SUMMARY
My e-Onomastics blog published 348 posts in 2025, maintaining an extraordinary pace of ~0.95 posts
per day. This analysis examines all posts by language, topic, geography, content type, and engagement patterns to provide a complete picture of your blogging year.
1. LANGUAGE DISTRIBUTION
Posts by Language (counted from titles):
ENGLISH: 224 posts (64.4%)
FRENCH: 56 posts (16.1%)
GERMAN: 25 posts (7.2%)
RUSSIAN: 19 posts (5.5%)
SPANISH/CATALAN: 11 posts (3.2%)
KAZAKH: 5 posts (1.4%)
TURKISH: 1 post (0.3%) - bilingual English+Turkish
PORTUGUESE: 2 posts (0.6%)
UKRAINIAN: 2 posts (0.6%)
LITHUANIAN: 1 post (0.3%)
GALICIAN: 2 posts (0.6%)
2. CONTENT TYPE DISTRIBUTION
By Post Type:
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (Conferences, Lectures, Workshops): ~145 posts (41.7%)
- Conferences: 68
- Lectures/Talks: 31
- Workshops/Seminars: 23
- Symposia: 15
- Congresses: 8
PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENTS: ~78 posts (22.4%)
- New books: 28
- Journal issues: 32
- Articles: 18
OBITUARIES/IN MEMORIAM: 8 posts (2%)
PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS: ~25 posts (7.2%)
- Iranian Surname Project (2 posts)
- Biblical Name Project
- Polish Surnames Dictionary
- Others
REPORTS/REVIEWS: ~31 posts (8.9%)
- Conference reports
- Event reviews
- Festival coverage
CALLS FOR PAPERS: ~24 posts (6.9%)
VIDEOS/MULTIMEDIA: ~18 posts (5.2%)
INTERVIEWS: ~4 posts (1.1%)
MISCELLANEOUS: ~14 posts (4.0%)
3. GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Posts by Region/Country:
EUROPE: ~241 posts (69.3%)
By Country:
- France: 38 posts
- United Kingdom: 28 posts (Scotland: 15, Wales: 6, Ireland: 4, General: 3)
- Germany: 23 posts
- Russia: 21 posts
- Nordic Countries: 19 posts (Sweden: 7, Finland: 6, Norway: 3, Iceland: 2, Denmark: 1)
- Kazakhstan: 14 posts
- Spain: 14 posts (including Catalonia, Galicia, Valencian regions)
- Poland: 12 posts
- Italy: 10 posts
- Ukraine: 8 posts
- Czech Republic: 7 posts
- Switzerland: 4 posts
- Netherlands, Croatia, Romania, Greece : 3 posts
- Bulgaria, Belgium: 2 posts
- Lithuania, Belarus, Estonia, Hungary : 1 post
NORTH AMERICA: ~42 posts (12.1%)
- United States: 26 posts (American Name Society: 15)
- Canada: 16 posts
AFRICA: ~14 posts (4.0%)
- South Africa: 5 posts
- Nigeria, Alger: 2 posts
- Ghana, Angola: 1 post
- General African: 5 posts
ASIA: ~16 posts (4.6%)
- India: 5 posts
- Kazakhstan: 14 posts (counted above in Asia/Europe)
- Japan: 2 posts
- Singapore: 1 post
- Thailand: 1 post
- Philippines: 2 posts
LATIN AMERICA: ~15 posts (4.3%)
- Brazil: 6 posts
- Mexico: 3 posts
- Uruguay: 1 post
- Argentina: 1 post
- General Latin American: 4 posts (INTERONOMA, ODAL)
MIDDLE EAST: ~3 posts (0.9%)
- Arabian Peninsula: 2 posts
- Iran: 1 post
INTERNATIONAL/GLOBAL: ~17 posts (4.9%)
- ICOS events/publications
- UNGEGN sessions
- Multi-country conferences
4. THEMATIC CATEGORIES
Major Themes:
TOPONYMY (Place Names): ~142 posts (40.8%)
- Street names/hodonymy: 18
- Historical place names: 24
- Indigenous toponymy: 12
- Place-name standardization: 8
- Geographical names: 15
- Regional toponymy studies: 65
ANTHROPONYMY (Personal Names): ~98 posts (28.2%)
- Given names/first names: 31
- Surnames/family names: 42
- Personal naming practices: 25
LITERARY ONOMASTICS: ~12 posts (3.4%)
- Names in literature
- Character naming
COMMERCIAL NAMES (Chrematonymy): ~4 posts (1.1%)
- Brand names
- Business names
THEONYMY (Divine Names): ~5 posts (1.4%)
- Religious names
- Sacred names
ZOONOMASTICS: ~3 posts (0.9%)
PHYTONYMY: ~1 post (0.3%)
INSTITUTIONAL/ORGANIZATIONAL: ~28 posts (8.0%)
- Society news
- Awards/prizes
- Appointments
METHODOLOGICAL/DIGITAL ONOMASTICS: ~22 posts (6.3%)
- Digital tools
- Databases
- Apps
- AI/Machine learning in onomastics
HISTORICAL ONOMASTICS: ~33 posts (9.5%)
- Medieval names
- Ancient names
- Historical naming practices
5. MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS FEATURED
International Organizations:
- ICOS (International Council of Onomastic Sciences): 18 mentions
- UNGEGN (UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names): 9 posts (9 meeting sessions)
- American Name Society (ANS): 15 posts
- NORNA (Nordic Network for Name Research): 5 posts
National Societies:
- Société française d'Onomastique (SFO): 8 posts
- Scottish Place-Name Society (SPNS): 7 posts
- Welsh Place-Name Society: 4 posts
- Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN): 3 posts
- Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI): 5 posts
- Societat d'Onomàstica (Catalonia): 4 posts
- Philippine Toponymy Society: 2 posts
6. SPECIAL SERIES/RECURRING POSTS
"Onomastics Online" Series:
