The 54th Annual Names Institute will be held at Baruch College (CUNY), Lexington Avenue @ 24th St., on Saturday, May 2, 2015. Abstracts on all aspects of names—personal, geographic, commercial & trade, literary—are welcomed by April 15th, to Professor Wayne Finke at wayne.finke[at]baruch.cuny.edu… Read More
Month: February 2015
Call for Papers: Science-Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Names
Call for Papers – Deadline 15 April 2015.
Special Issue of NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics devoted to
Names, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
The American Name Society is currently inviting abstracts
for scientific papers providing an analysis of the names found in
contemporary and classic literary works of science-fiction, fantasy,
or horror.… Read More
Call for Papers Open
The next ANS conference is January 7-10th, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
The call for papers is now open.… Read More
ANS is on twitter!
Follow ANS at @AmNameSociety
Use #names and #onomastics to find other interesting information about names.… Read More
About Names: ‘50 Shades’ may color how parents feel about saintly name
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Anastasia.
About Names: Who may have espied Nathan’s long plateau?
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Nathan.
Presidential Greeting
Award for Best Article in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 2013
2013. Christopher L. Robinson, HEC-Paris, France, for his article entitled “What Makes the Names of Middle-earth So Fitting? Elements of Style in the Namecraft of J.R.R. Tolkien,” published in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 61(2): 65–74.
Award Committee: Michael McGoff, John Algeo, Kemp Williams… Read More
Award for Best Article in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 2012
2012. Stanley Brandes, University of California, Berkeley, for his article entitled “Dear Rin Tin Tin: An Analysis of William Safire’s Dog-Naming Survey from 1985,” published in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 60(1): 3–14.
Award Committee: Michael McGoff, John Algeo, Kemp Williams… Read More
Award for Best Article in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 2011
2011. Carol G. Lombard, The University of the Free State (Bloemfontein, South Africa), for her article entitled “The Sociocultural Significance of Niitsitapi Personal Names: An Ethnographic Analysis,” published in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 59(1): 42–51.
Award Committee: Michael McGoff, John Algeo, Dwan Shipley… Read More