Some may laugh at this... Baby Names book The one I have (Baby Names for the New Century by Pamela Samuelson), has about 2000 names (not sure, haven't counted lol) from around the world. It gives names, pronouncation, race, meaning, people in history who share that name (I think this is most popular people that is) and variants. There are a number of these types out, but becareful because not all books will have the same information and not all books will agree to what race any of the most common names come from. This is as far as I got for my research material. I usually enlist my husbands help in doing searches for stuff on the internet or my state/local library because he is really good at doing research lol.