As I mentioned in my previous post. I will give you a little bit more information about the study that concerned with the origin of the names and their history. I decided to pay special attention to this study as I thought that if I would have been changing my name I would probably wanted to know the origins of my new name. The following definition I got from Wiki:
Wikipedia
As Wikipedia is not the most credible, nor comprehensive source you may like to research further the topic. I gathered a couple of useful links for you to begin with:
- http://onomastics.co.uk/
- http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/gnrgna/v3r1m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.gnr.gna.ic.doc/topics/gnr_gna_con_gnaoverview.html
Also I added a video about the Journal of Onomastics below: