We found it in a baby book. And then Michael we named after my husband's good friend and my father."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

It is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president who led the nation through the Civil War in the eighteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

The people who started the company named it Google because in mathematics, googol,spelled g-o-o-g-o-l, is an extremely large number.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

It is about a bird named Francine who travels back in time to learn about her ancient relatives, the dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

Daniel is named after Daniel in the Bible. And Zachary sounded wild and fun so we went with it."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Maybe it was the famous bank robber Jesse James or an extremely dangerous gunman named John Wesley Hardin.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

It is about a young woman named Sookie Stackhouse who lives in the small town of Bon Temps,Louisiana.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

It is named for a tree with big, beautiful white flowers that grows in that hot, southern state.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

It was named Song of the Year at the Austin Music Awards, the closing event of the South by Southwest Music conference.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

It was named in honor of Saint Louis, which was historically called "The Gateway to the West."

VOA: special.2009.03.04

It was named for the Ebola River in the former Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

Lake Champlain is named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain who first saw it in 1609.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Lake Champlain is named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain who first saw it in sixteen-oh-nine.

VOA: special.2010.08.30

It tells about a troubled writer named Robert who makes a deal with women with magic powers to help him finish his play.

VOA: special.2009.08.05