names, personal

Presents an illustrated collection of jokes that contains a series of puns on different names.

Discusses the use, origin, meaning, and frequency of personal names and includes trivia such as famous stage names and interesting name changes.

Introduces young readers to capitalization through photographs and sentences that contain proper names.

Ashok, a boy whose parents moved to the U.S. from India, wishes he had a plain "American" name, but after a talk with an understanding teacher, he learns to take pride in his unique name.

An illustrated edition of the classic comedy routine by Abbott and Costello about oddly named baseball players.

Orville Rudmeyer Pygenski, Jr.'s, decision to form an "I Hate My Name Club" has some surprising results.

Presents a dictionary of over ten thousand names, each with information on its cultural origin, literal meaning, alternative spellings, and spiritual significance.

When a little girl changes her name to one she likes better, she starts a trend among her classmates that leads to complete confusion.

Presents a variety of jokes about people's names.