The 2014 Award Winner is:
R. Urbatsch, “Alphabetical Effects on Political Careers,” Names: A Journal of Onomastics 62(4): 229–238.
Committee: Michael McGoff, John Algeo, Kemp Williams… Read More
Month: May 2015
About Names: ‘Charlotte’ royal for centuries
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Charlotte.
International Symposium on Place Names, South Africa, September 17-18 2015
An International Symposium on Place Names entitled “Place names, diversity and heritage” will be held from the 17th to the 18th of September 2015 in Clarens, South Africa. The languages of the symposium are English and Afrikaans. The deadline for abstracts is the 17th of July 2015.
… Read More Workshop on the determinants of bestowing and using personal names, Germany, September 14-15, 2015
From September 14th and 15th, 2015, the Akademie der Wissenscahft und Literatur will be holding an interdisciplinary workshop on the determinants of bestowing and using personal names (e.g. ethnoracial identity, socioeconomic status, and religion). The deadline for receipt of abstracts is the 31st of May 2015. For more information, click here.… Read More
27th Annual Symposium of Onomastics in Paris, December 3-5 2015
The French Society of Onomastics will be holding its 27th Annual Symposium of Onomastics in Paris, France from the 3rd to the 5th of December 2015 at the National Archives. A special theme of this symposium will be “Urban Toponymy of Paris and Its Suburbs”.… Read More
More About the U.S Most Popular Baby Names of 2014
Interested in what the experts have to say about the newly released Social Security Administration name data? Check out these blog posts:
Nameberry reports the top baby names of 2014.
Baby Name Wizard reports the most popular baby names of 2014.
Baby Name Wizard reports the fastest rising boys’ names.… Read More
U.S Most Popular Baby Names of 2014
Curious to know which baby names topped the list in 2014? Click here.… Read More
NPR Piece: ‘My Name Is Jamaal … I’m White’
“People make a lot of assumptions based on a name alone.” Click here for this story, reported by NPR.… Read More
Skype Name Trademark Controversy
EU court rules that the Skype name is too similar to the name of the Broadcaster, Sky. For that reason, Microsoft has been prohibited from registering the Skype name as a trademark.
For more details, click here.
Introducing Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
For those who’ve been eagerly anticipating the royal onomastic news, click here.