor elizabeth emily emma georgina hannah harriet isobel jessica laura lauren lisa louisa lucinda lucy natasha olivia philippa rachel rebecca samantha sarah sophie for girls GIRLS and adam alex alexader andrew ben charles christopher daniel david dominic edmund edward george harry henry hugo jack jake james jamie jason josh joshua luke matthew michael nicholas oliver peter richard samuel thomas timothy william for boys BOYS. More examples from our listings within just names, faanz fabe fabia fabien fabio fabiyan fabriane fabrice fabrizio fabyan fadhel fae faeqa fahima faida faina faires fairley faith falaile falke fallon fanchon fannie farah faramarz faramond farant farciot farha farica farine farley farnall farnell farold faroukh farquhar farrakh farren faruque faryn farzin fathia fabbrizia faber fabianna fabienne fabiola fabre fabrianna fabrienne fabron facil fadia faenza faerie fahrudin faimmetta faine fairfax fairuza fakeyha faleena falkner falmai fane fantine farallon faramez farand faraway fareeha farhan farida farla farman farne farnley faron farouzia farr farrel farris farwell farzana fasney fathom. Please link to our moisture Web Site to see our PIN LESS MARINE MOISTURE METERS even if you already use or are familiar with other moisture meters of the type that are supplied by delmhorst wagner tramex protimeter lignomat bacharach or Sonin. Other potential names from within our general listings are gabbi gabey gabie gable gabriela gabriell gabryel gadar gaea gaelle gaenor gaetane gaev gaidagh gail gaillard gaius galante galen galfrid galiana galilah galindo galla gallard gallia galor galvan galvin galya gamaliel ganesa gani ganner ganyah garance garath garcelle gardiner garech garel garett gariad garif gabe gabi gabirel gabriel gabriele gabrielle gad gae gael gaelum gaetan gaetona gai gaie gailard gair galan galbraith galeno galfrdus galiena galina galip gallagher galli galloway galton galven galway galyn gameel ganesan ganiat gannon garald garard garbett garcia gardiol garek gareth gari garic garland garman The book also has a supplementary index and the names displayed within the special pages are additional to the examples within the primary listings. BIBLICAL HISTORICAL THE ARTS MUSICIANS CHARACTER EXTRAORDINARY ENTERTAINERS SPORTS TIN PAN ALLEY UNUSUAL WORLDLY STAGE AND SCREEN SELDOM USED biblical historical the arts musicians character extraordinary entertainers sports world tin pan alley unusual worldly stage & screen seldom used are the categories examination of which, examples provided later, should be of assistance in either the selection or avoidance of particular names held by certain personalities. More names from the general alphabetical listings follow haaj habie hablot hacon haddan haddow haden hadia hadria hadrien hadwisa hael hafina haflidah hagen haggith hagia hagley hague hahnee haidee haig haile hailly haim hainault haitham hajan hajna hakeem hakim hal halbert halcyon haldan haldane haldis haldor haley halford halfrida halfryn halian halimeda haakon hables hackett hadass haddon hadelino hadge hadlee hadrick hadwin haedin hafida hafiz hafwen haggan hagi hagit hagood haheem haidar haider haike hailey hailz hain haines hajah hajiya hakan haki hakon haland halcro halcyone haldana halden haldon hale halfdan halfreida halfrieda hali halima halina. The front and back covers our or book just names exhibits the following names beccie al vyvian mayling annelise neha dec razaleigh joselyne tracy carolanne gloriane ellerton ambrose janela cleda annemarieke nic roanne fytton maude dai fin marianna georgeta faris teddy lucin ellina danyl andriana christina glynn kern hu eun bow dy alann lian ka liz ged karan mimi edwin bryn oh max merril anh onya lorin moin dd kym kaeth nony aleen bran ra deliliah eamon mare ja q dean vi hew feo neith lana sy fitz kaz owain dian julianne henrietta bridgette mirabelle reg averil tilly zunetta vernall catia camille denny jessika candela hillary tevy jakey bazil francine michie theya blaise vey dona perrine wyndham dorek avy ve fiorina mellebye bordan morgan a lulie tenneh josianne ryl ofra h mac caley anes veronika kennet be darline marlynne germania mona wyn ly vineet yvon nellya elmerine harriette valorie mohamad colet jull tennille c yan caine anneli melicent janelle yuliy danni bruni vickie bronte aaina u aya molly artie foy gav marian klahn v katerin jarratt ravil jessie lyn dov hedley anya leonore cavanagh zsa bernardy chavon cath maisie yohn roz su kacey ewa grahame angie erika ivern hud grigory mik keskin renate sherran fulya kee andrena belinda enid amon benejaminas tore maggie osvald carlynn ro ceres beldon fiorilla heenan meredith rozie sepp wynne kristen alvey colvin domenica rois melany giffin allison alen hawson bryony