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What's my name?

2017
"The King and Queen realise they need to call the Little Princess by her real name now that she's actually not so little any more. But there's trouble . . . the Princess's real name is so awful that nobody can pluck up the courage to tell her what it is! The Princess is determined to find out her true name. But what will happen when she does . . ."--OCLC.

We want names, too!

2021
"The toes want names just like the fingers-- but they can't agree!"--Back cover.

Thao

Thao is tired of her name being mispronounced all the time and decides to call herself Jennifer.

I'm a baked potato!

2019
A small dog named Baked Potato is lost and searching for his lady owner, but neither the grumpy dog or the fox are helpful, and his strange name creates confusion--until owl explains that, whatever he is called, he is really a dog.

El secreto de su nombre

With no money or food the hero of the story is in Coyoacan, Mexico, on an important mission to discover a secret name.
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Teach us your name

2018
Life with a 20 letter name can be difficult. Hardly anyone ever says it correctly. It rarely fits into spaces made for other names. Everyone else's names seem so much easier. Will a plan to teach a name work?.

How Nivi got her names

2016
"Nivi has always known that her names were special, but she does not know where they came from. So, one sunny afternoon, Nivi decides to ask her mom how she got her names. The stories of the people Nivi is named after lead her to an understanding of traditional Inuit naming practices and knowledge of what those practices mean to Inuit"--Back cover.
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Names from Africa

their origin, meaning, and pronunciation
1972
Lists many African personal names along with their meaning, pronunciation, and the African country and language from which they derive.

The Guinness book of names

1983
Includes chapters on first names, surnames, nicknames, place names, trade names, public names, house names, boat names, pet names and name games, (etc.).

A name for kitty

2000
Malinda Martha takes a kitten home from the petshop and has a memorable experience finding a name that sticks.

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