personal names

Presents over 25,000 names for boys and girls, including selections from European, African, Asian, and Native American traditions, each with origins and meanings, nicknames, and variations; and includes advice for prospective parents on how to choose just the right name for their new baby.

A young boy who always pretends to be someone else decides to give his own name when he gets lost in a department store.

Eight-year-old David is convinced that his life will be more adventurous when he changes his name to Ali Baba.

During roll call at her first day of nursery school, a little girl decides she doesn't like her name and wants to change it.

Presents over 11,400 names for babies, each with an origin and definition, a pronunciation key when needed, and a list of notable namesakes; and includes naming do's and don'ts, horoscopes, and birthstones.

Presents an alphabetical listing of over ten thousand first names for boys and girls, each with information on the name's origin, meaning, and usage.

Lists over ten thousand names from more than forty countries around the world, grouped by ethnicity and national origin; and includes advice on selecting a baby name, as well as a chart for tracing the genealogy of names of family members.

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

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