abi thomasin slaney lucila geeta paulette rhydderch randolph thereze bonnie desreta kassie deya breck ceceley lemuela terrance eme ennola waldron moon geli jonelle carol boyton sioban harwin wihna morag wenna anabel pamela zadeh tobie hayley jerry temperley clair dhenin steffan laurian witney roddy josel rowton alaleh verne bex gini nickyl elli courteney madolin, all names that we give and choos from the book Just Names, then on the back cover jehan anghel cora khaz lenna debbi jep vincente mirelli bernadine matti aylife dorah annajo kennith cartney rolleston qu lo lex ed wu pk ce ur os kirwan le bb ev eb Yu di mak de om un dn ol an kerrin lehman fe mo ze ro uc iz\ lu dom fu oz gy jakes maddalena kensi merial dulcinora kirstin emy neelix perle linnettwe kaly lewt chaz fay dorothy talulah crauford branka ava raymond shirley geraghty jayme ty luana janette dareece beverlie d dorothie pennell loreen angela m neal colly bronwyn camilla dee la melville graeme edithe sidonie ara cy vin milla nina lelley vanne dunn resa b vaughan nichol moray ione katarina valmay arik darnel tressie leanora vron janion kavo louison helena akela j guy gila darrel ali kit claira oswin k marylin chelsie rosalynd jarrath donn ysobel rox veera malory pam vyv marlene neilson gui jina saqlain nun em woolaston rowann kieran lanei thain marlo romey luc matthia jeannine aron bekki sue tammi kirstie vann semjon margueritta mervil cathleen evio rian nu becky aleks larena susie espe kyenson nelle dominik wenona paddy judy tyron sieglinde mererid diane hana erivan kait anthia gum kelli pek robin prentis stacy ronni franzene clarendon mady allis gayke mandie garfield lynel blanaid chris jonmichael ilene thandie burkard melodie lisetta mooneen amilton crestan lurlene duart meriwether cathy yassine ahna hanni christi sydelle trudi bobra merioth ekhardt randell kattina delitia norbury letizia seirian gwillym iverson rosalyn hannoch wykeham maartin joselin crisdean olie goronwyn sherill mazey derin laraine rochelle pinder mu, please remember that none of these names appear in the main listings. Parenting Parents Pregnancy Our Book will assist you in the selection of possible names for your Boy or Girl. Book of first names for babies boys girls children men and women. The following names are examples of Biblical names ABIGAIL ABSALOM AMOZ AZARIAH BELA BERNICE CANAAN CHISLON DARIUS DELAIAH ELAH ELISHA EVI GINATH HADLAI HELON HOSEA ISCAH JARED JASHEN JESSE JOAB JOASH JOHAH JOIADA JUDAH KEILAH KEROS LEAH MADAI MARA MICHAL NIMROD OMAR ORNAN PEREZ RIMMON SHIMEI TAMAR TEMAN TILON TIRZAH VASHTI ZEPHI ABRAHAM ALLON ANAH AZEL BENJAMIN BUZ CARMI DAN DATHAN DELILAH ELIJAH ELON GEDALIAH GOMER HAZAEL HETH HULDAH JACHIN JARHA JAVAN JETHRO JOAH JOEL JOHANAN JOSIAH JUDITH KENAZ KORAH LEVI MALACHI MERED NAOMI OCHRAN OPHIR PALLU RAHAM SHEBA SISERA TAMMUZ TERAH TIMNA URI ZALMON ZILLAH , yet more examples from general listings are iaeme iaian iain iannis ianthe ianthina ianyat iason iceal ida idalina idalle idar idelia idelle idette idilio idomeneo idonie idrez idris idriz iean iesha ieuan ievan ifan ifereimi ifran ignacia ignatius ignaz ignes iheoma ihsan ikram ilan ilari ilda ilde ilea ileane ilena iliad iago iaime iana iantha ianthea ianto iarla ibrahim iceult idalia idaline idanell idelea idelmo idgie idina idonea idora idries idrissa idwal ierne iestyn ieva iewan ifer ifor ignac ignacy ignatz ignazio igor ihilani ijeoma ilaine ilana ilaria ildar ildus ileana ileen ilhan ilian. Book of first names for babies boys girls children men and women. Over eight years spent on the compilation of our book JUST NAMES with 240 printed pages featuring over 19,000 names. Unique compared with other available books dealing with the subject of FIRST NAMES. our book JUST NAMES will assist in the selection of possible names for your CHILD. Unique compared with other available books dealing with the subject of FIRST NAMES Christian Forename Unusual Traditional Modern and Favourite names for Babies Boys Girls Children Men and Women listed alphabetically. JUST NAMES THIS BOOK WILL ASSIST IN THE SELECTION OF POSSIBLE NAMES 240 printed pages within which to find the perfect name more names listed than in any other known book book size one-third A4 98 mm x 211 mm 15 mm thick, lists compiled using alternate UPPER and lower case letters for EASE OF READING our aim has been to provide the widest possible selection from which to choose over 19,000 names selected from MASTER LISTINGS exceeding 38,500 NAMES simple listings make the initial selection of names much easier £ 10.00 per book OUTSIDE EUROPE delivery include. More names from within standard listings as featured on page 105. JAAK JAANA JABAL JABEZ JACCALYN JACCO JACEK JACEY JACI JACINDA JACINTH JACINTHE JACINTO