Not all of the following sources were actually used in the compilation of Onomastikon and their listing here should not be taken as a recommendation or indication of availability. Many of the names (particularly those from the Medieval and Celtic sections) were collected long before there was any intention of putting them out as a web site so records of sources were not properly kept but I hope to be able to sort this out eventually.
Each separate list was taken from many different sources such as news programmes, history books, novels and magazines. For modern names, the sports programmes are especially useful as they tend to put names of competitors on screen. Although I do use the Internet, there is often a difficulty in attributing names to the right country so I tend not to rely on it except when a reliable source is given for the names such as in genealogy pages.
I do use historical novels occasionally - only those writers whose characters actually existed though! These include: Lindsay Davies, Colleen McCullough, Mary Stewart, Mary Renault, Robert Graves, Rosemary Sutcliff, Edith Pargeter, Jean Plaidy, Juliet Dymoke, Henry Treece, Nigel Tranter, Margaret Irwin, D.K. Broster.
Members of re-enactment groups have expressed anxiety as to whether the entries in the medieval section could be counted as genuine as they have a very strict system. Although these lists may contain names that were very rare, in no case are they invented. However, as the site was only intended to provide a list of interesting alternatives to the more common medieval names, it should not be used as a means of proving a name's authenticity for the period in which one is interested.
| Chronology of World History (4 volumes) - Helicon Publishing |
| Hutchinson Dictionary of World History - Helicon Publishing, 1995 |
| The Times Atlas of World History |
| Past Worlds : The Times Atlas of Archaeology |
| Pears Cyclopaedia 101st edn 1992-3 - Pelham Books Ltd 1992 |
| Magnusson, Magnus, ed. - Chambers Biographical Dictionary - Chambers Harrap 1993 |
| Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary |
| Williamson, David - Brewer's British Royalty - Cassell, 1996 |
These are the ones I have found most reliable. They are academic studies as well as guides to baby naming and attempt to provide truthful definitions rather than guessing.
| Dunkling, Leslie - The Guinness Book Of Names |
| Dunkling, Leslie and Gosling, William - The Facts on File Dictionary of First Names, Facts on File Publications, 1983 |
| Dunkling, Leslie, and William Gosling - The New American Dictionary of First Names, Signet |
| Hanks, Patrick and Hodges, Flavia - A Dictionary of First Names - O.U.P. 1990 |
| Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1971 |
| Norman, Jessica - A World of Baby Names - Perigee Books/Berkley Publishing Group -1996 |
| Withycombe, E.G. - The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd edn (1st pub 1945) - Oxford University Press |
| Yonge, Charlotte Mary - A History of Christian Names - MacMillan & Co., London, 1884 |
Many of this next list seem to be typical 'baby name' books in that they try to provide names with pleasing meanings even if these are doubtful. Some of the ones that I've looked at, whilst including many new and unusual names, cannot be relied upon as far as meaning and origin are concerned as many do not even agree with each other.
