Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper name s of all kinds and the origins of names. The words are from the Greek language Greek onomastikos , of or belonging to naming ref http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.04.0057 3Aentry 3Do 29nomastiko 2Fs , Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek English Lexicon , on Perseus project ref ref http www.etymonline.com index.php?search onomastics&searchmode none Online Etymology Dictionary ref and onomatologia , from noma name . ref http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.04.0057 3Aentry 3Do 29 2Fnoma , Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek English Lexicon , on Perseus project ref toponymy Toponymy or toponomastics , the study of place names, is one of the principal branches of onomastics. Anthroponomastics is the study of personal names. See also American Name Society Anthroponymy English Place Name Society Etymology , the study of word origins Extinction of surnames George R. Stewart , the man who humanized onomastics http www.wtsn.binghamton.edu onoma Default.htm Stewart Guild of One Name Studies Hydronyms International Council of Onomastic Sciences Jaroslav Rudnyckyj , a Ukrainian Canadian linguist and lexicographer with a specialty in etymology and onomastics Kazimierz Rymut , linguist and lexicographer with a specialty in etymology and onomastics the study of proper Poles Polish names . naming convention onym , listing the technical kinds of names Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland Toponymy Mononymous persons References reflist External links wiktionary dmoz Science Social Sciences Linguistics Onomastics http www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk Lexicon of Greek Personal Names , a Major Research Project of the British Academy, Oxford, contains over 35,000 published Greek names. Category Onomastics Category Folklore Category Lexicography Category Greek loanwords be br Anvadurezh bg ca Onom stica ... more details
Infobox journal title Questions of Onomastics cover discipline Onomastics language Russian abbreviation website http www.ruslang.ru agens.php?id onomastica publisher Ural University Press country Russia history 2004 present frequency Biannually ISSN 1994 2400 Questions of Onomastics is an academic journal that publishes articles on onomastics . It was established in 2004 by Ural State University and the Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a periodical dedicated to linguistic studies of proper name s. The journal has published regularly two issues per year. It covers problems of theoretical, regional and applied onomastics and terminology . It also publishes reviews of publications in onomastics . The majority of articles are dedicated to Slavic languages Slavic , Finno ugric languages Finno ugric , Turkic languages Turkic , Romance languages Romance and Germanic languages Germanic onomastics, toponymy , anthroponymy , and other classes of proper names, but it is open to research from other domains. The first editor in chief of Questions of Onomastics was Aleksandr Matveyev , until his death in 2010. He was succeeded by Elena Berezovich. External links Official 1 http www.ruslang.ru agens.php?id onomastica Category Linguistics journals Category Publications established in 2004 Category Biannual journals Category Russian language journals ru ... more details
Onomastics is an important source of information on the early Celts , as Greco Roman historiography recorded Celtic names before substantial written information becomes available in any Celtic language. Like Germanic names , early Celtic names are often dithematic. suffix rix ruler Vercingetorix Orgetorix Dumnorix c.f. Gaelic Donald Cingetorix suffix maris marus great Britomaris Indutiomarus Viridomarus Some information on prehistoric Celtic polytheism can be drawn from names in Irish mythology Irish and Welsh mythology , where character often bear names that continue older theonyms Rhiannon , from Rigantona Great Queen Gwenhwyfar , from Uind Seibr White Phantom Brigid , from Brigantia the High one Lugh and Lleu Llaw Gyffes Lleu , cognate with Gaulish Lugus See also Celtic toponymy Irish name Germanic onomastics External links http www.behindthename.com nmc cel anci.php Ancient Celtic names behindthename.com http www.s gabriel.org names tangwystyl gaulish Name Constructions in Gaulish Celts Category Onomastics Category Celtic names ... more details
