''Names'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that is devoted to the scholarly investigation of names and naming (

onomastics Onomastics (or, in older texts, onomatology) is the study of the etymology, history, and use of proper names. An ''orthonym'' is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study. Onomastics can be helpful in data mining, w ...

). Established in 1952, this open-access journal i
published by the University of Pittsburgh
It is the official journal of the

American Name Society The American Name Society (ANS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1951 to promote onomastics, the study of names and naming practices, both in the United States and abroad. The organization investigates cultural insights, settlement history, ...

. The Editor-in-Chief is Professor I. M. Nick, Past President of the American Name Society.

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* Onomastics Taylor & Francis academic journals Publications established in 1952 Quarterly journals English-language journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United States Linguistics journals {{onomastics-stub