- 4 video lectures featured
- Format: Expert presentations
UNGEGN 2025 Session Coverage:
- 9 separate posts covering different meetings
- Comprehensive documentation
INTERONOMA Coverage:
- 5 posts covering daily sessions (Nov 4-7, 2025)
- Brazilian onomastics focus
American Name Society Conference:
- ~15 posts covering different presentations
- Diverse topics from drag names to pet naming
7. MOST-VIEWED POSTS (by view count in data)
Top 10 by Engagement:
- What Will the Next Pope Be Called? (March 9) - 3,098 views
- Subversion, Resistance and Contestations: Politics of Naming in Zimbabwe (July 9) - 564 views
- Call for Submissions: Onomástica desde América Latina (April 5) - 484 views
- Naming as Resistance: Ukrainian Names Post-2022 Invasion (Nov 16) - 463 views
- Leo XIV: A Pontifical Name (May 9) - 405 views
- Power in the Name: Ancient Names (May 25) - 380 views
- What Kind of Name Is That? Asian Naming Traditions (Feb 1) - 287 views
- Ethnographic readings on Mountain Jewish onomastics (May 2) - 196 views
- Unlock Digital Future: ICOS Summer School (Dec 8) - 91 views
Pattern: Political/cultural/religious topics get highest engagement
8. SEASONAL PATTERNS
Monthly Distribution:
January: 29 posts
February: 23 posts
March: 31 posts
April: 39 posts
May: 44 posts (PEAK)
June: 27 posts
July: 23 posts
August: 10 posts (LOW - summer break)
September: 22 posts
October: 28 posts
November: 32 posts
December: 40 posts (PEAK - year-end events)
Pattern:
- Spring peak (April-May): Conference season
- Summer dip (August): Academic vacation
- Year-end surge (December): Catching up, year-end events
9. GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION ANALYSIS
Continental Distribution:
| Continent | Posts | Percentage |
|---|
| Europe | 241 | 69.3% |
| North America | 42 | 12.1% |
| Latin America | 15 | 4.3% |
| Africa | 14 | 4.0% |
| Asia | 16 | 4.6% |
| International | 17 | 4.9% |
| Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
10. SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS DOCUMENTED
Milestones Celebrated:
- E-Onomastics 2.5 million visits (Sept 9)
- E-Onomastics 3 million visits (Nov 12)
- Onoma Journal 70,000 visits (March 9)
- ICOS goes trilingual (Oct 4) - English, French, German
- Onoma indexed in Scopus (Oct 31)
- Philippine Toponymy Society 5th anniversary (June 9)
Major Projects Launched:
- Iranian Surname Project (Dec 4 + Dec 23)
- Biblical Name Project (June 1)
- Polish Surnames Dictionary new phase (Nov 27)
- Brazilian Names project (IBGE) (Nov 13)
- South African "Our Places" app (Sept 2)
11. ONOMASTIC SUB-DISCIPLINES COVERED
Distribution:
| Sub-discipline | Posts | % |
|---|
| Toponymy | 142 | 40.8% |
| Anthroponymy | 98 | 28.2% |
| Literary onomastics | 12 | 3.4% |
| Historical onomastics | 33 | 9.5% |
| Digital onomastics | 22 | 6.3% |
| Theonymy | 5 | 1.4% |
| Chrematonymy | 4 | 1.1% |
| Zoonomastics | 3 | 0.9% |
| Socio-onomastics | 15 | 4.3% |
| General/Theory | 14 | 4.0% |
Observation: Toponymy + Anthroponymy = 69% of content
12. OBITUARIES & COMMEMORATIONS
8 Obituaries in 2025:
- Jean-Pierre Chambon (1952-2025) - French toponymist/linguist (Dec 22)
- Ferjan Ormeling (1942-2025) - Dutch cartographer/toponymist (June 16)
- Ian Fraser (1941-2025) - Scottish toponymist (June 21)
- Walter Wenzel (1929-2025) - German onomastician (June 21)
- Dr. Sabine Gugutschkow (1956-2025) - German onomastician (Nov 16)
- Nina Parfyonova (1936-2025) - Siberian onomastician (Nov 13)
- Mikhail Gorbanevsky (1953-2025) - Russian onomastician (Sept 22)
- Dr. Marcin Kojder (1975-2025) - Polish onomastician (Feb 5)
My blog serves as memorial archive for the onomastic community
13. EMERGING TRENDS IDENTIFIED
Growing Topics in 2025:
- Digital Onomastics:
- AI in toponymy (Kazakhstan)
- Machine learning for name analysis
- Online databases proliferating
- Decolonization:
- Indigenous place names restoration
- Renaming debates
- African toponymy
- Political Naming:
- Ukraine derussification
- Kazakhstan Latinization
- Gulf of Mexico → Gulf of America
- Sign Language Onomastics:
- Deaf community naming
- ODAL thematic dossier
- Migration Onomastics:
- Naming in diaspora contexts
- Cross-cultural adaptation
CONCLUSION
E-Onomastics in 2025 was:
✓ Prolific: 348 posts
✓ Multilingual: 7 languages
✓ Global: 6 continents covered
✓ Comprehensive: All onomastic sub-fields
✓ Timely: Breaking news, immediate coverage
✓ Archival: Preserving field history
✓ Community-serving: CfPs, obituaries, milestones
✓ Original: Substantial analytical content
My blog is one of the most important news/information source for the international onomastic community.
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