Frohe Ostern und guten Appetit - in einem Namenspecial zu den Familiennamen schauen wir uns Familiennamen rund um österliche Speisen an: https://www.namenforschung.net/specials/ostern-2026/ #onomastics #onomastik #Namenforschung #Akademienprogramm
@adwmainz.bsky.social
@akademienunion.bsky.social
Fun fact: West Sem. GDL means "to grow" so Gadal-Jama the Judean was named "YHWH is great" like Allah Akbar in Islam #philology #linguistics #onomastics
"Epic Fury and the branding of war"
https://lexipedian.substack.com/p/epic-fury-and-the-branding-of-war
"The story of how military operations are named, and why it matters" by Joshua Blackburn
#linguistics #onomastics #names #wars
#sprachwissenschaft #linguistik #namenkunde #benennungsprinzipien #kriege
Epic Fury and the branding of war

The story of how military operations are named, and why it matters

The Lexipedian

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/weapon-baby-names-trend_l_66fc3db0e4b0d70dca9f58f9

Yuk! Easy to guess how these people vote, what sort of vehicle they drive or aspire to drive, and so on...

#Names #Onomastics #WeaponNames #USCulture #Conservatism

This Aggressive Baby Name Trend Is 'Alarming' Experts

"It’s rare for me to outright reject a name or name trend, but ... "

HuffPost

@arratoon @londondreamtime

Doesn't contradict what I wrote given that I've never heard of xem, let alone met xem in real life, and never watched that show. (-:

#onomastics #Kit #Christopher

@arratoon @londondreamtime

It's interesting. I have an old sci-fi novel from the 1940s that has a Christopher who has the hypocoristic "Kit". But I've never heard anyone use that in real life. They've all been "Chris".

I wonder when it went out of fashion.

#onomastics #Kit #Christopher