| Abadie, M.J. - Multicultural Baby Names |
| Ames, Winthrop - What Shall We Name the Baby? - Simon and Schuster 1974 (1st pub 1941 |
| Browder, Sue - The New Age Baby Name Book |
| Consumer Guide Editors - The Ultimate Baby Name Book |
| Cresswell, Julia - Tuttle Dictionary of First Names - US 1992 |
| De la Paix, Yvonne - Just the Perfect Name - Avery Publishing Group, 1997 |
| Faulkner, Benjamin - What to Name Your African-American Baby |
| Fields, Maxine - Baby Names from Around the World |
| Frank, Debbie - Baby Signs: How to Discover Your Child's Personality Through the Stars |
| Hook, J. N. - All Those Wonderful Names |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn - The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook |
| Kolatch, Alfred J. - Dictionary of First Names 1980 |
| Kolatch, Alfred J. - The Name Dictionary 1967 |
| Lansky, Bruce - Very Best Baby Name Book - Meadowbook Press/Simon and Schuster1996 |
| Munoz, Sharon R. - Afro-American Names |
| Redmond Satran, Pamela, and Rosenkrantz, Linda - Beyond Jennifer & Jason : An Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby |
| Redmond Satran, Pamela, and Rosenkrantz, Linda - Beyond Sarah and Sam : An Enlightened Guide to Jewish Baby Naming |
| Redmond Satran, Pamela, and Rosenkrantz, Linda - The Last Word on First Names |
| Rule, Lareina - Name Your Baby - Bantam Books, 1986 |
| Samuelson, Pamela - Baby Names for the New Century (A Comprehensive Multicultural Guide to Finding the Perfect Name for your Baby) - Harper paperbacks, 1994 |
| Schwegel, Janet - The Baby Name Countdown 1988 |
| Spinesi, Stephen J. - The Celebrity Baby Name Book |
| Trantino, Charlee - Beautiful Baby Names From Your Favorite Soap Operas |
| Turner, Barbara Kay - The Very Best Book of Baby Names |
| Attwater, Donald - The Penguin Dictionary of Saints, 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1983 |
| Broderick Fisher, Enid - Saints Alive! - Fount Paperbacks (Harper Collins) 1995 |
| Castle, Tony - Christian Names for Boys and Girls - Hodder and Stoughton, 1996 |
| Farmer, David Hugh, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford University Press, 1982 |
| Hallam, Elizabeth ed. - Saints - Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1994 |
| Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary - Saints Preserve Us! - Robson Books, 1995 |
| MacMath, Fiona - Saints' Names For Your Baby - Marshall Pickering/Harper Collins, 1997 |
| Walsh, Michael - The Universe Book of Saints - Geoffrey Chapman, 1994 |
| Cottle, Basil - The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames, 2nd ed., Penguin Books |
| Guppy H.B. - Homes of Family Names in Great Britain, London 1890 |
| Loughead, Flora Haines - Dictionary of Given Names 1933 - Arthur H. Clark Company, 1933 |
| Reaney, P. H. - The Origin of English Surnames, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1967 |
| Reaney, P. H. - A Dictionary of British Surnames, 2nd ed., Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976 |
| Reaney, P. H. - The Origin of English Place Names, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985 |
| Reaney, P.H. & Wilson, R.M. A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991 |
| Rose, Christine - Nicknames Past and Present - Rose Family Association |
The various volumes produced by the English Placenames Society are also useful for regional variations of surname.
| Appelbergs Boktryckeri, K.W. (?)- English Times, Uppsala, 1916 |
| Bede, the Venerable - A History of the English Church and People (trans. Leo Sherley-Price) Penguin Classics, 1982 |
| Boehler, Maria - Die altenglischen Frauennamen - Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967 (orig. publ. 1930) |
| Ekwall, Eilert - Early London Personal Names - Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, 1947 |
| Ekwall, Eilert - The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames, 4th edn. Oxford 1960 |
| Forssner, Thorvald - Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England in Old and Middle English Times - Uppsala: 1916 |
| Redin, Mats - Studies on Uncompounded Personal Names in Old English - Uppsala: 1919 |
| Searle, William George - Onamasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, Cambridge University Press |
| Seltén, Bo - The Anglo-Saxon Heritage in Middle English Personal Names: East Anglia 1100-1399 Lund CWK Gleerup, 1972, 1979 |
| Stenton, Sir Frank - Anglo-Saxon England - Oxford History of Britain, 3rd edn. 1971 |
| Ström, Hilmer - Old English Personal Names in Bede's History: An Etymological-Phonological Investigation - Lund Studies in English 8. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerup, 1939 |
| Swanton, Michael (edited and translated) - The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - J. M. Dent 1996 |
| von Feilitzen, Olof - The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book - Uppsala: 1937 |
| English Heritage and National Trust guide books (history sections) |
| Parish records |
| Chaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales |
| Ridge, C. Harold, ed. - Index to Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Vol. III, 1581-1595. London: The British Record Society, Limited, 1954. |
| The Oxford History of England, OUP |
| Carr, Phyllis - The Pendragon Companion |
| Burrow, J.A. ed. - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Penguin 1972 |
| Mallory, Thomas - The Morte D'Arthur - various editions |
| The Mabinogien |
Many histories of Roman Britain also include names of Celtic origin.
