personal names

A guide to over 10,000 names from around the world and throughout history, to be used in selecting the right name for your baby.

Explains the origin and meaning of over 70,000 surnames in the English-speaking world that are of European derivation.

After receiving a strange book at school, ten-year-old Howie Quackenbush discovers that he can transport himself to various places around his town and also learns something vitally important about his soon-to-be born baby sister.

Cody and his classmates in the third grade are having fun reporting on the origin of their names, until Cody finds out that his parents named him after a dog.

A collection of linguistic, historical, and associated information and about some 7,000 names.

Provides over 25,000 baby names, their origins, variations of each name, and definition.

Third grader Bridgett Butt sets out to get everything in her life back to normal somehow when her favorite teacher moves away, her best friend gets a new best friend, and her dog gets sick.

When Michael Brown's mother remarries and Michael's last name changes to Jordan, the kids at his new school expect him to be like his namesake on the basketball court, but unfortunately this Michael is terrible at sports.

Mommy calls Hannah all sorts of names except her own, leaving Hannah to wonder if Mommy really does know who she is.