Interesting BBC article on the experiences of people living in the US/UK with the first name Jihad/Jehad #onomastics bbc.co.uk/news/world-420…

Looking forward to this! Always a great congress #onomastics #ICOS

Reasons for name choices are just as important as meaning - this recent BBC article discusses the personal choices behind some personal naming. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

This is the brand new twitter feed for the insanely exciting #Icelandic #placename #archive #database project I’m working at getting off the ground here at Stofnun Árna Magnússonar. Please do follow and rt to help us get word out about our work! Ty all 😃

Our letter on wet place-names published in today’s The Times and Sunday Times

Interesting ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ piece on surnames and hyphenation #onomastics bbc.co.uk/news/uk-511050…

We’re excited to be recruiting! Post-doctoral research associate wanted for the 3-year Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project Iona's Namescape: place-names and their dynamics in Iona and its environs bit.ly/32ndhtM

NEW! Alfred Oscroft Essay Prize for undergraduate work on #placenames with £250 1st prize, £100 2nd nottingham.ac.uk/research/group… #onomastics

This looks a fantastic event for anyone near Sheffield next week! #onomastics #history x.com/namesandhistor…

Call all people interested in #literary #onomastics: A friend is looking to compile a handbook of lit onomastics: gibka.pl/handbook.html

Just two days left to register for this FREE lecture on #placenames and Traditional Ecological Knowledge by Richard Jones - don't miss out! x.com/NameStudies/st…

Anyone interested in #placenames, we're always happy to recommend quality books/resources for you to use - like kepn.nottingham.ac.uk x.com/SurreyMedieval…

Lecturing job (semantics and/or onomastics) at University of Glasgow #onomastics #jobs x.com/eug1979/status…

Have a look at this interesting selection of names with a J as a second letter following a consonant.

A short but interesting piece from Oxford Dictionaries on 'placeholder names' (e.g. 'Joe Bloggs', 'Jane Doe', 'Tom, Dick, and Harry') in English and other languages #onomastics blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/01/29/pla…

Abstracts due by 15th January! #toponymy #onomastics x.com/ICOSnews/statu…

e-Onomastics: Storm names for 2017-18 announced #onomastics #stormnames e-onomastics.blogspot.com/2018/01/storm-…

Interesting article on the impact of rude street names on house prices #onomastics theguardian.com/money/shortcut…

Only a week left to apply for this exciting PhD scholarship Place-Names on the Rocks: To what extent, and in what ways, do place-names reflect underlying bedrock geology? Collaboration among Celtic & Gaelic, Earth Sciences, English Language & Linguistics. bit.ly/2nfBFv7