names, personal

A comprehensive guide to more than four thousand Scottish family names and clans that defines the origins of the surnames, a brief history of the clans, tartans, and other related information; and includes a fold-out clan map.

Provides information about the meanings of first names, organized alphabetically by definition, with individual sections for male and female names.

A Native American grandfather tells his granddaughter the story of her ancestor Echo Hawk, explaining why she should be proud of her name and her heritage as a member of the Pawnee tribe.

Information on the history of names, changing your name, famous names, nicknames, and name games. Includes a dictionary of boys' and girls' names.

When Nick learns that a kindergarten classmate and his own father not only look alike but have the same name, he wonders if they could possibly be the same person.

Crisantemo loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

Tells how the little girl met her yellow puppy, and how he got his name.

Presents thousands of baby name suggestions arranged in categories--including celebrities, saints, the Bible, mythology, literary characters, soap opera characters, athletes, gems, flowers, hurricanes, and names from foreign countries--and in alphabetized girls' and boys' lists with origins, meanings, and variations.

Presents three stories by Kevin Henkes, including the title work in which Chrysanthemum becomes the victim of teasing at school because of her unusual name.