JACKEE JACKELYN JACKI JACKLYN JACKY JACMEL JACOB JACOBE JACOBINE JACOMIENE JACOTTE JACQI JACQUALINE JACQUELEINE JACQUELYN JACQUEMINE JACQUEY JACQUII JACQUY JACUB JACY JAD JADEEN JADIE JADRAN JAE JAEL JAFFREY JAH JAHN JAIKIE JAAN JAASON JABE JAC JACCI JACE JACENTA JACHIE JACINA JACINTA JACINTHA JACINTHIA JACKALIN JACKELINE JACKETTA JACKLEAN JACKSON JACLYN JACO JACOBA JACOBINA JACOLYN JACON JACOVIA JACQLYN JACQUE JACQUELINE JACQUELYNE JACQUETTA JACQUIE JACQUINE JACQY JACVY JACYNTH JADE JADENE JADINE JADRIEN JAECKI JAFFAR JAGO JAHMAN JAI JAILLIN. Historical names on page 114 consist of achilles admira aeneas ajax aristotle baruch beau benigno bosko cain canute claudius cleopatra davy desdemona elver erwin ettore fenner gilbert gottlieb guinevere hadrian hannibal hercules hermes imelda jedediah jezebel joseph keir learie logie mary moses nell nye og pik robert saarjie saul trygve yuri adlai adonis airey archimedes attila bathsheba benedita boadicea brutus caligula che clementine curzon decimus egon emmeline ethelwulf eve ferdinand godiva guglielmo hadassah haggai hecuba hereward herod iphigenia jeremiah job judas lazarus lev lorena methuselah napoleon nicodemus obadiah olaudah pontius romulas samson sushmite vicesimus zipporah Remember, Modern Favourite Unusual Son Extraordinary French Italian Individualism Well Known Original Child Biblical Musicians Worldly Selection Listing Entertain ,Singers Actors German Hebrew Welsh Irish Scottish Foreign Gaelic Choose Call Son Daughter Named Children Choosing Baby's Needs Names First Forename Christian Babies and Girls Boys. Just to remind you again there are Christian baby names Victorian Christian names Christian female saint names Christian name Christian baby name Christian girl name boy Christian name baby Christian girl name Christian name saint Christian female name baby boy Christian name Christian male name book of baby names baby book names baby names book Books on baby names a book of baby names baby names from children’s books baby name book baby book free name baby book name online baby big book name baby book name survey best baby name book.Page 115 shows the following names kaaij kaarlo kabden kachey kaci kadeem kader kady kaela kaethe kaffe kahil kahlil kaida kaimun kaisia kaito kala kalanthe kaleb kaleigh kali kalila kaliska kalle kalliyan kaltham kalvin kalyca kamala kamar kamil kamini kamlesh kamran kamuela kanankandee kandis kanita kansai kant karac karann kaaren kaati kabrena kachira kadar kadel kadira kaed kaete kaeti kahane kahless kai kailey kain kaitlin kajaa kalan kalea kaleen kalena kaliegh kalinda kalita kallen kalter kalu kalya kamal kamandi kami kamilah kamla kammy kamron kanake kanat kandice kane kannitha kansan kaoru karah kareem kareena. Order online, each book costs just £9.00 throughout Europe, Names beginning with “L” are featured on page 123 of JUST NAMES LAA-LAA LABHRAS LABRON LACEY LACHELE LACHLANN LACHUNN LACRESHA LADELINELADISLAV LAERKE LAETICIA LAFAYETTE LAGHLAN LAHLY LAIA LAIDI LAIDLEY LAILAH LAINA LAING LAIRA LAISLEY LAITH LAJA LAKE LAKIESHA LAKVIAR LAL LALAH LALEL LALITA LALLY LALO LALOTA LAMANCHA LAMBERT LAMBROS LAMERTO LAMINE LAMONT LAMPREY LANCE LANCY LABAN LABI LACELL LACHE LACHIAN LACHLIN LACHY LADE LADINA LADONNA LAETA LAETITIA LAFE LAHCAN LAHOMA LAIBROOK LAIDLER LAIL LAILIE LAINE LAINI LAIRD LAISTER LAITY LAJOIS LAKHBIR LAKMINI LAKYA LALAGE LALEH LALINE LALITH LALLU LALOR LALUME LAMARR LAMBERTUS LAMECH LAMIA LAMMOND LAMORNA LANAH LANCELYN LANDA LANDAY, then there are names from THE ARTS on page 134 allegra amrit antonia auguste barre beecher betsy bram bryce carson collier copley dante deepa dore edwidge erskine franz frederick germaine hagar hartley henrik holman irek jakov johnston joris jung katarzyna kingsley krzysztof mackinley merry mignon miroslav nili pran rudyard satyajit siegfried taslima timberlake waldemar amelio anatole ariel bao beatrix bell booth bret caleb cees compton crane dashiell deepak dusan erle ezra fredda garson gretchen hanan henri hervey ingmar irvine jilly jorge jules justus katha kressman lascelles maxim meyer millard morrie oscar roald salman shelagh somerset tennessee unity wilkie and then on page 139 names starting with “M” such as maalim maartja mabella mabry macaire macartan macdiarmid mace macfie machel machin mackenzie macklin maclean macleod macrae madailein madalain madalena madaliene madalyn madchen madde maddison maddox madelaine madeleine madelia madella madelon maden madhavi madhuri madigan madlyn madock madolyn madora madra madryn mae maeline maelmaedoc maelor maarten mabel mable mabyn macalaster macauley macdonald maceus macgyver machen mackaela mackie mackman maclear macon macy madala madaleine madalene madaline madar maddalene maddelena maddock madel madelein madelena madeline madelle madelyn madge madhe madi madina madoch madoka madonna madox madryll madsen maelgwyn maeliosa maelmore maengwyn maerose. 