| Delaney, Frank - Legends of the Celts |
| Farmer, David Hugh - The Oxford Dictionary of Saints |
| Lady Gregory - Gods and Fighting Men |
| Matthews, John (compiled and edited) - A Celtic Reader - Thorsons (Harper Collins), 1991 |
| Morlet, Marie-Thérèse - Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de l'Ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe Siècle, Vols. I, II & III - Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1968, 1972, 1985 |
| Rolleston, T.W. - Illustrated Guide to Celtic Mythology - Studio Editions, 1993 |
| Coghlan, Ronan - Irish Christian Names - London 1987 |
| Flanagan, Laurence - Favourite Irish Names for Children - Gill and Macmillan, 1993 |
| MacLysaght, Edward - The Surnames of Ireland, 6th ed., Irish Academic Press, 1985 |
| O'Brien, M.A. - Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae |
| O'Corrain, Donnchadh - Gaelic Personal Names- Dublin 1981 |
| Redmond Satran, Pamela, and Rosenkrantz, Linda - Beyond Shannon and Sean : An Enlightened Guide to Irish Baby Naming |
| Woulfe, Patrick - Irish Names for Children - Dublin 1974 |
| Woulfe, Patrick - Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames |
| Black, George F - The Surnames of Scotland - Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1993 |
| Dunkling, Leslie - Scottish Christian Names, Johnston & Bacon Books, Stirling, 1988 |
| Jackson, Kenneth - The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer - Cambridge University Press, 1972 |
| Urquhart, Blair - Tartans - The Apple Press, 1994 |
| Bardsley, Charles - A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980 |
| Davies, Trefor - A Book of Welsh Names - London 1952 |
| Gruffudd, Heini - Welsh Personal Names, Y Lolfa, 1980 |
| Lewis, E.A. - An Inventory of the Early Chancery Proceedings Concerning Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1937 |
| Lewis, E.A. - The Toll Books of Some North Pembrokeshire Fairs (1599-1603) in The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies vol.7 1934 |
| Morgan, T.J., and Prys, Morgan - Welsh Surnames, University of Wales Press, 1985 |
| Rowlands, John and Sheila - The Surnames of Wales - Fedn. of Family History Socs., 1996 |
| Stephens, Ruth - Welsh Names for Children - Talybont 1970 |
| Walker, David - Medieval Wales - Cambridge University Press, 1990 |
| Williams-Jones, Keith - The Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll 1292-3. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1976 |
| Brice, Christopher - Names for the Cornish - Truro 1970 |
| White, G. Pawley - A Handbook of Cornish Surnames, 2nd ed., Helston Printers, 1981 |
| Hanks, Patrick and Hodges, Flavia - A Dictionary of First Names - O.U.P. 1990 |
| Hanks, Patrick and Hodges, Flavia - A Dictionary of Surnames |
Thanks to Daniella Carlsson for the help with medieval Europe.
| Barbour, John - 1375. The Bruce, or, The Book of the most excellent and noble prince, Robert de Broyss, King of Scots - Early English Text Society, London 1870 ed. Walter W. Skeat |
| Dauzat, Albert - Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Française - Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1938 |
| Dauzat, Albert - Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et Pronoms de France, Libraire Larousse, Paris, 1987 |
| Joinville and Villehardouin - Chronicles of the Crusades, trans. M. R. B. Shaw - New York Dorset Press, 1985 |
| La Chanson de la croisade albigeoise de Guillaume de Tulde - translated into French by Henri Gougaud, Le Livre de Poche, Librairie Générale Française, Paris, 1989 |
| La Chanson de Roland - trans. Dorothy L. Sayers - Penguin Classics, 1937 |
| Junco, Maite and Arce, Rose - Bebes Preciosos : 5,001 Hispanic Baby Names - Avon |
| Woods, Richard D. (ed) - Hispanic First Names : A Comprehensive Dictionary of 250 Years of Mexican American Usage (Bibliographies and Indexes in Anthropology, No 1) |
Thanks to Thomas Mailleux Santana for information about Brazilian names.
