The journal of research into names.
Jan. 2nd, 2013 08:17 pmNames: A Journal of Onomastics promotes and disseminates research in all areas of names including personal names (given names, surnames, nicknames, pseudonyms, women’s marital names, courtesy titles), place names, brand names, trade names, literary names, and other named objects and concepts, e.g., invented languages, automobile names, names of musical groups, animal names, cartoon characters, and so forth. All submissions undergo a rigorous review by two anonymous onomastic scholars in accordance with an explicit set of evaluation guidelines including theory, methodology, innovation, interdisciplinarity, documentation, writing style, objectivity, future impetus, and overall quality of scholarship.