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Guarantee, in the unlikely event of you being dissatisfied with this product a full refund will be given if the instrument is returned in new condition within thirty days. TWELVE MONTHS WARRANTY AGAINST DEFECTS IN PARTS AND WORKMANSHIP. Intent on making improvements to the quality reliability and performance of the instrument we reserve the right to change specifications for instruments herein described. Spare replacement scanning heads can be purchased separately and are always available. Measuring moisture levels in grp, march 1991 issue of practical boat owner, reproduced next. JUST HOW GOOD ARE MOISTURE METERS, examines the evidence from a surveyor at work , he checks an exposed laminate on a boat that has had its gelcoat peeled and is awaiting treatment for osmosis. The use of moisture meters on grp, glass reinforced plastic, boats is hadly new. I’ve been using them for thirty years and was probably the first person to do so. My early ones had to be home made. My present Sovereign meter is the sixth I have used. Are moisture meters any use. Like every other tool or instrument the answer is yes if properly used and the person knows what he is doing. It’s the latter factor where the weakness lies. It’s very important to know the detailed nature of the fibreglass moulding. Not just the general principles of glass fibres embedded in resin, which everyone knows, but the micro structure, the perfectly normal and extremely variable small flaws and defects moulded in when new, the changes that occur with age and use. Voids, wicking, cavities, delamination, resin / glass bond, water absorption. That’s where blisters have their seat. Since most blistered boats are getting old, it’s also vital to know a lot about the history of GRP, glass reinforced plastic, boats and the materials and conditions under which early models were moulded. In reality, a moisture meter is an instrument for the specialist, not the curious casual owner. Without the knowledge to interpret the readings correctly it will give more wrong answers than right ones. I’m sure that this will be hotly denied, but in my experience many of the so called specialists who use them so confidently, and with an air of authority, fail to properly understand either the microstructure or the basic principles of operation and do not themselves know when they are getting wrong answers. Most of my comments are based on the Sovereign Moisture Master, the one commonly used and the type I now use myself. They are not criticisms of a good instrument but apply to moisture meters in general, which are not designed and calibrated for testing grp, GRP GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC, boats ( added yachts YACHTS SAILBOATS sailboats ) but are general purpose instruments primarily intended for porous materials of very different properties. There’s too much over simplification ( oversimplification ) of a very complex problem. In any case, because of the very variable nature of the microstructure of GRP accurate calibration is impossible. THE NATURE OF GLASSFIBRE. Unlike steel there’s no clearly defined material called grp or glass reinforced plastic. Even with a class of boats made by the same manufacturer ( moulders ) in the same mould with the same basic materials at the same time there will be subtle differences. Between different makes and periods ( of time ) there will be wide differences. The materials and practices have changed over the years. There was little quality control on earlier boats, which are the ones now giving the most trouble. A lot of the improvements have been to speed production, not make better boats. The properties of the mouldings themselves, and in particular the microstructure, alter considerably and unpredictably with age and use. Use in particular is a very variable factor. This applies far more to the basic moulding, the invisible part behind the gelcoat than the gelcoat itself. But this is where the water is and where the troubles lie. Blistered or not, the gel coat is usually the best part. There are well over a hundred causes of blistering that I know of and there are probably many more. Most of them are related, directly or indirectly, to water absorption into the microstructure. Osmosis is not a cause, it’s an effect, and many blisters have nothing to do with osmosis at all. A grp moulding, even the best, will have millions of tiny voids. They are inevitable and perfectly normal (FIG 1). ( Behind a normally solid gel coat will be millions of small voids, unavoidable even