Dear colleagues, We are glad to inform you that the e-edition of the Proceedings of the International Onomastic Conference “Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of 21stCentury”, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of prof. Yordan Zaimov, Dr. Sc. (1921-1987) 20-22 April 2021 has been published on the official web-site of Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: https://press.bas.bg/en/eBooks-105/show-106(29). Organizing committee

Terminology in onomastics is a complex and difficult matter which the Terminology Group of ICOS is at present trying to resolve. It has completed a part of its work and now you may enjoy the results of their international cooperation in various languages here. Additionally to English, French and German, the list of onomastic...

We are delighted to present to you the recent work of our colleague Prof. Grant W. Smith (Eastern Washington University). Prof. Grant Smith is a well-known researcher with an excellent reputation in the onomastic world. For several decades he has had an intense activity, quantified by publications in scientific journals, proceedings, participation in congresses...

Congratulations to Gwynedd Pierce, Honorary President of the Welsh Place Name Society (WPNS) and former president of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI), on celebrating his hundredth birthday today! May 2021 will see the hundredth birthday of Emeritus Professor Gwynedd Pierce. Gwynedd was head of the department of Welsh History...

RENCONTRE D’ONOMASTIQUE À QUERÉTARO (MEXIQUE) L’Institut National d’Anthropologie et d’Histoire, de par la Direction de Linguistique, ainsi que le Centre INAH du Querétaro, en coordination avec le Séminaire Interinstitutionnel d’Onomastique, appellent les chercheurs des différentes disciplines concernées à participer dans les III Journées Anthroponomastiques – Rencontre d’Onomastique à Querétaro qui auront lieu à l’auditorium...

Dear Colleagues, Participants of the 27th ICOS Congress, Last year, due to the Covid-19 epidemic, we had to postpone our conference for one year. We hoped that during this time the situation would have subsided and we all would be able to meet in person in Kraków. Unfortunately, in many countries the situation is...

Launched two years ago, in 2019, the Onoma Journal’s Website attracts more than 20,000 visitors, readers and researchers from all over the world. Which pages of a website are most popular? Let us have a look: Founded in 1950, Onoma (ISSN: 0078-463X; e-ISSN: 1783-1644) is one of the oldest journals in the field of...

Due to the persistence of the Covid emergency, we were forced to postpone the annual conference “Name & Literature” once again. Depending on the evolution of the pandemic, an online conference (divided into several days), which will be optional to attend, may be scheduled for autumn 2021. On the other hand, our research activity...

Call for papers  The Journal of Onomastics from America Latina publishes articles in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. The journal is receiving article to Vol. 2, Nr. 4 of the journal whose publication is scheduled for the second semester of 2021. Once accepted for publication, the articles will be available in ahead of print....