The Baby Name Wizard is a collection of information and tools to help you understand everything you need to know in order to make that all important decision. There’s an encyclopaedia, a name finder (‘natch), a name mapper and more. Who would have thought the name Lucy comes from the word lux, for light?

 BabyNameWizard.com is the online home of Laura Wattenberg, author of the bestselling book The Baby Name Wizard and creator of award-winning tools that have helped the world look at baby names in a whole new way.