American Name Society
2009 Annual Meeting
Hilton San Francisco San Francisco, California
January 8 – 11, 2009
Thursday, 8 January
Executive Council Meeting
Room: Union Square 1/2
12:00-3:30 PM
Opening Session
Room: Union Square 6
4:00 PM
Alleen Pace Nilsen (Arizona State University) and Don L. F. Nilsen (Arizona State University), Co-Presidents
Analysis of Male Names and African American Names
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Bruce Brown (Brigham Young University)
4:15 Bruce L. Brown (Brigham Young University), Whitney Erickson (Brigham Young University), Kacy Graham (Brigham Young University), Megan Lewis (Brigham Young University), Malvina Salash (Brigham Young University), Jessica H. Scott (Brigham Young University): The trends of American male given names across the nineteenth century
4:45 Bruce L. Brown (Brigham Young University), David Gardner (Institute for the Study of Language and Culture), Brandon Gunn (Brigham Young University), Jose Pinon (Brigham Young University), Angel Venegas (Brigham Young University), Donald Walker (Brigham Young University): The changing popularity of American male names across the twentieth century
5:15 Kem Roper (University of Louisville): An analysis of distinctive African-American names
Patterns in Surname Choices for Women and Same-sex Couples
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Donna L. Lillian (East Carolina University)
6:00 Myleah Y. Kerns (East Carolina University): North American women’s surname choice based on ethnicity and self- identification as feminists
6:30 Donna L. Lillian (East Carolina University): Surname choices of same-sex couples and their children
Sister Society Meet and Greet Reception
Room: Yosemite C
8:30 – 10:00 PM
Friday, 9 January
Dictionaries, Lexicons, and Toponymic Terminology
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Thomas J. Gasque (University of South Dakota, emeritus)
8:00 D. Kenneth Tucker (Carleton University): The number of surnames in Reaney’s 1958 Dictionary of British Surnames
8:30 André Lapierre (University of Ottawa): From the lexicon to the onomasticon: French contributions to geoname terminology
9:00 Thomas J. Gasque (University of South Dakota, emeritus): The definite article The as a toponymic generic
Personal Names in a Multi-Cultural Setting
Room: Union Square 5
Chair: Karen A. Duchaj (Northeastern Illinois University)
8:00 Susan Meredith Burt (Illinois State University): The naming, re-naming, and self-naming of Hmong-Americans 8:30 Grant W. Smith (Eastern Washington University): Names, references, and meaning in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
9:00 Karen A. Duchaj (Northeastern Illinois University), Jeanine Ntihirageza (Northeastern Illinois University): Form and meaning shift in naming: How one name in pre-Christian Burundi became multiple, multilingual names in modern Burundi
Toponyms on the American Landscape
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Dwan Lee Shipley (Western Washington University)
9:45 James B. Koenig (GeothermEx): The informal gazetteer: Names not found on American maps
10:15 Rosamond C. Rodman (Mount St. Mary’s College): Naming a place Nicodemus
10:45 Dwan Lee Shipley (Western Washington University): Ghost towns of Colorado: An in-depth analysis of the place names of old mining/pioneer towns of the Centennial State
Names and Their Significance in Other Cultures
Room: Union Square 5
Chair: Terrence M. Potter (Georgetown University)
9:45 Chad J. Farnes (Brigham Young University): The evolution of naming practices in the Highlands of Guatemala
10:15 Sandra Falcon (George Mason University), Mark S. Watson (Georgetown Preparatory School): What Happened to María and José? Changes in Cuban name-giving motivated by political reforms
10:45 Terrence M. Potter (Georgetown University): What’s in an Iraqi name?
Aptronyms: Names and Vocations
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Ernest L. Abel (Wayne State University)
11:30 Verbie Lovorn Prevost (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga): What’s in a name? Or, an English teacher by any other name
12:00 Ernest L. Abel (Wayne State University): Why your doctor is your doctor, and your lawyer is your lawyer
Names and Naming in Two Former Russian Republics
Room: Union Square 5
Chair: Edwin D. Lawson (State University of New York at Fredonia, Emeritus)
11:30 Bakhtigul Imomova (Université Catholique de Louvain), Willy Van Langendonck (University of Leuven): Comparison of the Uzbek and the Western European anthroponymic systems
12:00 Edwin D. Lawson (State University of New York at Fredonia, Emeritus), Zinaida S. Zavyalova (Tomsk State Pedagogical University): The Tatars of Tomsk: Russification or preservation?