Thanks to Francisco Antonio Fernandes Barros Castro for help with the Portuguese section.
| De Felice, Emidio - Dizionario dei Cognomi Italiani - Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1978 |
| De Felice, Emidio - Dizionario dei Nomi Italiani - Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1988 |
| Fucilla, Joseph G. - Our Italian Surnames, Chandler's Inc, Evanston, Illinois, 1949 |
| Bruckerm, Gene ed. - The Society of Renaissance Florence: A Documentary Study - Harper Torchbooks, Harper & Row Inc, New York |
| The Autobiography of Benevenuto Cellini - Penguin Books |
| Grohmann, Alberto - L'Imposizione Diretta nei Comuni della'Italia Centrale nel XII Secolo: La Libra di Perugia del 1285 - Paris, Torino: École Française de Rome, 1986 |
Thanks to Ilaria Bardi Keogh for all her help with Italian first names.
| Bahlow Hans, trans Edda Gentry- Dictionary of German Names - Max Kade Institute, 1993 |
| Bahlow, Hans - Deutsches Namenlexikon - Taschenbuch 1985 |
| Brechenmacher - Etymologisches Worterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen Limburg 1963. |
| Hellfritzsch, Volkmar - Vogtländische Personennamen - Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1969). |
| Jones, George F. - German-American Names - Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD. |
| Mulch, Roland - Arnsburger Personennamen: Untersuchungen zum Namenmaterial aus Arnsburger Urkunden vom 13 - 16 Jahrhundert - Darmstadt & Marburg: Hessischen Historischen Kommission Darmstadt and the Historischen Kommission für Hessen, 1974. |
| Naumann, Horst - Das grosse Buch der Familiennamen - Niedernhausen, Germany, 1994 |
These are titles that I've seen mentioned on internet sites. I am not sure if there are English translations or even if they are available outside the Netherlands.
| Beele, Wilfried - Studie van de leperse Persoonsnamen uit de Stads en Baljuwsrekeningen 1250-1400 - 1975 |
| Debrabandere, Frans - Kortrijkse Naamkunde 1200-1300, met een kumulatief familienamenregister - Anthroponymica XXII - Leuven, 1980 |
| Debrabandere, Frans - Etymological Dictionary of the Surnames in Belgium and North France - Brussels, 1993 |
| Heeroma, K. and Miedema, H.T.J. - Perspectief der Doopboeken, proeve van een historische voornamengeografie van Groningen en aangrenzende gebieden - Assen, Van Gorcump and Co. 1972 |
| Huizinga, A - Encyclopedie van Namen - Amsterdam, A.J.G. Strengholt, 1955 |
| Kunzel, R. E., Blok D. P., Verhoeff, J. M - Lexicon van Nederlandse Toponiemen tot 1200 - P.J. Meertens, Amsterdam, 1989 |
| Leenen, J. - De Schrijfwijze van de Aanlopen DE en VAN in Geslachtsnamen, Anthroponymica XI - Leuven and Brussel, 1989 |
| Lemmen, Loren - Names from the Netherlands - USA, 1986 |
| Leys, O. - Vlaamse Vrouwennamen, Anthroponymica X, pars - Leuven and Brussel, 1959 |
| Marynissen, C. - Hypokoristische Suffixen in Oudnederlandse Persoonsnamen inz de Z en L suffixen - Gent, 1986 |
| Roelandts, K. & P. J. Meertens - Nederlandse Familienamen in Historisch Perspectief, Anthroponymica IV - Leuven and Brussel, 1951 |
| Swaen, A. E. H. - Nederlandsche Geslachtsnamen - Zutphen, W. J. Thieme & Cie 1942 |
