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Eight-year-old David is convinced that his life will be more adventurous when he changes his name to Ali Baba.

Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.

Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

A new boy named Matthew joins Mrs. Tuttle's class, which already has twenty-five students whose first names are Matthew and whose last names begin with every letter except Z.

Andy's friends construct different words from his name: "an" words, "and" words, and "andy" words.

How Alison Wonderland got her name and how she learned to live with it.

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

When her embarrassing middle name is revealed at school, mad scientist Franny K.

In her diary, Daphne Davis doodles, draws, and documents a series of disasters on her first two days of fourth grade, most of which result from her new teacher accidentally calling her Daffy.

Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge.

Relates the tale of Rumpelstiltskin's childhood and youth, explaining why his name is so important, how he is able to spin straw into gold, and why a first-born child is his reward for helping the miller's daughter-turned-queen.

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.

Ten-year-old Abbie, bullied at school for being small, wants to get a big black dog, but two months of living with a little Yorkshire terrier changes his mind about a number of things.

After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.

A girl adopted from China describes how her three names--one from her birth mother, one from the orphanage, and one her American parents gave her--are each an important part of who she is.