e-Onomastics: The #Project "#Online #Dictionary of #Surnames in #Poland" Enters Its New Phase 2025 - 2030 https://t.co/TdSMHd19SV project “#Internetowy #słownik #nazwisk w #Polsce. #Kontynuacja” has been #awarded #funding under 14th edition of NPDH

Dear Colleagues, We would like to present you the new ICOS Newsletter (No. 34):

e-Onomastics: #ICOS #Online #Lecture "Offspring of an Outcast: The #Cultural #Significance of #Naming Among the #Basotho" https://t.co/bAL8tNmizA 11 December 2025 17:00-18:00 (UTC+2) Microsoft Teams

The 9th edition of the German dictionary of first names "Lexikon der Vornamen" by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim was published.

The new issue of the journal Nomina Africana was published:

Israelites refers to the ancient Semitic people of the Bible, while Israelis refers to modern citizens of the State of Israel (est. 1948). The mix-up happens because they are paronyms -- words that look or sound alike but have different meanings.

Vi aspettiamo a Torre S. Susanna, in via Risorgimento 24, per la presentazione del libro "Il cognome materno" di Sergio Tatarano @sergiotatarano , in dialogo con l'autore e con la professoressa Graziella Priulla @graziellapriulla Vi aspettiamo!

e-Onomastics: #CfP #ODAL 2027 Thematic #Dossier on #Sign #Language #Onomastics https://t.co/Ni9caauI5R Please submit abstracts of 300 words, with title and 3–5 keywords, by March 16, 2026 to the editors

e-Onomastics: #Naming as #Resistance: The #Transformation of #Ukrainian Given #Names in the Wake of #Russia’s Full-Scale #Invasion (2022–2025) https://t.co/NVcVxiHnmw How has Russia’s aggression reshaped Ukrainian #onomastic #trends? We argue that naming shift is not random

Le nobel per la pace. Mostra di Toponomastica femminile, l’intelligenza femminile costruisce la pace. 📆 Dal 21 al 28 novembre 2025 ⏰ Dal lunedì al venerdì 9:00-19:00 ℹ️ Inaugurazione il 21 novembre alle 17:30 📍Università di Pisa Ingresso libero, vi aspettiamo!

e-Onomastics: #Lecture "Offspring of an Outcast: The #Cultural #Significance of #Naming Among the #Basotho" https://t.co/bAL8tNmQp8 #OnomasticsOnline 11 December 2025 17:00-18:00 (UTC+2) Rethabile Possa (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Moderator: Chrismi-Rinda Loth

Media: ICOS Onomastics Online Talk: Offspring of an Outcast: The Cultural Significance of Naming Among the Basotho (Rethabile Possa): Onomastics Online 11 December 2025 17:00-18:00 (UTC+2) Microsoft Teams (preregistration required):… https://t.co/hTcHJKvGVA

New books about African names: * Taiwo Ehineni: Yoruba Names. Language, Culture, and History, https://t.co/LMDlB7SdVN * Edo Names: Meanings and Personalities: A Cultural Guide to Traditional Edo Names, Their Meanings, and the Stories They Tell, https://t.co/EEaWxQorme

e-Onomastics: #Place #Names – #Past and #Future: Free Online #Workshop by the #University of #Nottingham https://t.co/otjM0rEfly Understanding the names of our #streets, #fields, #villages, and #neighbourhoods is far more than an antiquarian interest - it is a key to interpreting

#30DayMapChallenge Day 15 – Fire. I am still catching up so another simple one here. Place names in GB that begin with or end with 'burn'. Based on @OrdnanceSurvey #zoomstack data, made in #qgis.

e-Onomastics: #Talk "The crucial and contested #concept of the #endonym/#exonym #divide" https://t.co/nqQWIhhF1e The video elaborates on these items, mainly on the basis of the discussions and publications of the #UNGEGN #Working #Group on Exonyms since 2002.

e-Onomastics: #Mexican #Onomastics at #Interonoma2025 https://t.co/QiT3O9y8Cc presence of #Mexico stood out thanks to participation of #Seminario #Interinstitucional de #Onomástica (#SIO). Team contributed significantly to the #scientific programme with two dedicated #symposia

e-Onomastics: Why Should We #Study #Onomastics For #Character #Names?

e-Onomastics: In Memoriam: Professor Nina Parfyonova (1936-2025) https://t.co/UHGkK4Xezi For the #onomastic community, the loss of such a #scholar is deeply felt. Her #study of #names sits at the crossroads of #language, #history, and #sociology - the very heart of #philology.

e-Onomastics: #Brazilian #Institute of #Geography and #Statistics has launched the "#Nomes no #Brasil" (#Names in #Brazil) #project https://t.co/OE90P9RlQa + special exhibition and a staggering 1 million page visits to the platform = fascination with the stories behind its names.