on the best moldings. Most of them are champagne bubble size, or microvoids along fibres, with a few larger ones. All these form discrete, non intercommunicating pockets. ). The most numerous are microsize along fibres due to incomplete wetting out of every single tiny fibre. The process entails, in theory, the perfect wetting out of several hundred miles of fibre every minute, by one man, which is a tall order. Next in size are the millions of champagne bubble sized voids of trapped air. With age and water absorption, cavities as big as an old penny form. These are the good mouldings. Moving down the quality scale the number and size of all moulding flaws increase dramatically both initially and with age. Every GRP boat is of marginal quality to some degree because under factory moulding conditions laboratory standard moulding is impossible. Forget the exaggerated claims made for the latest boats by builders, often not noted previously for good moulding. The boats on which a moisture meter will be of interest are those moulded in earlier years. With age and water absorption all these minor and quite normal flaws become enlarged and spread. The most extensive is the breakdown of the resin / glass bond, shown where visible by the prominent white fibre pattern. These form capillary paths for water to penetrate further and increase water absorption. As water collects it enlarges voids by chemical attack and erosion, sometimes raising blisters, ( but contrary to the popular view by no means always ). Deeper flaws cause splitting and delamination. All this is generally a long term effect with little immediate effect on strength, although it’s probably the terminal factor. At the same time it must be realised that older boats were thicker and more strongly built than most recent cruiser / racers, and with a higher factor of safety. In my view, modern boats will not last as long, and even if they don’t blister will fall to pieces sooner. This microstructure means that by far the greater part of moisture trapped within a moulding will be in discrete pockets, mostly small or microscopic, eparated by comparatively dry material between. Polyester resin absorbes moisture but only to a small extent and is a good insulator, the purpose for which it was developed. Nobody thought of such a stupid idea as making boats with it at the time. Consequently the common resistance type moisture meter ( ADDED THE POLKARMICC MOISTURE METER USES CAPACITANCE NOT RESISTANCE FOR MEASUREMENT ), used on wood, which requires a continuous conductive path, fails to work on grp GRP glass reinforced plastic. It has to be an electronic field type which will measure the general level of moisture over an area and to some depth ( FIG 2 ). ( An elect - electromagnetic - field type meter ( such as the Sovereign) does not require contact or a continuous path and measures the average value to a depth below the surface. But note how the field, electromagnetic added, decreases with depth as shown by the spacing of the lines, of flux added, and hence the sensitivity. A small void at “A” will give a high reading. A deeper one at “B” a low reading. At “C” regardless of size, it is out of range and the meter will say it is not there. All voids are assumed to be wet. A resistance type meter measures the resistance between two probes along a surface path as shown dotted. All this will show is the surface dampness of the gel coat. It will not give any indication of the state of the moulding beneath. Unlike a porous material which will be uniformly damp, the moisture level in GRP depends on the number and size of the voids just as much as the dampness. A few voids in a saturated and degraded moulding can seem better than many voids in a dry and much sounder moulding. Therefore a moisture reading should never be used in isolation. The reading must be confirmed by as careful a visual examination as possible ( a magnifier is essential and better still is a pocket microscope or watchmakers eyeglass ) and any other tests plus a knowledge of the boat’s history and class record. In isolation a moisture meter reading does not necessarily indicate that a boat is bad or good. Note particularly I include good. HOW MUCH MOISTURE ? It’s generally assumed that the moisture is evenly distributed all over, a nice cosy assumption. This is just not true, as my research over the last thirty years has shown, and is due to this very variable nature of fibreglass moulding, even over a small area of the same boat. Water will search out lines of weakness. Anyone old enough to remember the days of wooden boats will know very well, especially when it came to deck leaks. The drip down one’s neck did not come through all over. It found a path. Glass reinforced