| Tavernier-Vereecken, C - Gentse Naamkunde van ca. 1000 tot 1253: een bijdrage tot de kennis van het oudste middelnederlands - Belgium 1968 |
| van der Schaar, J. - De Hollandse Naamgeving in de Middeleeuwen in Zuid-Nederland, Anthroppnymica X, pars, Leuven and Brussel, 1959 |
| van der Schaar, J. - Woordenboek van Voornamen : inventarisatie van de doop en roepnamen met hun etymologie - Utrecht and Antwerpen, Aula-Boeken, 1967 |
| Van der Velden, G. M. - Het Oudste Cijnregister van de Abdij van Berne uit 1376 - Hertogenbosch 1982 |
| van Geertsom, the Rev. - Voornamen uit het Land van Waas (1244-1796) in: Annalen van den Oudheidkundigen Kring van het Land van Waas - Deel 62, 1ste Aflevering 1957 |
| Verbruggen, Jan Frans - Het gemeenteleger van Brugge van 1338 tot 1340 en de namen van de weerbare mannen - 1962 |
| Winkler, Johan - De Namen, der Ingezetenen van Leeuwarden ten jare 1511 - Haarlem 1992 |
| Winkler, Johan - De Nederlandsche Geslachtsnamen: in oorsprong, geschiedenis en beteekenis - Haarlem 1885 (reprinted 1971) |
| Winkler, Johan - Helmondsche Namen uit de Middeleeuen - Helmond 1892 |
Thanks to Georges Picavet and Walter van Opstal for their help with this section.
| Hankiss, Agnes - A Hungarian Romance - Readers International 1988 |
| Malcolmsen, Scott - Empire's Edge - Faber and Faber, 1994 |
Thanks to Marcin Barylka for the corrections to the Polish section.
| Lampe, John R. - Yugoslavia as History - Cambridge University Press, 1996 |
| Udovicki, Jasminka and Ridgeway, James (eds.) - Yugoslavia's Ethnic Nightmare - Lawrence Hill Books, 1995 |
| Komaroff-Kourloff, Nicolas - Titres Nobiliaires 862-1917, Paris, 1985 |
| Mirzayev, Osman - Our First Names - (in Azerbaijani) Baku, 1986 |
| Petrovskii, N.A. - Slovar' Russkikh Lichnikh Imen A - Ya and Unbeguan, B.O., Russian Surnames |
| Toumanoff, Prince Cyrille, - Les Dynasties De La Caucasie Chrétienne De L'antiquité Jusqu'au Xixe Siècle. Tables Généalogiques Et Chronologiques, Rome, 1990; Les Maisons Princières Géorgiennes, Rome, 1983 Catalogue De La Noblesse Titrée De L'empire De Russie, Rome, 1982 |
| Vikontessa Tatiana Nikolaevna Tumanova, CL - The Compleat Russian Name Book, 2nd ed., 1988 |
Thanks to Sergey Bratus for his help with Russian first names and diminutives.
| Hiden, John and Salmon, Patrick - The Baltic Nations and Europe - Longman, 1994 |
| University of Helsinki - Almanakka vuodeksi 1995 (Almanac for the year 1995) |
Thanks to Jussi Pakarinen and Outi Tunnela for their help with the Finnish section.
| Eisen, M.J. - Christian and Family Names in Tartu-Võru County in 1582 - Eesti Keel 1923 |
| Saareste, A. - About Estonian Surnames, Past, Present and Future - ERK Nr. 9/10, 1934 |
| Lepp, A. - Statistics of Surnames/Estonian Statistics - ? - 1936 |
| Must, Aadu - Estonian Historical Onomastics: Surnames in the 19th Century. Electronic publication on CD-ROM, Tartu, 1995 |
| Rajandi, E. and Tarand, H. - On Surnames and Some Tasks in their Research - Keel ja Kirjandus, 1966 |
| Rajandi, E. and Tarand, H. - On the Classification and Explanation of Our Surnames - Keel ja Kirjandus, 1966 |
| Roos, E. - On Some Questions in the Field of Peculiarities of Names of Towns and Urban Settlements - 1936 |
Thanks to Maimu Alber for the contributions to the Estonian section.
