cannot use GameObject.Find with string

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1

I have a string that I pull from an array and then would like to use that string with GameObject.Find to enable the renderer of that object. Seems great in theory, but I get a null error when I attempt it. Any ideas why this won’t work with GameObject.Find.

    public void ItemEquipClicked(int level, int attack, int defense, int category, int item) {
	    Debug.Log( "equip button Clicked!");
	    itemname = GameManager.Instance.myitemsImageString[category, item];
	    GameObject.Find(itemname).renderer.enabled = true;
	    Debug.Log(itemname);
    }
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It would seem that either the GameObject with that name doesn’t exist or that it doesn’t have a renderer attached to it…