Sites

UK English Place-name Information Service (Popularity: )
http://www.englishplacenames.co.uk/
Find out the meaning of English place-names and where known, trace back to their original roots.

Behind the Name (Popularity: )
http://www.behindthename.com/
The meaning and history of first names.

International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) (Popularity: )
http://fuzzy.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/icosweb/
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 ...

Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (Popularity: )
http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/
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 ...

American Name Society (Popularity: )
http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS/
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 ...

PlacesNamed.com (Popularity: )
http://www.PlacesNamed.com/
Geographic and onomastic Encyclopedia of the United States and reference information. Lists proper names as surnames and placenames.

Anthropological Linguistics (Popularity: )
http://www.indiana.edu/~anthling/geninfo.html
An academic journal. Among the subjects it covers, onomastic studies.