The latest issue of Names: A Journal of Onomastics is now available online! Click here to read the latest in onomastics scholarship in volume 72, number 2 of Names. A table of contents appears below.Names is published as an open access journal available to all via the Journal’s home at the University of Pittsburgh. All journal content, including the content found in previous volumes, is available for free online as downloadable PDF files.
Table of Contents
Articles
Gender and the Urban Linguistic Landscape: Polish Street Naming Practices by Krzysztof Górny and Ada Górna
What’s in a Name: An Exploratory Study of Similarities and Differences Between Twins and Single-born Siblingsby Emma Otta, Gustavo Crivello Cesar, Eloísa de Souza Fernandes, Renata Defelipe, Keven Leandro dos Santos, Vinicius Frayze David, and Nancy L. Segal
The Negative Effect of Ambiguous First Names in Online Mate Selection: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Japanby Kazuya Ogawa, Hiroki Takikawa
Young Chinese Women’s Reasons for Changing their Given Names: An Online Investigation by Yi Liu
Note
A Note on the UK Local BMD: A Full Name Onomastic Resource by Stephen J. Bush
Book Reviews
The Nameplate, by Marcel Rosa-Salas and Isabel Attyah Flower, by Mary Ann Walter
Names and Naming in Beowulf by Philip A. Shaw, reviewed by T.K. Alphey