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Mirha questions her name after her classmates continually pronounce it wrong on the first day of school so her mother helps her to learn the significance of her name and to be proud of it.

"Max's room has his name all over it--on his blanket and night light and wall. His parents call him The One and Only Max. And so, he is in for a big surprise at the playground one day, when he hears Max, time to go home! and two other kids come running. He's not the one and only after all! How many Maxes are in the world?! Millions of Maxes? But when he decides to help one of the other Maxes find her missing toy, he discovers that there are other...

Very Best Baby Name Book, the #1 best-selling baby name book in the world, is now bigger and better. The most important changes are: even more names (55,000 names vs. 50,000 names previously), more lists to help readers choose (235 lists vs. 150 lists previously), and a special introduction by Bruce Lansky on how to pick a name you and your baby will like.

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

Lists nearly five thousand names for girls and boys and includes origins, variations, meanings, and famous namesakes.