Macedonian language The Macedonian language Macedonian Onomastics lang mk , makedonska onomastika is part of the Macedonistics that studies the names, surnames and nicknames in the Macedonian language . This is relatively new linguistic discipline. In Macedonia, and in the Macedonistics in general, it developed during the 19 sup th sup century, where the first research results have been provided. The Onomastics for a long period of time has been considered as part of various different scientific fields, such as Geography , History and Ethnography , among the others, until it became a discipline on its own in 20 sup th sup century. The Macedonian Onomastics, generally speaking, is divided into two sub categories, toponomastics and anthroponomastics . ref name Cite book last first coauthors , , title editor publisher location date 2008 isbn 978 9989 0 0662 7 language Macedonian ref Division The Onomastics is divided into two large categories, which in turn include several different subcategories or disciplines. The two basic categories of the Macedonian Onomastics are ref name Cite book authors , , , ... is a branch of the Onomastics that studies the Toponymy toponymies , or in other words the names ... examples of the Macedonian oronymies are ar Mountains , Polog , Pelagonia , Osogovo etc. Onomastics ... is the second large discipline of the Onomastics. The Anthroponomastics studies the meaning and origin ... reflist Related Macedonian language Onomastics Macedonian grammar External links http star.dnevnik.com.mk default.aspx?pbroj 2753&stID 54568 The Macedonian language and onomastics in a great Slavic ... Category Onomastics Macedonian Category Macedonian language surnames mk ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 DAUM , the Institute for Dialectology , Onomastic s and Folklore Research in Ume , is a Sweden Swedish governmental archive bureau which collects, preserves, works up and provides information about dialects, place names, folklore culture and local history. DAUM is part of the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore . DEFAULTSORT Institute For Dialectology, Onomastics And Folklore Research In Umea Category Government agencies of Sweden Dialectology Category Swedish culture Sweden stub Culture stub Gov stub ... more details
Expand French Attraction paronymique date March 2009 Confusing date March 2009 Unreferenced date March 2009 In etymology , generally in onomastics , a paronymic attraction is the alteration of a word on its paronym . See also Barbarism linguistics Lemma linguistics Morphology linguistics False etymology Category Onomastics Category Linguistics ling morph stub fr Attraction paronymique ... more details
unsourced date January 2011 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Anthroponomastics or anthroponymy , a branch of onomastics , is the study of anthroponyms Greek language Gk. anthropos , man , onoma , name , the names of human being s. The subdivisions of anthroponymy include Given name s Surname s Clan name s Matronym s Patronym s Teknonym s Nickname s Ethnonym s endonym Autonym s Endonym s Exonym s See also wiktionary onym Toponymy Personal name Onomastics Category Names Category Onomastics Ling stub ar be be x old bg ca Antropon mia cs Antroponomastika de Anthroponymie es Antroponimia eu Antroponimia fr Anthroponymie gl Antroponimia id Antroponimastik lv Antropon mija lt Asmenvardis mk nl Antroponymie pl Antroponimia pt Antropon mia ru stq Persoonenoomen tr Antroponim uk wa Antroponimeye zh ... more details
The American Name Society , founded in 1951, is a learned society founded to promote onomastics , the study of names and naming practices, both in the United States and abroad and to investigate cultural insights, settlement history, and linguistic characteristics revealed in names. ref cite web url http www.wtsn.binghamton.edu ans title Binghamton.edu ref Its publications include The Ehrensperger Report and Names A Journal of Onomastics . Notable members include founding member George R. Stewart , members A. Ross Eckler, Jr. , Fritz L. Kramer executive secretary treasurer , and Wolfe 585, Senior Hubert Blaine Wolfe schlegel stein hausen berger dorff, Sr. ref cite book author A. Ross Eckler, Jr. Eckler, Albert Ross, Jr. title Names and Games Onomastics and Recreational Linguistics An Anthology of 99 Articles Published in Word Ways, the Journal of Recreational Linguistics from February 1968 to August 1985 place Lanham, MD publisher University Press of America year 1986 isbn 978 0 8191 5350 0 ref ref cite journal pages 87 88 journal Names A Journal of Onomastics author Kramer, Fritz L. publisher American Name Society year 1960 title Names Not Brief ref References reflist External links http www.wtsn.binghamton.edu ans American Name Society home page Category Linguistic societies ling stub es American Name Society ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2008 Onomancy haplological for Onomamancy or Onomatomancy is divination based on a subject s given name , popular in the Late Middle Ages , usually following practices of Gematria . See also Onomastics Arithmomancy Category Numerology Category Divination Category Given names Onomancy occult stub de Onomantie it Onomanzia ... more details
