Mama and Papa Potamus try out many different names for their newborn daughter before finding just the right one in time for her naming ceremony.

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

Our thinking about Jewish name changing tends to focus on clichés: ambitious movie stars who adopted glamorous new names or insensitive Ellis Island officials who changed immigrants' names for them. But as Kirsten Fermaglich elegantly reveals, the real story is much more profound. Scratching below the surface, Fermaglich examines previously unexplored name change petitions to upend the clichés, revealing that in twentieth-century New York City,...

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

"Meet Elizabeth. She's got an excellent pet duck, a loving granddad and a first name that's just awesome. After all, she's got a queen named after her! So she's really not amused when people insist on using nicknames like "Lizzy" and "Beth." She bears her frustration in silence until an otherwise ordinary autumn day, when she discovers her power to change things once and for all. In the process, Elizabeth learns about communication and respect --...

Explores a variety of people with variations on the name "Hitler" and how they go through their lives with the name.