Onomastics
Bibliography in Ency. Britannica '97 CD-ROM:
Names
Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY. General studies on names and naming are ERNST PULGRAM, Theory
of Names (1954), treating
theoretical problems such as the distinction between names and common nouns;
and LESLIE DUNKLING, The Guinness
Book of Names, 6th ed. (1993), providing information on many types of names,
particularly personal names and place-names.
Treatments dealing specifically with personal names include L.G. PINE, The
Story of Surnames (1965), readable and well
informed; and RICHARD D. ALFORD, Naming and Identity: A Cross-Cultural Study
of Personal Naming Practices
(1988), a technical study. Other informative texts are C. L'ESTRANGE EWEN, A
History of Surnames of the British Isles
(1931, reprinted 1968), containing rich information and a bibliography; H.L.
MENCKEN, The American Language: An
Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States: Supplement II
(1948), a survey of American naming--some
of the text is also available as part of a briefer form of the original 4th
edition, abridged by RAVEN I. McDAVID, JR. (1963,
reprinted 1977); ELSDON C. SMITH, American Surnames (1969, reissued 1986), a
historical survey; LESLIE
DUNKLING, First Names First (1977, reprinted 1982); UNA STANNARD, Mrs Man
(1977), dealing with the history of
married women's names; J.N. HOOK, Family Names (1982), on American surnames;
and DIETZ BERING, The Stigma of
Names: Antisemitism in German Daily Life, 1812-1933 (1992; originally
published in German, 1987), on the relationship
between Jewish acculturation attempts and bureaucratic requirements for
permanent surnames rather than patronymics.
Dictionaries of personal names are CHARLES WAREING BARDSLEY, A Dictionary of
English and Welsh Surnames:
With Special American Instances, ed. by A. BARDSLEY (1901, reissued 1980);
ELSDON C. SMITH, New Dictionary of
American Family Names (1973, reissued 1988); E.G. WITHYCOMBE (compiler), The
Oxford Dictionary of English
Christian Names, 3rd ed. (1977, reissued 1988), indicating the provenience
of names listed; BENZION C. KAGANOFF, A
Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History (1977); GEORGE R. STEWART,
American Given Names: Their Origin
and History in the Context of the English Language (1979); LESLIE DUNKLING
and WILLIAM GOSLING, The Facts
on File Dictionary of First Names, rev. ed. (1984); EDWARD MacLYSAGHT, The
Surnames of Ireland, 6th ed. (1985),
with a general history; PATRICK HANKS and FLAVIA HODGES, A Dictionary of
Surnames (1988), a scholarly work
examining the origin and history of nearly 70,000 European surnames, and A
Dictionary of First Names (1990), looking at
some 4,500 names; GEORGE F. JONES, German-American Names (1990), covering
some 12,700 names; JULIA
CRESSWELL, Bloomsbury Dictionary of First Names (1990), dealing mainly with
names of English, Celtic, and Welsh
derivation; and P.H. REANEY, A Dictionary of English Surnames, 3rd ed. with
corrections and additions by R.M.
WILSON (1991).
Studies of place-names include P.W. JOYCE, Origin and History of Irish Names
of Places, 3 vol. (1869-1913), partly
antiquated but still of great value; GEORGE R. STEWART, Names on the Globe
(1975), on the theory of place-naming
around the world, and Names on the Land, 4th ed. (1982), a readable and
instructive study of the origin of U.S. place-names;
and W.F.H. NICOLAISEN, Scottish Place-Names (1976, reissued 1986).
Dictionaries of place-names are EILERT EKWALL, The Concise Oxford Dictionary
of English Place-Names, 4th ed.
(1960, reissued 1987), including the origin of place-names; KELSIE B. HARDER
(ed.), Illustrated Dictionary of Place
Names: United States and Canada (1976, reprinted 1985); and ADRIAN ROOM,
Place-Names of the World: A
Dictionary of Their Origins and Backgrounds, rev. ed. (1987).
The journal of the American Name Society, Names (quarterly), publishes
articles and research materials in the field of
onomatology. Its June 1984 special issue, vol. 32, no. 2, contains a
symposium on names and the law.
Annotated bibliographies include EDWIN D. LAWSON (compiler), Personal Names
and Naming (1987); and RICHARD
B. SEALOCK, MARGARET M. SEALOCK, and MARGARET S. POWELL, Bibliography of
Place-Name Literature:
United States and Canada, 3rd ed. (1982). (L.Zg.)
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