Papyrus Hood is a hieratic papyrus from the time of Twenty first dynasty of Egypt 21st Dynasty Pharaoh Amenemope pharaoh Amenemope , 993 984 BC. The papyrus is at the British Museum , no. BM EA 10202 , and is a cursive hieratic manuscript which contains a copy of The Onomasticon of Amenope . ref Parkinson, p. 61. ref This Third Intermediate Period of Egypt Third Intermediate Period work is known from eight other fragmentary copies, and relates back to the late New Kingdom era. It is notable that the papyrus is an Onomastics onomasticon , but it also lists words, that are not known from any other sources, yet their meanings are known, i.e. snow . See also Amenemope pharaoh Amenemope Onomastics Prosopography Onomasticon of Amenope References reflist Parkinson, R., et alia, Cracking Codes, the Rosetta Stone , and Decipherment, Berkeley University of California Press, c. 1999 , p. 61. Category Ancient Egyptian literature Category Egyptian papyri ancient Egypt stub ... more details
Eriugena is an adjective meaning Irish lit. born in Ireland . It was typically used in the early Middle ages as a surname when it was common to distinguish people by labeling them according to where they were born or lived. It has been notably applied to the following philosophy philosophers Augustine Eriugena Johannes Scotus Eriugena In modern times it is often mistaken as a family name . See also Onomastics disambig ... more details
The Institute for Language and Folklore , lang sv Institutet f r spr k och folkminnen , but commonly referred to by the acronym SOFI , is a Swedish government agency with the purpose of studying and collecting materials concerning dialects, folklore and onomastics . In June 2006 the Swedish government decided to centralize the Swedish language preservation institutes, starting on the July 1, 2006. The former name, Swedish Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research lang sv Spr k och folkminnesinstituet was changed to the current name. The institute consists of several, originally independent, units, located in different Swedish university towns. The central unit of the institute is located in Uppsala , with other departments located to Lund , Gothenburg , Ume and Stockholm . The institute is, among other things, responsible for the ongoing publication of Sveriges ortnamn a dictionary of all Swedish placenames and Sveriges medeltida personnamn a dictionary of medieval Swedish personal names . Units of the Institute Administrative Unit Uppsala Department of Dialectology, Uppsala Dialektavdelningen, DA Folklore Department, Uppsala Folkminnesavdelningen, FA Phonogram Unit, Uppsala Fonogramenheten Department of Onomastics, Uppsala Namnavdelning, NA . Archive for Dialects, Placenames and Folklore in Gothenburg Dialekt , ortnamns och folkminnesarkivet i G teborg, DAG Archive for Dialects and Placenames in Lund Dialekt och ortnamnsarkivet i Lund, DAL Swedish Language Council Spr kr det Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research in Ume Archive for Dialects, Placenames and Folklore in Ume Dialekt , ortnamns och folkminnesarkivet i Ume , DAUM External links http www.sofi.se SOFI , main website http www.dal.lu.se dal DAL http www.sofi.se DAG DAG http www.sofi.se daum DAUM http www.sofi.se SOFIU smp smpinne.htm Sveriges medeltida personnamn , online edition A H http www.sofi.se SOFIU oaupubl.htm Sveriges ortnamn , list of published fascicles ... more details
Image Rymut.jpg thumb prof. dr. Kazimierz Rymut, last interview Kazimierz Rymut was born 18 December 1935 in Chech y near Ropczyce S dzisz w County Ropczyce died 14 November 2006 in Krak w , buried in pl Brzezie powiat krakowski Brzezie , near Zabierz w . Professor doctor hab., Onomastics onomist , historian of languages, editor. Organizer of academic life and educator of many Polish Onomastics onomists . Decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit and Order of Cyril and Metodius. He studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krak w , where in 1968 he received his PhD. He became a professor at the University in 1972. He was long standing Director of the Polish Language Institute Polish Academy of Sciences PAN and Chief of the Polish Onomastic Department, chairman of the Slavonic Onomastic Commission in the International Committee of Slavs, chairman of the Commission of Location Names and Physiographical Objects in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration. Bibliography Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwiska Polak w. S ownik historyczno etymologiczny, Krak w 1999 Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwy Miast Polski, Ossolineum, Wroc aw 1987 Kazimierz Rymut, Bibliografia onomastyki polskiej, 1991 2000 http www.herby.com.pl herby indexslo.html Kazimierz Rymut. The dictionary of surnames in current use in Poland 2nd edition, 1992 , online See also Onomastics List of Poles Linguistics List of Poles Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rymut, Kazimierz ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rymut, Kazimierz Category Alumni of Jagiellonian University Category Polish linguists Category 1935 births Category 2006 deaths pl Kazimierz Rymut pt Kazimierz Rymut ru , ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Josef Bene January 11, 1902 in Prachatice December 17, 1984 in Prague