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Onomastics

Category contains web sites concerning the study of names.

• - The meaning and history of first names.
  
• - Find out the meaning of English place-names and where known, trace back to their original roots.
  
• - Promote onomastics, the study of names and naming practices, both in the United States and abroad. Seeks to find out what really is in a name, and to investigate cultural insights, settlement history, and linguistic characteristics revealed in names. Site
  
• - This project is part of Oxford University, under the aegis of the Board of Literae Humaniores. The purpose is to collect and publish with documentation all known ancient Greek personal names (including non-Greek names recorded in Greek, and Greek names in
  
• - Geographic and onomastic Encyclopedia of the United States and reference information. Lists proper names as surnames and placenames.
  
• - International organization of all scholars who have a special interest in the study of names. The aim of the Council is the advancement, representation and co-ordination of name research on an international level and in an interdisciplinary context.
  
• - An academic journal. Among the subjects it covers, onomastic studies.
  
• - An etymological name collection. Includes lists of most popular names in certain countries and decades. A project of Obloquium Athenaeum.
  
• - Bibliography of books, articles and other onomastic resources at the University of Texas, El Paso.
  
• - Onomastics section containing bibliographies and references sources on both Anglo-Saxon place and personal names.
  
  

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