Academics and companies increasingly draw on large datasets to understand the social
world, and name-based demographic ascription tools are widespread for imputing …

Personal naming culture among the Igbos in South-eastern Nigeria is ethnopragmatically
conceived to contextualize their collective worldview which communicates their religious …

This paper presents an account of how first name choice is influenced by socio-ethnic
changes during the transitional period between two Iranian governments. Analyzing 4,800 …

Selecting a name for a child represents an important symbolic and cultural decision. As
social labels, names serve as identity markers that influence how their bearers are …

Personal names among the Igbo people of South-eastern Nigeria can also be understood
and contextualized within the fringes of their cultural values, worldviews, emotions, and …

We focus on how inconsistency or conflict between actual biological sex and name gender-
orientation affects CEO trustworthiness, and thus firm audit fees. This study of Chinese listed …

In this article we argue that theoretical and empirical insights from the sociology of people's
names can enrich qualitative researchers' decision-making about, and descriptions of, their …

In this article, we consider the significance and practices of names and naming in adoption
to develop understanding of the issue amongst scholars, policymakers, adoption …

In this article, we discuss personal names and naming patterns in contemporary Zimbabwe
as a way of thinking through the hauntings of the metaphysical empire. We are interested in …

Academics and companies increasingly draw on large datasets to understand the social
world. Name-based demographic ascription tools are widespread for imputing information …