Read about sky country names in this New York Times piece In Flight about a pilot’s-eye view of life in the sky.
Name News
And More About the U.S Most Popular Baby Names of 2014
See what we can learn about celebrity popularity by watching baby name trends in this article by Mallory Moss of babynames.com… Read More
Award for Best Article in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 2014
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
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.
Introducing the New ANS Website!
Join ANS today!
Exciting new features available through the website:
- conference information
- calls for papers
- information about NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics
- join ANS
- renew ANS membership
- news about names and naming from around the world
- link directly to other onomastic societies
- link directly to other scholarly journals
New ANS Website Launching Monday
Get excited… the new ANS Website will be live this Monday, 5/4/15!