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1. Act, Recommendation and Study relating to the Change of Name of an Infant. (State of New York, Law Revision Commission, Legislative Document (1953), No. 65 (E)) Senate Introductory No. 136, Printed No. 136; Assembly Introductory No. 307, Printed No. 307. Albany, pp. 3. Study submitted to the New York legislature.
2. Adam, Frank, Highland Surnames and Titles in his The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands, Chapter XI, pp. 396–412. Fourth Edition, Edinburgh, 1952.
3. Adler, Curtis, Name Changes in Israel in Names, Vol. 2, March, 1954, pp. 38–39.
4. Alexander, William Hardy, The Purposive Study of Names in Names, Vol. 2, September, 1954, pp. 169–172. On remembering personal names.
5. Arlott, John, Euphonics v. Crakes in The Spectator, Vol. 193, August 6, 1954, p. 174; discussion, August 13, 1954, p. 196. On some odd names of cricket players in England.
6. Armstrong, Barbara Nachtrieb, Personal Names in her California Family Law, Vol. 2, Chapter XIII, pp. 1263–1270. San Francisco, 1953. The California law on names and change of names.
7. Bailey, Rosalie Fellows, Dutch Systems in Family Naming: New York- New Jersey in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 41, March, 1953, pp. 1–11; December, 1953, pp. 109–118. (Reprinted, with corrections, as Publication No. 12 of the National Genealogical Society, Washington, 1954, pp. 21.) A comprehensive and authoritative discussion of Dutch names in America.
8. Blackmar, Mary K., What Named You? in Ladies’ Home Journal, Vol. 71, January, 1954, p. 66. On the meaning of surnames.
9. Brown, P. W. F., Names Magic in Names, Vol. 2, March, 1954, pp. 21–27. On superstition in connection with personal names and their influence.
10. Clancy, Daniel Francis, Names That Made News in American Mercury, Vol. 79, July, 1954, pp. 115–116. On some odd names of people found in newspaper items.
11. Conner, Wayne, Balzac’s Frenhofer in Modern Language Notes, Vol. 69, May, 1954, pp. 335–338.
12. Cornevin, R., Names Among the Bassari in Southwestern Journal ofiAnthropology, Vol. 10, Summer, 1954, pp. 160–163. On the names given to boys and girls among the Bassari of northern French Togo, West Africa.
13. Boehm, Peggy, Let’s Name the Baby. New York, 1954, pp. [48]. Lists of 1692 names with derivations and meanings, with a short introduction.
14. Curtius, Ernst Robert, Etymology as a Category of Thought in his European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages, translated from the German by Willard L. Trask, Excursus XIV, pp. 495–500. Bollingen Series XXXVI. New York, 1953. On names in early Latin literature.
15. Curtius, Ernst Robert, Mention of the Author’s Name in Medieval Literature in his European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages, translated from the German by Willard L. Trask, Excursus XVII, pp. 515–518. Bollingen Series XXXVI. New York, 1953.
16. Donald, Henderson Hamilton, [Negro Names] in his The Negro Freedman, pp. 149–151. New York, 1952. On the names of Negro slaves after they were freed.
17. Emery, Richard W., The Use of the Surname in the Study of Medieval Economic History in Medievalia et Humanistica (Boulder, Colo.), Fasciculus 7, January, 1952, pp. 43–50. Argues that a person’s origin cannot be discovered from his name, since “by the late twelfth century the hereditary surname had become common in western Europe.”
18. Futrelle, Betty, A Name For Your Baby. Palo Alto (Calif.), 1953. pp. [ii], 25. Just lists of names.
19. Gardiner, Alan Hnderson, The Theory of Proper Names, Second Edition, London, 1954. pp. viii, 77. A reprint of the 1940 edition with slight changes.
20. Gelb, Ignace J., Two Assyrian King Lists in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 13, October, 1954, pp. 209–230. Transliterations and translations.
21. Gelling, Margaret, Personal Names Compounded in Oxfordshire Place- Names in her The Place-Names of Oxfordshire, Part II (English Place-Name Society, Vol. XXIV), pp. 476–482. Cambridge (England), 1954.
22. Gibson, John E., You and Your Name in The Catholic Digest, Vol. 18, June, 1954, pp. 55–58 (Condensed from This Week, November 22, 1953) In a series of questions and answers the author says that what you think of your name and how you write it are clues to your personality.
23. Gilliam, Charles Edgar, Pocahontas-Matoaka in Names, Vol. 2, September, 1954, pp. 163–165. Argues that Matoaka was not a secret name but one bestowed at puberty.
24. Goetze, Albrecht, Some Groups of Ancient Anatolian Proper Names in Language, Vol. 30, July-September, 1954, pp. 349–359. On names in Hittite and cognate languages.
25. Greene, Lawrence G., Law of Names and How to Change Your Name. New York, 1954. pp. 96. Information for the benefit of laymen.
26. Haugen, Einar, Names in a New World in his The Norwegian Language in America, Vol. 1, Chapter 9, pp. 191–232. Philadelphia, 1953.
27. Helfer, Harold, Something In a Name in The New York Times Magazine, December 5, 1954, p. 66. Oddities in personal names.
28. Hughes, John P., On H for R in English Proper Names in The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 53, October, 1954, pp. 601–612. A study of the change in names like Rob and Rick to Hob and Hick.
29. Jahoda, G., A Note on Ashanti Names and Their Relationship to Personality in The British Journal of Psychology, Vol. 45, August, 1954, pp. 192–195. Finds that names seem to influence character.
30. Janzén, Assar, The Provenance of Proto-Norse Personal Nams in Names, Vol. 2, June, 1954, pp. 81–100; September, 1954, pp. 173–192.
31. Kephart, Calvin, Origin of Heraldry in Europe (Also of Miscellaneous Surname and Insignia). Second Edition, Washington, 1953, pp. xi, 136. Part B is on surnames, with particular reference to the von Erlach family.
32. Lopez, Robert Sabatino, Concerning Surnames and Places of Origin in Medievalia et Humanistica (Boulder, Colo.), Fasciculus 8, January, 1954, pp. 6–16. A general discussion of medieval surnames as designating places of origin.
33. Maidbury, Laurence, English Christian Names in Latin in Amateur Historian (London [?]), Vol. 1, No. 10, 1954, pp. 312–314.
34. Malone, Kemp, Epithet and Eponym in Names, Vol. 2, June, 1954, pp. 109–112. On the name of King Scyld of the Danes, and its etymology.
35. Manfred, Frederick Feike, The Evolution of a Name in Names, Vol. 2, June, 1954, pp. 106–108. On one man’s change of name.
36. Marks, Frank H., Personal Names as Trade-Marks in Chicago Bar Record, Vol. 35, June, 1954, pp. 417–420. On the law of personal names in trade-marks.
37. Meredith, Mamie J., Oscars, Edgars, and Tonys in Names, Vol. 2, December, 1954, pp. 263–268. On Christian names as nicknames for merit awards.
38. Name of God, The in New Church Life (Bryn Athyn, Pa.), Vol. 74, November, 1954, p. 555.
39. Needham, Rodney, The System of Teknonyms and Death-Names of the Penan in Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 10, Winter, 1954. pp. 416–431.
40. Pitt-Rivers, Julian A., Nicknames and the Vito, in The Peoples of the Sierra, Chapter 11, pp. 160–177. New York, 1954. On Spanish nicknames.
41. New Century Cyclopedia of Names, The. Edited by Clarence L. Barnhart. Three volumes. New York, 1954, pp. Vol. 1, xxviii, 1440; Vol. 2, xxviii (1441–2880); Vol. 3, xxviii (2881–4342). A comprehensive biographical, geographical, literary and pronouncing guide to names.
42. Pei, Mario, Places and People in his All About Language, pp. 62–71. Philadelphia, 1954. General on place and personal names.
43. Perleberg, Max, [Chinese Names] in his Who’s Who in Modern China, passim. Hong Kong, 1954, pp. XIII, 429. Gives courtesy names, official names, pen-names, original names and preferred names for many of those listed.
44. Preston, Virgie Vail, Divine Names and Attributes of Animals, Birds, Fish, Insects and Creeping Things. New York, 1953, pp. v, 115. Childish.
45. Pringle, Henry F., and Pringle, Katharine, Sixty Million Headaches Every Year in The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 226, April 3, 1954, pp. 27+. On odd names in telephone directories.
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47. Pulgram, Ernst, Theory of Names in Beiträge zur Namenforschung, 1954, Heft 2, pp. 149–196. Heidelberg, 1954. (Reprinted by the American Name Society, Berkeley, 1954, pp. 49.)
48. Quatrième Congrès International de Sciences Onomastiques, Uppsala, 1952. Edited by Jöran Sahlgren, Bengt Hasselrot and Lars Hellberg. Uppsala, 1954, pp. 544. Consists of the Programme (Volume I) and the Actes and Mémoires (Volume II), the papers being in various languages.
49. Rodale, J. I., with the collaboration of Edward J. Fluck, Name-Word Finder in his The Phrase Finder, pp. 5–894. Emmaus (Pa.), 1953. An index of key words which refer to names in the Dictionary of Names which in some way illustrate the word.
50. Sara, Dorothy, and Gidsey, Lucille, A Name for Your Baby in their The New American Baby Book, Chapter 13, pp. 100–110. New York, 1954. Chiefly a list of Christian names with origins and meanings.
51. Smith, Elsdon C., Literature on Personal Names in English, 1953 in Names, Vol. 2, June, 1954, pp. 144–147.
52. Smith, Elsdon C., The Name of God in the Revised Standard Version in Names, Vol. 2, June, 1954, pp. 101–105. Argues that Yahveh should not be dropped from the Bible.
53. Smith, Leslie F., Verres: Nomen or Cognomen? in The Classical Journal, Vol. 49, February, 1954, pp. 231–233. Comment on Roman names, chiefly that of Verres.
54. Smith, Roland M., Swift’s Little Language and Nonsense Names in The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 53, April, 1954, pp. 178–196. On the use of names by Swift.
55. Sperber, Hans, Words and Phrases in American Politics: Michigander in American Speech, Vol. 24, February, 1954, pp. 21–27. An examination of the origin of Michigander as a state nickname.
56. Wardale, W. L., ‘Satzwörter’ in The Modern Language Review (London), Vol. 49, April, 1954, pp. 213–214. A short note on verbal-phrase names.
57. Williams, Jr., Franklin B., Renaissance Names in Masquerade in PMLA, Vol. 69, March, 1954, pp. 314–323. Names adopted during the Renaissance, chiefly by authors.
58. Wright, F. Warren, Fashions in Girls’ Names at Smith College in Names, Vol. 2, September, 1954, pp. 166–168. On names, chiefly from the first half of the twentieth century.
59. Wright, Sylvia, Who the Hell Is Holy, Fair, and Wise? in Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 208, June, 1954, pp. 29–31. An interesting account of experiences with the name Sylvia.
60. “Your Name” in Names, Vol. 2, September, 1954, pp. 210–213; December, 1954, pp. 287–289.Sketches on the origin and meaning of names of certain members of the American Name Society.