A recent NPR article explores the rise, and fall, of the name Bobby in America. From an explosion in popularity in the post-war period, particularly among music stars, the name suddenly dropped out of popularity by the 1970s. You can read the full article here.… Read More The post NAME NEWS- Bobby: A Lost Name? first appeared on American Name Society.| American Name Society
Call for Papers The 2026 Annual Meeting of the American Name Society ONLINE (via Zoom) 21 February 2026 The American Name Society is now inviting proposals for papers for its next annual conference. The one-day event will be held virtually via Zoom, allowing for the attendance of onomastics scholars from around the world.… Read More The post Call for Papers: ANS 2026 first appeared on American Name Society.| American Name Society
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. In his July 27th column, he discusses the name "Frank". Click here to learn more!| American Name Society
The American Name Society is pleased to bring you our Summer 2025 Bulletin Click here to download the Summer 2025 ANS Bulletin. In this issue, you will find: ANS has a New President Save the Date: ANS 2026 2024 Names of the Year NAMES Best Article of the Year 2024 CFP: Forensic Onomastics In Memoriam ANS Executive Council 2024 End-of-Year Reports 2025 ANS Executive Council Read more in the Summer 2025 ANS Bulletin! … Read More The post Summer 2025 ANS Bulletin Now Available! first appeare...| American Name Society
The American Name Society (ANS) is now issuing its first call for abstracts for an upcoming Special issue of the Society’s journal, NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics. One of the most fascinating areas of interdisciplinary research involving onomastics, criminology, and the law is forensic onomastics. The current call for paper proposals for original pieces of research for an upcoming Special Issue of NAMES devoted to this branch of onomastic investigation. … Read More The post Call for...| American Name Society
‘In a statement, the Army said it would “take immediate action” to restore the old names of the bases originally honoring Confederates, but the base names would instead honor other American soldiers with similar names and initials.’| American Name Society
A recent Washington Post article explores the declining adoption of the spouse’s surname after marriage: ‘Americans in their 20s are about half as likely to adopt their spouses’ names as were their octogenarian grandparents’.| American Name Society
A recent USA Today article has highlighted a new governmental policy mandating that transgender employees of both the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health employ the name that appears on their birth certificate.… Read More The post Name News: Health agencies ban chosen names first appeared on American Name Society.| American Name Society
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. In his May 4th column, he discusses the name “Luke”. Since 1979 fans of “Star Wars” have celebrated May 4, punning “May the fourth” with catch phrase “May the Force be with you.” Though it’s now usually called “Star Wars Day,” earlier it was often “Luke Skywalker Day” after the young hero (played by Mark Hamill) who battles the evil empire in a galaxy far, far away. … Read More The post About Names:...| American Name Society
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. In his May 18th column, he discusses the top baby names of 2024. Sophia, Liam, and Noah continued their reign as top baby names in 2024, while the Hawaiian derived “Ailany” had one of the biggest and most mysterious booms ever. … Read More The post About Names: Dr. Cleveland Evans on the Top Baby Names of 2024 first appeared on American Name Society.| American Name Society