| Fellows Jensen, Gillian - Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire - Copenhagen: 1968. |
| Geirr Bassi Haraldsson - The Old Norse Name, Studia Marklandica |
| Gordon, E. V. - An Introduction to Old Norse 2nd edition - Oxford University Press 1957 |
| Ibsen, Hendrik - Four Major Plays - The World's Classics |
| Jensen, Gillian Fellows - Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire - Copenhagen, I kommission hos Akademisk forlag, 1968) |
| Palsson, Herman trans. - Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories - Penguin 1971 |
| Roesdahl, Else - The Vikings - Allen Lane, The Penguin Press |
| Vafthrudnismal |
Thanks to Mette Markert for her help with the Danish section.
Thanks to Gudrun Bjarkadottir for her help with the Icelandic section.
| Lemprire's Classical Dictionary of Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors - Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978 |
| Rohl, David - A Test of Time - Century Limited, 1995 |
| Shaw, Ian + Nicholson, Paul - British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt - BM Press |
| The Epic of Gilgamesh |
| Lang, David Marshall - Armenia: Cradle of Civilization (3rd ed) - George Allen & Unwin, 1980 |
| Nersessian, V. - Armenian Illustrated Gospel-Books London: The British Library, 1987 |
| Sanjian, Avedis K. (Narkiss, Bezalel and Stone, Michael E. eds) - Armenian Art Treasures of Jerusalem - New Rochelle, NY : Caratzas Brothers, Publishers, 1979 |
Thanks to Karen Reinhart for the contributions to the Armenian section.
| Beard, Henry - Latin For All Occasions - Harper Collins, 1993 |
| Birley, Anthony - The People of Roman Britain - Batsford, 1979 |
| Graves, Robert - I, Claudius + Claudius the God - Penguin, 1985 |
| Plutarch's Lives |
| Salway, Peter - Roman Britain (Oxford History of Britain vol. 1) - Oxford 1991 |
| Virgil (ed. Jackson Knight, W.F.) - The Aeneid - Penguin 1958 |
| Herodotus 'The Histories' |
| Homer (trans. Rieu, E.V.) - The Iliad - Penguin, 1950 |
| Homer (trans. Rieu, E.V.) - The Odyssey - Penguin, 1946 |
| Murray, Alexander S. - Who's Who In Mythology - Bracken Books, 1988 |
| Renault, Mary - The Alexander Trilogy - Penguin |
| Renault, Mary - The Nature of Alexander - Penguin, 1975 |
| Thucydides |
| Asante, Molefi Keti - The Book of African Names - Africa World Press Inc. 1991 |
| Delheure, Jean, Contes et legendes Berberes de Ouargla - Paris, 1989 |
| Dessommes, Francois - Notes sur l'histoire des Kabylies, TIRA 1992 |
| Gaid, Mouloud - Aguellids Berberes et Romains, OPU |
| Grace, John and Laffin, John - Fontana Dictionary of Africa Since 1960 |
| Keletigui, Mariko - Les Touaregs Ouelleminden (les fils des grandes tentes) - Editions Karthala, 1984 |
| Porch, Douglas - The Conquest of the Sahara |
| Stewart, Julia - African Names |
Thanks to Haddis Tafari for help with Ethiopian names.
| Chandler, David - A History of Cambodia - Westview Press/Harper Collins, 3rd edn, 1996 |
| Lubis, Mochtar - Indonesia, Land Under The Rainbow - Oxford University Press, 1990 |
| SarDesai, D.R. - Southeast Asia, Past and Present - Westview Press Inc, 1994 |
| Shearer, Alistair - Thailand, The Lotus Kingdom - John Murray 1989 |
| Journal of Vietnamese Studies |
| Adshead, S.A.M. - China In World History - Macmillan Press Limited, 1995 (2nd Edn) |
| Roberts, J.A.G. - A History of China, Volume I, Prehistory to c 1800 - Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1996 |
| Cortazzi, Hugh - The Japanese Achievement - Sidgewick and Jackson, 1990 |
| O'Neill, P.G - Japanese Names : A Comprehensive Index by Characters |
| Storry, Richard - A History of Modern Japan - Pelican 1960, reprinted Penguin, 1990 |
| Waswo, Ann - Modern Japanese Society 1868-1994 - Oxford University Press, 1996 |
Thanks to Barbara Pijan for the suggestions for the Tibetan section.