was a Czechs Czech linguistics linguist , specialising in anthroponymy and onomastics . Bene studied Bohemistics and German studies Germanistics at the Charles University in Prague , ending in 1930. Later, he worked on several places as a teacher in schools providing secondary education. After World War II he briefly worked at the Ministry of Education, then returned to the teaching. From the beginning of 1960s he lectured at pedagogic institutes in Liberec and st nad Labem . Since 1933 he published articles about Czech name Czech surname s in specialised journals as Na e e or Zpravodaj m stopisn komise Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences SAV , ZMK . In 1962 he published book About Czech Surnames . His daughter, Dobrava Moldanov , collected many of his articles into book Our Surnames 1983 . Posthumously German Surnames of Czechs was published in 1998, with Marie Nov kov as an editor. Bene belongs, together with Vladim r milauer , Jan Svoboda and Anton n Profous , among founders of Czech anthroponymy and onomastics . Selected works O esk ch p jmen ch About Czech Surnames , Prague, 1962 and 1970 Na e p jmen Our Surnames , edited by Dobrava Moldanov , 1983, Mlad fronta, Prague. Reprint in 2004, ISBN 80 86781 03 8. N meck p jmen u ech German Surnames of Czechs , by Jan Evangelista Purkyn University in Ust nad Labem University of J.E. Purkyn , st nad Labem, 1998, ISBN 80 7044 212 3 External links http dejiny.nln.cz Bibl Benes.html Detailed bibliography of Josef Bene cs icon Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Benes, Josef ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Benes, Josef Category 1902 births Category 1984 deaths Category Czech academics Category Czech linguists Category Charles University alumni cs Josef Bene jazykov dec ... more details
newsletter. The ISSN of ONOMA is 0078 463 X. Themes of recent issues of ONOMA 37 Nordic onomastics 2002 38 Onomastics in North America 2003 39 Name studies and teaching 2004 40 Literary onomastics ... Category Learned societies Category International organizations Category Onomastics Category Linguistic ... more details
unreferenced date November 2010 Farshid or Farsheed is a Persian language Persian name. It is currently used in Iran and the Kurd ish regions in Iraq , Turkey and Syria . This Name is one of the most ancient Persian proper names whose philological background could be traced back even in Old Persian scriptures. br Concerning the etymology of this proper name there exist much more hypothesis and speculations than accurate Onomastics etymologizing. Although we clearly could differentiate between two parts of this lexeme . So we have to deal here with a compose form consists from tow morphemes far splendour, shine sh d sun, sun beams . br In this manner we could translate the Old Persian proper name Farshid Farsheed as Sunshine or the splendour or the pomp of the sun. br This name which obviously implicates a Zoroastrian Old Persian concept of worshiping of sun and fire as the sacred religious phenomenon. The female first name farsh deh farsheedeh seems to be an adapted name through a non correct derivation of masculine name Farshid accordning to the Arabic modification system of feminin construction formula additing eh at in order to build a feminin form which could not appeal for a pure Persian name such as Farshid . surname Category Surnames pt Farshid ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Grand Ducal Institute Lang fr Institut Grand Ducal is the national academy of Luxembourg , and is based in Luxembourg City in the south of the country. The Institute incorporates six subsections, each dedicated to a separate field of academic research History Section Historique , established in 1868 Linguistics , ethnology , and onomastics Section de Linguistic, d Ethnologie, et d Onomastique , established in 1935 Natural sciences , physics , and mathematics Section des Sciences Naturelles, Phyisiques, Math matiques , established in 1868 Medicine Sciences m dicales , established in 1868 The arts and literature Section des Arts et Lettres , established in 1962 Philosophy , law , and political science Section des Sciences Morales et Politiques , established in 1966 Category National academies Luxembourg Category Education in Luxembourg City Category Organisations based in Luxembourg City Category Luxembourgian monarchy Institute Category 1868 establishments Luxembourg stub Euro org stub fr Institut Grand ducal lb Institut grand ducal ... more details