plastic is never a homogenous material like steel. It’s made in the mould by workers who are, and more relevant were, often unskilled, often careless, often not feeling their best, working under production pressures and in some parts of mosts hulls under very uncomfortable conditions. Very few designers have ever been moulders, moreover they are human, not machines. Incidentally machine made boats, such as spray-up, are nearly always worse. Consequently it’s inevitable that some parts will be less well moulded than others, whether it’s a single capillary path, a small area, a whole layer or half the boat. Water will penetrate these parts and eat deeper into the moulding so that after ten years, a typical age for these sort of troubles, there may be localised waterways to a depth of several millimetres while an inch away it has barly got further than the surface. Once it has got deeper it may find a weaker layer, a more carelessly moulded patch, often a change from better quality isophthallic resin to cheaper orthophthallic at what was considered a safe depth, and fan out behind to form quite a large, deep pocket of dame. ( Fig 3 ) At ‘A’ the moulding is fairly sound and water does not penetrate far. A short distance away at ‘B’ there is a small patch with a higher void content. Water erodes it’s way in from void to void until it reaches a less resistant or defective layer, show shaded. A few years later the water will have eroded a canal and fanned out behind through the less resistant layer to make a substantial cavity beyond detection depth. The opening will be small and difficult to detect. Even if there is a blister the canal behind is likely to be overlooked. I saw one case where decay in this way had eaten right through the keel area where it was over an inch thick. Moreover it was a good quality yacht built to Lloyds 100 A1. God knows what is happening to some of the boom days yachts of the sixties and seventies. This article continued lower down this page. Please link to our BOOK, JUST NAMES, Web Site to see some of the potential names from within our general listings such as gabbi gabey gabie gable gabriela gabriell gabryel gadar gaea gaelle gaenor gaetane gaev gaidagh gail gaillard gaius galante galen galfrid galiana galilah galindo galla gallard gallia galor galvan galvin galya gamaliel ganesa gani ganner ganyah garance garath garcelle gardiner garech garel garett gariad garif gabe gabi gabirel gabriel gabriele gabrielle gad gae gael gaelum gaetan gaetona gai gaie gailard gair galan galbraith galeno galfrdus galiena galina galip gallagher galli galloway galton galven galway galyn gameel ganesan ganiat gannon garald garard garbett garcia gardiol garek gareth gari garic garland garman The book also has a supplementary index and the names displayed within the special pages are additional to the examples within the primary listings. 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More names from the general alphabetical listings follow haaj habie hablot hacon haddan haddow haden hadia hadria hadrien hadwisa hael hafina haflidah hagen haggith hagia hagley hague hahnee haidee haig haile hailly haim hainault haitham hajan hajna hakeem hakim hal halbert halcyon haldan haldane haldis haldor haley halford halfrida halfryn halian halimeda haakon hables hackett hadass haddon hadelino hadge hadlee hadrick hadwin haedin hafida hafiz hafwen haggan hagi hagit hagood haheem haidar haider haike hailey hailz hain haines hajah hajiya hakan haki hakon haland halcro halcyone haldana halden haldon hale halfdan halfreida halfrieda hali halima halina Increasingly, customers had experienced difficulty in obtaining 9 volt batteries in the PP6 package therefore the battery compartment was redesigned to accommodate the smaller PP3 battery. 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Continuing now with the article from Practical Boat Owner. By it’s nature, wood has a cellular structure which can fill with water. Glass reinforced plastic has only those tiny voids which, even on a poorish moulding will amount to a small percentage of the volume. In short it has nowhere to put the water, and the amount absorbed by polyester resin is also small. Therefore moisture content will be around 2 - 7%, whereas even dry wood has 12% and wet wood can be 50%. Figures quoted for water extracted from a glassfibre boat, generally by the makers of dehumidifying machines to extol the worth of their products, and too often quoted also by people and publications who should know better, of hundreds of gallons, are ridiculous, often equivalent to filling the boat to the gunwales ! A little arithmetic shows this. Take a moulding weighing one ton, say a thirty foot yacht or the older sort. 5% is about 100 