I found most of the descriptions to be correct in my own and the other names I looked up in this book. Makes for intersting reading. The book hooks you by appealing to your curiosity. Aren't we all a little fascinated with names? I mean a name is a pretty important thing!I found the way in which the names are broken down and analyzed to be a little odd. But the system/research the author used to arrive at the interpretations given must work, because there was a lot of truth to each person's name that I looked up.Fun coffee table type book.