names, personal

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.

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.

Emily believes her name belongs to her alone, but on the first day of school she discovers she is not the only Emily in the world.

Contains approximately 2,000 entries that list books with character names ranging from Aaron and Abby to Zachry and Zoe. Even unusual or foreign names, such as Amber, Ezel, Pablo, and Yuki are included.

Presents facts about the names of persons, places, and things, origins of surnames, and how names are chosen for business and fiction.

A survery of over 6000 first names used in the English-speaking world, with their linguistic and ethnic roots explained.