lb or 10 gallons. Then take into account that most will be in the surface layers and you have no more than a bucket full, bucketful, or two. What goes in slowly will come out slowly. It’s reckoned that taking off the gel coat will not greatly speed the process. Forced drying however will accelerate the drying of the surface layers, while leaving wetter layers below. Moisture readings may therefore give a false impression so that a lot of moisture is sealed in to continue its damage at depth, unsuspected, in the heart of the moulding. One of the often quoted causes of blistering is water penetrating through from the bilges. This will occur only on a boat so badly moulded she is not worth the cost of repair. She is bad through and through. But it is sometimes found that quite a high reading is obtained on the inner face of the hull indicating that water has wicked through the whole thickness. This would occur normally only on a boat kept afloat for many years, and the boat would probably never dry out whatever the surface readings indicate, especially if force dried. Detection Depth. Having discussed what one must look for, how easy is it to find ? The makers of the Sovereign meter claim a detection depth of 6 mm. What they do not say is the way the meter reading falls off with depth. It’s very sensitive to surface moisture, even an invisible film of condensation and I’ve found it can be unusable in conditions of high humidity. This does not mean a steamy tropical jungle only. High humidity is very common in the British Isles, notably the misty conditions or heavy dew associated with waterside sites where it is not unusual to find boats. On deeper layers the readings will be so weak as to indicate a ‘safe’ moisture level. Note that this can be below drier surface layers. This is where the fallacy of assuming a uniform moisture level is most misleading and risky. It will not detect deep pockets. Worse it will say they are not there. The first thing to do on obtaining a moisture meter is to calibrate it. This is easily done over a wet rag, progressively spacing the detector head further away. Table 1 shows my calibration for the Sovereign meter. Since a wet rag is far wetter than grp could ever be, it’s on the conservative side. The percentage figures calibrating the dial of the Sovereign meter are for wood and porous materials, and have no relevance to glass reinforced plastic. Despite the quoted detection depth of 6 mm I find this meter of little use for detecting anything beyond 3 mm because the reading is so weak, giving it an effective range on glassfibre, as a detecting instrument of 1.5 to 2 mm, of which 0.5 mm will be gel coat. That is not much on a boat which is likely to be at least 10 mm thick and in the keel perhaps 50 mm. There can be significant pockets and damp patches well beyond this depth. Thoes who dispute this just do not know they exist. In fact, I’ve found plenty by other means, all well below areas the meter declared were ‘safe’. Table 1 results Distance in mm / meter reading % / Colour code / Interpretation respectively. 0 / saturated / Red / Saturated : 1 / 23% / Red / Wet : 2 / 19% / Orange / Marginal : 3 / 15 / Green / Dry : 4 / 5% / Green / Dry : 5 / / o% / Green / Very Dry. Results for the calibration of the Sovereign Moisture Meter using a wet rag as Target. By using high frequency radio waves which penetrate the surface of the material, the Sovereign Portable Electronic Moisture Meter enable you to check the moisture content of a laminate without damaging it. Large areas can be tested by simply passing the meter head over the surface, in which case an audio warning signal can be pre-set to obviate the need for continual visual monitoring of the dial; smaller, more suspect areas can be closely examined to determine the precise spot where water ingress has occured. In practice, the level of moisture diminishes as readings recede from the point of breakdown. Returning to this article later, please see below. Our POLKARMICC Moisture Meter is QUALITY GUARANTEED £ 260 per meter OUTSIDE EUROPE ( delivery included ) and measures the moisture content within a wide range of building materials accurately aluminium foil wall papered over is very often used to cover-up dampness In such cases high readings warn Building Surveyors facilitates the location of conduits and rainwater pipes. £ 240 per meter ANYWHERE in EUROPE ( delivery included ) Signals safely penetrate wallpaper, paint and other decorative finishes The moisture content within concrete floor screeds can even be checked through parquet, ceramic or plastic tiles quick and simple to use with single-handed operation scanning head smooth pad more beneficial than PIN - TYPE probe dual-scale readings for