Onomastics

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Onomastics (or, in older texts, onomatology) is the study of the etymology, history, and use of proper names. [1] An alethonym ('true name') or an orthonym ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study.

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Onomastics can be helpful in data mining, with applications such as named-entity recognition, or recognition of the origin of names. [2] [3] It is a popular approach in historical research, where it can be used to identify ethnic minorities within wider populations [4] [5] and for the purpose of prosopography.

Etymology

Onomastics originates from the Greek onomastikós (ὀνομαστικός, 'of or belonging to naming'), [6] [7] itself derived from ónoma (ὄνομα, 'name'). [8]

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