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December 15, 2021 4:45 PM
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From news stories to fashion trends to viral memes, names are everywhere. Which one is the best time capsule of 2021?
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April 2, 2021 5:12 PM
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The American Name Society is pleased to share the ANS Spring 2021 Newsletter.
Please consider becoming a member to receive more news updates.
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January 6, 2021 11:23 AM
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The American Name Society requests nominations for the “Names of the Year for 2020”. The names selected will be ones that best illustrate, through their creation and/or use during the past 12 months, important trends in the culture of the United States and Canada.
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January 1, 2021 10:45 AM
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This 'Name of the Year' post is going to be a no-brainer, so let's jump right into this, shall we? Origin: Ancient Greek via Latin Etymology: From Latin corōna, itself Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē), referring to a type of sea-bird (perhaps a shearwater), a crow or anything that is curved or hooked, aside from referring…
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December 28, 2020 5:36 PM
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COVID, Jemima, X Æ A-12 and all of the biggest name stories of the year for 2020
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December 28, 2020 3:33 PM
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This is a story that began in Oakland, in a neighborhood adjacent to mine, and spread around the Bay Area, up into Canada, and all the way across the Atlantic. It is a story with many key performance indicators of 2020: aggression, fear, suspicion, threats, shaming, displacement, conspiracy theories
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December 17, 2020 5:31 PM
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A name of protest and memory, Breonna came to symbolize many of the divisions that rent American society in 2020.
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November 19, 2020 5:34 PM
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Share your thoughts on what name best reflects this most extraordinary year.
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February 22, 2020 1:40 PM
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Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. In his January 18th column, he looks at the American Name Society's Name of the Year. Do you know where Arrokoth is? At its meet
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January 8, 2020 2:47 PM
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2019 is now past us and the 2010s are over. 2020 is here and the 2020s are set to roar in the naming scene. Which name defines 2019? Which ones define the decade? Which ones do I feel could define the 2020s out of a multitude of names already chosen by others? The way I…
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January 4, 2020 5:38 PM
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Things can happen very quickly: Earlier Greta was just an inconspicuous retro name, now this first name is a political statement.
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December 28, 2019 4:57 PM
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Greta Thunberg: TIME Person of the Year 2019 92 years ago, TIME magazine named American aviator Charles Lindbergh its first “Man of the Year”. Fast-forward to 2019, and not only has the feature been renamed “Person of the Year”, but it’s been announced that the chosen candidate this year is a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl from Stockholm. …
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December 16, 2019 4:14 PM
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The American Name Society requests nominations for the Names of the Year for 2019.
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May 7, 2021 10:50 AM
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At the 2019 Name of the Year competition, held during the 2020 annual meeting of the American Name Society in New Orleans, the name “Baby Yoda” won in the “Artistic and Literary Name” category. In his report of the competition, Cleve Evans writes,
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March 15, 2021 11:19 AM
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Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. In his January 31st column, he reviews the ANS Names of the Year.
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January 3, 2021 6:11 PM
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She is everywhere. She is inescapable. Who is she? She is KAREN, or rather, a Karen, a newly pejorative term that (usually) refers to a white woman who uses her privilege to demand things from others or to police others
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January 1, 2021 10:38 AM
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In a small amount of positivity in an otherwise uncertain year comes the unveiling of our 2020 Strangest Name of The Year. Since 2013 the final article of the year is devoted to an especially odd named figure, and Massillon, Ohio's own Warrington Karthaus Lavake Warwick is this year's honoree.
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December 28, 2020 4:29 PM
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Für die Wahl des Vornamens des Jahres war ich auf der Suche nach einem Vornamen, der bemerkenswert und besonders für ... WeiterlesenVorname des Jahres 2020: Hailey
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December 19, 2020 3:31 PM
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The American Name Society requests nominations for the "Names of the Year for 2020". The names selected will be ones that best illustrate, through their creation and/or use during the past 1
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November 23, 2020 5:23 PM
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Happy Sunday! Let's talk Elsa, Anya, Atticus, and oh my - it's time for the Name of the Year. Move over, Harvey, Renesmee + Boaty McBoatFace.
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May 1, 2020 6:04 PM
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As a metaphor for our times, you could do worse than the story of Gimadiah Scrogum. In 2015, the Branson (Mo.) Tri-Lakes News reported, Scrogum was pulled over for driving a white Ford pickup without the headlights on. When the cop approached, Scrogum floored it. According to the police report,
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January 10, 2020 12:46 PM
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Arrokoth" was chosen the Name of the Year for 2019 by the American Name Society at its annual meeting in New Orleans on January 3, 2020. The winner was also chosen ANS's Place Name of the Ye
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January 7, 2020 1:13 PM
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Indicação do nome do ano de 2019, para o Nomes e mais Nomes.
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January 4, 2020 4:00 PM
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Each year at its annual meeting, held in earl
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December 17, 2019 4:20 PM
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How a quintessential baby boomer name became a slur aimed at Generation X In 2019, the generation gap came charging back. We’d already seen warning signs of its approach in the form of older people bad-mouthing millennials, but the 2019 version was no longer as simple as old vs. young. …
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