| Bawden, Charles trans. - The Mongol Chronicle Altan Tobchi - Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1955 |
| Boyle, J.A. trans. - History of the World Conqueror, Ala-ad-din 'Ata- Malik Juvaini - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1958 |
| Boyle, J.A. trans. - Successors of Ghenghis Khan Rasid-al-Din - Columbia University Press, 1971 |
| Cleaves, Francis Woodman - The Mongolian Names and Terms in the History of the Nation of the Archers by Grigor of Akanc - Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, vol. 12, 1936 |
| Cleaves, Francis Woodman, trans - Secret History of the Mongols, vol 1 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1982 |
| Grombech, Kaare and Krueger, John R. - An Introduction to Classical (Literary) Mongolian - Hubert & Co., Gottingen, Wiesbaden 1955 |
| Lamb, Harold - Genghis Khan - (first published 1927) - Pinnacle Books, Los Angles, 1976 |
| Mysliwy, Marta-as tu Mika - Mongolian Naming Practices - KWHS Proceedings, Ansteorra, 1990 |
| Poppe, Nicholas - Mongolian Language Handbook - Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC, 1970 |
| Gandhi, Maneka - The Penguin Dictionary of Hindu Names |
| Wisden Cricketers' Yearbook |
Thanks to Avinash Singh Khatter for his help with Sikh names.
| Gandhi, Maneka and Husain, Ozair - The Complete Book of Muslim and Parsi Names Indus/Harper Collins, 1994 |
| Schimmel, Annemarie - Islamic Names - Edinburgh University Press, 1989 |
| ? The Iranians : How They Live and Work - |
| Farman-Farmaian, Soutoudeh - |
| Roohizadegan, Olya - Olya's Story |
| Kelsey, Tim - Dervish: The Invention of Modern Turkey - Hamish Hamilton, 1996 |
| Wheatcroft, Andrew - The Ottomans : Dissolving Images - Viking 1993 |
| Ka'Ano'l, Patrick and Snakenburg, R.L. - Hawai'ian Name Book |
| Alpers, Anthony - Maori Myth and Legend - Longman, Auckland, 1996 |
| Belich, Jamie - I shall not Die, Titokawaru's War in New Zealand 1865-1869 - Allen and Unwin, Auckland, c 1990 |
| Belich, Jamie The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Intrepretation of Racial Conflict - Allen and Unwin, Auckland, c 1990 |
| Best, Elsdon - Maori Religion and Mythology - New Zealand Government Printer 1973 |
| Binney, Judith - Redemption songs, A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuku - Auckland University Press, 1997 |
| Cowan, James - The Maori Wars |
| Firth, Raymond - Economics of the New Zealand Maori Government Printer, 1973 |
| Irwin, James - 'An introduction to Maori Religion' - Australian Association for the Study of Religions, No 4 |
| Pearse, G.L. - Story of the Maori People - Collins, Auckland, 1968 |
| Rice, Geoff ed. - Oxford History of New Zealand 2nd Edition - Oxford University Press 1992 |
Thanks to Tim Lovell Smith for his help with Maori mythology.
| Coe, Michael D. - Mexico - 3rd Edition, Thames and Hudson, 1962 |
| Hassig, Ross - Mexico and the Spanish Conquest - Longman, 1994 |
| Hemming, John - The Conquest of the Incas - Macmillan, 1970 |
| Snow, Dean R. - The Iroquois - Blackwell, 1994 |
| Townsend, Richard F. - The Aztecs - Thames and Hudson, 1992 |
| Tsouras, Peter G. - Warlords of the Ancient Americas - Arms and Armour Press, 1996 |
| Whitlock, Ralph - Everyday Life of the Maya - Batsford, 1976 |
Thanks to John E. Koontz for the information about Sioux names.
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
Copies may be made for personal use only.