personal names

Paige Turner starts fourth grade with a new name in hopes of being more bold and brave, especially when dealing with class bully Viveca and overcoming her stage fright.

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.

Contains over 37,500 names for babies from 250 countries in 160 different languages.

Starting at a new school, Gabrielle tries to make new friends while struggling with the spelling of her long name.

When Ed attends a family reunion with many relatives who have the same name, he hopes to get his own special nickname.

A young girl celebrates the name that was chosen just for her.

Presents alphabetical listings of over two thousand names for boys and girls found in works of classic literature, each with information on origin and meaning, variations, and literary namesakes.

Spine title: Names. A compendium of interesting facts about names and nicknames divided into thirty-three categories from cars to trade names to apples.