The new issue covers a remarkable range of subjects, from quantitative approaches to place-name metaphors and the naming of celestial bodies to animal names, rural microtoponymy, cross-script exonymisation, historical naming traditions and the onymic landscapes of modern tourist destinations.
Research Articles
Jaroslav David, Jana Davidová Glogarová and Michal Maléř open the issue with Slovník toponymických metafor – využití kvantitativního přístupu (Dictionary of Toponymic Metaphors: The Use of a Quantitative Approach, pp. 263–282). Their contribution brings together the study of metaphorical place-naming and quantitative methodology, illustrating the potential of systematic data analysis for understanding recurrent patterns in geographical names.
Oleksiy Gnatiuk and Sergei Basik, in Celestial Mirrors of Terrestrial Passions (pp. 283–306), turn attention to celestial naming. The subject opens a fascinating perspective on how naming practices extend beyond Earth and how the terminology of celestial space can reflect terrestrial cultural interests, identities and symbolic associations.
Nihada Ibrišimović examines animal naming in Onomastička analiza imena koza iz Ljubušakovog rukopisnog fragmenta Prirodnog blaga (An Onomastic Analysis of Goat Names from Ljubušak's Manuscript Fragment of Prirodno blago, pp. 307–338). Drawing on a historical manuscript, the study contributes to zoonomastics and the documentation of naming traditions associated with domestic animals.
Łukasz Karpecki explores the relationship between local names and cultural practices in Rural Microtoponymy as a Cultural Practice in the Polish-Ukrainian Borderland (Przemyśl Foothills) (pp. 339–372). The study places minor geographical names within the cultural environment of a historically multilingual borderland, highlighting the importance of local naming traditions for understanding rural landscapes.
Jaromír Krško, in Jazykový obraz sveta a vývoj prezývkových obyvateľských mien na Orave (The Linguistic Worldview and the Development of Nickname-Based Inhabitant Names in Orava, pp. 373–388), investigates regional collective naming traditions. His contribution connects inhabitant nicknames with linguistic worldviews, social categorisation and the historical development of regional identities.
Dana Pashan, Kyzdarkhan Rysbergen and Eugen Schochenmaier address the international dimension of geographical naming in Exonymization Strategies Across Scripts (pp. 389–412). The article examines the problem of exonymisation across different writing systems, a particularly relevant issue for multilingual geographical nomenclature, transliteration, standardisation and the representation of place-names in international communication.
Rebeca-Ioana Petruș investigates contemporary naming in Names of Sports Arenas in Romania (pp. 413–433). Sports facilities provide an interesting field for examining the interaction of commemorative naming, local identity and commercial or institutional naming practices.
Nadiia Sarhan (Надія Сарган) contributes Відантропонімні утворення в мікроойконімії Житомирської області (Anthroponym-Derived Formations in the Micro-Oikonymy of Zhytomyr Oblast, pp. 434–441). The article investigates the relationship between personal names and the formation of minor settlement names in a Ukrainian regional context.
Jan Satranský examines several centuries of local naming history in Sousedská a usedlostní jména v 17.–20. století na příkladu vesnice Lochenice na Královéhradecku (Neighbourhood and Farmstead Names from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century: The Village of Lochenice in the Hradec Králové Region, pp. 442–460). The study focuses on historical local naming systems and their relationship to rural social and settlement history.
Marta Šimečková explores dialectal naming in Názvy zvířat ve Slovníku nářečí českého jazyka (Animal Names in the Dictionary of Czech Dialects, pp. 461–473). The paper highlights the value of dialect lexicography as a resource for studying regional animal-naming traditions and linguistic variation.
Soňa Wojnarová, in K dotazu na původ pomístního jména Pehliny (On the Question of the Origin of the Minor Place-Name Pehliny, pp. 474–486), investigates the etymology of a particular microtoponym. Such focused studies remain an essential part of historical onomastics, showing how individual names may illuminate regional vocabulary and linguistic developments.
Martina Zirhutová and Žaneta Dvořáková conclude the research sequence with Onymická krajina horského turistického a lyžařského střediska (na příkladu Rokytnice nad Jizerou) (The Onymic Landscape of a Mountain Tourist and Ski Resort: The Case of Rokytnice nad Jizerou, pp. 487–510). Based on field research, the contribution examines names within a contemporary tourist landscape, connecting onomastics with spatial representation and the everyday experience of places.
Additional Contributions, Reviews and Commemorations
The issue extends beyond research articles with shorter contributions and reviews of relevance to historical and contemporary onomastics.
Jana Matúšová, in Jména v šarišském kalendáři z roku 1913 (Names in the Šariš Calendar of 1913, pp. 511–517), addresses historical naming material preserved in an early twentieth-century regional calendar.
Michaela Boháčová discusses Pavel Alexandrovič Florenskij: Jména (Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky: Names, pp. 518–520), drawing attention to a work associated with the philosophical interpretation of names.
Jaroslav David contributes Dvě velké regionální monografie (Two Major Regional Monographs, pp. 521–526), reviewing two substantial regional scholarly works.
The issue also pays tribute to two Czech onomasticians. Olga Kubešová Pensdorfová, Alena Nejedlá and Jana Papcunová contribute Marii Novákové k 90. narozeninám (On Marie Nováková's 90th Birthday, pp. 527–528), while Jana Matúšová honours another scholar in Jitce Malenínské k narozeninám (On Jitka Malenínská's Birthday, pp. 529–530).
Finally, Michaela Boháčová, Jaroslav David, Žaneta Dvořáková, Martina Lobotková, Jana Matúšová, Martina Ptáčníková, Soňa Wojnarová and Martina Zirhutová contribute the collective section Onomastické zprávy a poznámky (Onomastic News and Notes, pp. 531–541), documenting developments in onomastic scholarship.
Žaneta Dvořáková also presents Odborná stanoviska vydaná oddělením onomastiky ÚJČ AV ČR v roce 2025 (Expert Opinions Issued by the Onomastics Department of the Czech Language Institute in 2025, pp. 542–544). This contribution draws attention to the practical application of onomastic expertise beyond purely academic research.
A Broad Perspective on the Study of Names
What makes this issue particularly valuable is its combination of traditional and emerging research perspectives.
Historical microtoponymy, regional anthroponymy and etymological investigation stand alongside quantitative approaches, celestial naming, cross-script exonymisation, sports-facility names and contemporary tourist landscapes.
The geographical range is equally noteworthy, extending across the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Romania and other naming contexts. The inclusion of studies in several languages further reflects the international character of the journal.
Taken together, Volume 67/2 of Acta onomastica demonstrates that proper names are both historical evidence and active elements of contemporary cultural life. They preserve linguistic memory, organise geographical space, express social relationships and change as communities reinterpret the world around them.
For researchers interested in toponymy, anthroponymy, socio-onomastics, language contact, naming standardisation and the cultural geography of names, the new issue offers a substantial and diverse collection of studies.
Journal: Acta onomastica
Volume: 67, Issue 2 (2026)
Publisher: Czech Language Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences
Pages: 261–548
ISSN: 1211-4413 (print); 2571-0907 (online)
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