dense and less dense materials SPARE SCANNING HEAD £35.70 Europe & £39.70 anywhere outside Europe Returning again to the article in Practical Boat Owner : The Sovereign has a rather large detection head, a 2 inch diameter circle. It works well if it can average a lot of small water filled voids, or one good sized one or on porous material, but will not detect small, isolated pockets or a capillary path. Even detectable pockets are hit or miss if small, and as the face of the detector head is easily worn and damaged it cannot be slid over the surface while searching so small areas are very easily missed. To investigate deeper means quarrying a small area, which is even more hit or miss unless that patch is already suspicious because of bulging or weeping. Because of the size of the detector head, about 3 x 2.5 inches, this is more destructive than I like and quite unacceptable on an ordinary survey. It’s a pity a smaller probe is not available but apparently it’s impracticable. A likely guide to the depth of penetration is the boat’s history if known. This is an important reason for not being panicked into drastic and expensive treatment, or premature sealing. Independent proper diagnosis is the first and most essential part of any treatment for blistering and a job for a glass reinforced plastics specialist, not a clinic wanting work, or any old surveyor just because he is a surveyor with a lot of impressive, and generally irrelevant qualifications. It it’s known that the boat has been stored ashore every winter it’s unlikely that moisture will have penetrated deeply. On the other hand a boat which has been kept afloat year round, as is common nowadays with expensive marina berths, will have a lot of higher and deeper moisture level. It will also take a lot longer to dry out thoroughly and to any depth. The highest and deepest moisture level will be on a boat which has been in the tropics or Mediterrannean where, because of the higher water temperature, water absorption as well as all chemical reactions are five times or more faster. In these waters also yachts are less often laid up ashore. Boats with the lowest levels are likely to be Scandinavian and North American where they are always stored ashore because of ice in near zero winter humidity. QUALITY OF MOULDING When we get down to the nitty gritty the most important factor, as it always has been when dealing with glassfibre boats, is the quality of moulding. This is not the same as the quality of the yacht and still less the price. There have always been very expensive dustbins stuffed full of lovely toys. Some moulders, fewer than make the claim, have a history of sound moulding and low blistering. Remember it’s the moulding behind the gel coat, not the gel coat, which is crucial. But moulders have their vintages and even the best can turn out the odd rogue boat. Vintages apply to grp boats as a whole too. State of the art has later been shown to have inherent defects and I have no doubt that will apply to the boats built today too. A five year guarantee is of little value to anyone but the first owner. There have been various stages in the history of glass reinforced plastic boats, slow development of improved materials ( many of which have not been as good as claimed ) epidemics of the defective materials, world famines of raw materials leading to substitution ( the user is never told ) - and belated research. But the major factors have been economic with production practice being far more important than the materials. Many of the yachts now giving trouble, the fifteen or twenty years olds, were built in the boom days by unskilled labourers straight off the dole queue working on a speed related bonus scheme. Mouldings just happened. Quality meant the curtains. Personal experience. If I did not think moisture meters were useful I would not have used them myself for thirty years and spent a lot of time and trouble developing my earlier ones. But it’s extremely important to know their limitations and be able to relate the reading to the nature and microstructure of the grp mouldings. They are better for monitoring the drying out of selected and accurately marked patches on a single boat than as a gspel preaching instrument used in isolation. A lot of experience is needed too as much cannot be seen and only anticipated from past. Increased Book Sales lead to further price reductions. During 2007 B K Watson, aged 67, decided to de-register Erashape Limited and continue trading in his own name manufacturing and marketing the Polkarmicc Moisture Meter and Publishing Books. Two Web Sites at the following domain names are currently active : namesbook.co.uk and erashape.co.uk.

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