Research
The published work behind the data — peer-reviewed papers on onomastic method, and the name dictionaries we have put into print.
Papers
- Navigating Linguistic Similarities Among Countries Using Fuzzy Sets of Proper NamesDavor LaucNames: A Journal of Onomastics, vol. 72 · 2024The foundational onomastic-method paper — fuzzy-set similarity over forename inventories across 88 countries recovers known linguistic families and surfaces surprising diaspora affinities.PDF
- Towards Analysis of Biblical Entities and Names using Deep LearningMartinjak, Lauc & SkelacInt'l Journal of Advanced CS & Applications, vol. 14, no. 5 · 2023Applied NLP and social-network centrality metrics to the Gospel of Mark across three translations — the methodological seed for the Named by God project.
- The Formalization of Multilingual Etymologies into Semantic NetworksDavor Lauc, Tomislava Lauc, Vjera LopinaDH Benelux 2024, Leuven · 2024Methodology behind Formalised Etymology — turning prose etymological knowledge into a typed graph with Form, Etymon, and Concept nodes.
- Ukrainian Names and Their Geographic DistributionDavor LaucMondonomo Research · 2024Analysis of Ukrainian given names and surnames using the Mondonomo corpus — geographic spread, cross-border variants, and diaspora distribution.PDF
Books
- A Handbook of Scandinavian NamesNancy L. Coleman , Olav VekaUniversity of Wisconsin Press · reference work
- Celtic Names for Irish, Scottish and Welsh Babies: Over 4000 Baby Names from Ireland, Scotland and WalesFionn RileyIndependently published · reference work
- Dictionary of German NamesHans BahlowMax Kade Institute · reference work
- Reference Dictionary of Ukrainian NamesL. Chernovaty, E. SchochenmaierMondonomo
- Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and HistoryGeorge F. BlackChurchill & Dunn, · reference work
- The Handbook of Top Thai NamesAttapol RutherfordMondonomo