Lunch – Interest Group Gatherings
Room: TBA
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Branding: Laurel Sutton (Catchword/University of California at Berkeley)
Personal Names: Ed Lawson (State University of New York at Fredonia, Emeritus)
Invited Speaker
Room: Union Square 6
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Moderator: Kemp Williams (IBM Global Name Recognition)
Michael Adams (Indiana University): Onomasticon Fantasticum: Names as a Stylistic Element in the Novels of J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, and Philip Pullman
Name of the Year Discussion and Balloting
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Cleveland Kent Evans (Bellevue University)
3:15 – 4:15 PM
Scientific Naming and Going Green
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Laurel A. Sutton (Catchword/University of California at Berkeley)
4:30 Anne-Marie Laurian (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique): Creativity in naming things
5:00 Laurel A. Sutton (Catchword/University of California at Berkeley): Green is the new black
Place Names in Zimbabwe and French West Africa
Room: Union Square 5
Chair: Michel Nguessan (Governors State University)
4:30 Jacob Mapara (Great Zimbabwe University), Davie E. Mutasa (University of South Africa), Shumirai Nyota (Great Zimbabwe University): Purposeful naming: A case of beer halls named from colonial Rhodesia to present day Zimbabwe
5:00 Michel Nguessan (Governors State University): Toponymy development in French West Africa: Historical perspectives
American Dialect Society Word of the Year/American Name Society Name of the Year Celebration
Room: Union Square 15/16 Time: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Annual Banquet
Place: Zingari Ristorante, 501 Post Street, San Francisco, CA
7:00 PM
Saturday, 10 January
Naming and Address Forms in Colleges and Universities
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Saundra K. Wright (California State University at Chico)
8:00 Paul D. Fallon (University of Mary Washington), Christina Kakava (University of Mary Washington): Naming an academic institution: Language, power, and identity
8:30 Priscilla A. Ord (McDaniel College): Naming the halls of ivy
9:00 Saundra K. Wright (California State University at Chico): Address forms influence course ratings
Poster Session
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Priscilla A. Ord (McDaniel College)
9:30 Peter E. Raper (University of the Free State, South Africa): The etymology of the terms Bushman and San
Cultural, Political, and Social Naming Traditions
Room: Union Square 5
Chair: D. Kenneth Tucker (Carleton University)
8:00 Anthony Chukwuemeka Oha (Centre for Onomastic and Semiotic Research, Lagos, Nigeria): An onomastic review of chieftaincy titles among Igbos of Southeastern Nigeria
8:30 Joshua Abiodun Ogunwale (Obafemi Awolowo University): An anthropolinguistic analysis of Yoruba proper names 9:00 Lawrie A. Barnes (University of South Africa), Charles Pfukwa (Midlands State University, Zimbabwe): Churchill and Roosevelt: The politics of changing school names in Zimbabwe
9:30 Myoyoung Kim (University at Buffalo, State University of New York): How do Korean-Americans retain the Korean naming tradition in their first names?
Co-Presidents’ Address
Room: Union Square 6
10:15 – 11:15 AM
Moderator: Michael F. McGoff
Presidential Names in the News Alleen Pace Nilsen (Arizona State University)
Onomastic Variation: How Personal Names Become Even More Personal Don L. F. Nilsen (Arizona State University)
Annual Business Meeting
Room: Union Square 6
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Chairs: Alleen Pace Nilsen (Arizona State University) and Don L. F. Nilsen (Arizona State University), Co-Presidents
Lunch – Interest Group Gatherings
Room: TBA
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Literary Onomastics: Christine De Vinne
Place Names: André Lapierre (University of Ottawa)
Literary Onomastics I
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Christine De Vinne (Ursuline College)
2:00 Don L. F. Nilsen (Arizona State University): The fantastic names in Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl books
2:30 Catherine Evans Davies (The University of Alabama): Challenging boundaries of text and of audience: The literary uses of cross-linguistic differences in names
3:00 Christine De Vinne (Ursuline College): Thematic naming in The Transit of Venus
Names in Memorials, of Sacred Places, and on Gravestones
Room: Union Square 5
Chair: Emma Woo Louie (Independent)
2:00 Maria Palacas (University of Delaware), Amanda Strickland (Purdue University): Moving memorials: An onomastic study of memorial car etchings in the United States
2:30 Eve K. Okura (Brigham Young University): Na Wahi Pana O Hawai’i: Sacred places of Hawai’i
3:00 Emma Woo Louie (Independent): Things to learn from Chinese American gravestones
Literary Onomastics II
Room: Union Square 6
Chair: Herbert Barry III (University of Pittsburgh, Emeritus)
3:45 Uri Tadmor (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology): The unique personal names of the Onya Darat of Borneo
4:15 Dorothy Dodge Robbins (Louisiana Tech University): Naming Shakespeare’s sister: Why Woolf chose Judith
4:45 Herbert Barry III (University of Pittsburgh, Emeritus): Names of actual people chosen for fictional characters in Jane Eyre
Perception of, Variables with, and Unusual Names
Room: Union Square 5
Chair: Cleveland Kent Evans (Bellevue University)
3:45 Jennifer A. Moss (BabyNames.com): The perception of names
4:15 Zenzi M. Griffin (University of Texas at Austin), Thomas Wangerman (Georgia Institute of Technology): Variables associated with parents mistakenly calling their children by someone else’s name
4:45 Cleveland Kent Evans (Bellevue University): Bad census takers: Using census records to find unusual names
Executive Council Wrap-up Meeting
Room: Union Square 6
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Linguistic Society of America: Reception in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
Room: Imperial Ballroom A/B
7:00 – 8:30 PM