personal names

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.

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.