American Name Society

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So this isn't directly related to Baby Names, but it is related to names in general and I got very excited when I found it.  I just finished reading "Earth Abides" by George R. Stewart, and was looking up on wikipedia to find the other things he's written.  On the page I saw that he was a founding member of the American Names Society!

From their website: The American Name Society was founded in 1951 to promote onomastics, the study of names and naming practices, both in the United States and abroad. It is a non-profit organization that seeks to find out what really is in a name, and to investigate cultural insights, settlement history, and linguistic characteristics revealed in names.

http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS/

Just something I thought you might find interesting.  I just learned about it, but I'm already thinking about going to the meeting in Pittsburgh.