Boniface or Bonifacius was the second Duke of Alsace , in the mid 7th century. He is an obscure figure and his background is unknown, but charter evidence and onomastics make him a relative of the families of Gundoin and Wulfoald , a powerful extended kin group in Austrasia . He succeeded Gundoin as duke in Alsace and was himself succeeded by Adalrich, Duke of Alsace Adalrich , founder of the Etichonids . Boniface had trouble keeping the people of the Sornegau from revolting. Boniface founded the a hunting lodge on the site of the future village of Wihr au Val around 660. Until the 10th century it was known as Bonifacii Villare . He was involved in the foundation of Gregoriental monastery around 662 and he was the first recorded donor to the abbey of Weissenburg in 661. This last donation was conditional the gift passed to the monstery only upon the death of the granter, though such a practice had died out by the 780s. It does not indicate that Boniface died in 661. Sources Hummer, Hans J. Politics and Power in Early Medieval Europe Alsace and the Frankish Realm 600 &ndash 1000 . Cambridge University Press 2005. DEFAULTSORT Boniface, Duke Of Alsace Category Dukes of Alsace Category Frankish people Category 7th century rulers in Europe fr Boniface d Alsace ... more details
Theoderic or Theodoric was the Rulers of Saxony leader of the Saxons in 743&ndash 744. Onomastics suggests that he was related to the family of Widukind . Fact date May 2009 In 743 the Franks Frankish mayors of the palace , the brothers Pepin the Short and Carloman, Mayor of the Palace Carloman , marched against Odilo of Bavaria , who was nominally a Frankish subject. Carloman then turned north towards Saxony, which had ceased to pay the annual tribute of cows which the Franks had extorted first in the sixth century, and conquering the Castle castrum of Ho o hseoburg forced the Saxon duke Theoderic to surrender at a placitum held at that same place. The brothers invaded Saxony again the next year 744 and Theoderic was captured. Sources Einhard . http www.thelatinlibrary.com annalesregnifrancorum.html Annales Regni Francorum . latin start box succession box before Berthoald, Duke of Saxony Berthoald title Rulers of Saxony years ? after Widukind end box Category Dukes of Saxony Category 8th century rulers in Europe it Teodorico, duca di Sassonia ... more details
English names are used in the English language English speaking world , for example the United States , the United Kingdom , Canada , Australia , New Zealand , and many other countries. The complete name usually consists of a given name , a second given name a middle name , and a family name surname, last name . ref cite web url http www.behindthename.com glossary view english names title English Names work ref Most of English given names are not derived from the English language , and are borrowed from many cultures and languages Celtic onomastics Celtic names , including Irish name s, Scottish Gaelic personal naming system Scottish names etc. Germanic name s, including Scandinavian, Anglo Saxon, etc. List of biblical names Christian or Biblical names Greek name Ancient Greek names Roman naming conventions Latin names Hebrew name Hebrew origin Slavic names , including Russian, Polish etc. Spanish naming customs Spanish and Latinoamerican names References Reflist Category English given names Category British Isles given names Category European given names ... more details
Oddvar Nes born 27 December 1938 is a Norwegian linguist. He became a research assistant at the University of Bergen in 1964, and was promoted to associate professor in 1973 and professor in 1987. His speciality is onomastics . He was a visiting scholar at University of Vienna from 1988 to 1989, is a member of Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy . ref name ntb cite news title 70 r 27. desember Professor Oddvar Nes agency Norwegian News Agency date 10 December 2008 language Norwegian ref He resides in Florv g . ref name ntb References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Nes, Oddvar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Nes, Oddvar Category 1938 births Category Living people Category Norwegian linguists Category University of Bergen faculty Category Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Norway academic bio stub no Oddvar Nes nn Oddvar Nes ... more details
unreferenced date April 2009 The Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland SNSBI is a learned society for members with interests in proper names, including place names, personal names and surnames relating to the British Isles. The SNSBI is the successor to the Council for Name Studies in Great Britain and Ireland which was set up over 30 tears ago to bring together scholars who were working in the field of name studies in the British Isles. Membership of the council was originally by invitation but in the late 1980s it was felt that an open society would be more appropriate. As a result the SNSBI was formally inaugurated in November 1991. The SNSBI took over the publication of the Council s journal Nomina and has organised conferences and day schools annually since then. It has a web site which provides details of future events and of the articles in past issues of Nomina. See also Onomastics British toponymy External links http www.snsbi.org.uk Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland Category British toponymy Category Irish toponymy ... more details
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