IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 746: Medieval Onomastics, I

Sponsor:	Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham
Organiser:	Tristan K. Alphey, Faculty of History, University of Oxford
Moderator/Chair:	Tristan K. Alphey, Faculty of History, University of Oxford
Paper 746-a	Cognomina: Changing Names in Medieval Iberia (Language: English) David Peterson, Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Comunicación, Universidad de Burgos Index terms: Onomastics, Social History
Paper 746-b	Personal Names in the 13th-Century Charters of the Premonstratensian Abbey of Beauport in Northwestern Brittany (Language: English) Claude Evans, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga Kenneth Evans, School of Administrative Studies, York University, Ontario Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Onomastics, Social History
Paper 746-c	Babylonian Incantation Bowl Onomastics: Evidence from Trans-Generational Naming Practices (Language: English) Shoshana Boardman, Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Language and Literature - Semitic, Onomastics, Religious Life
Abstract	Onomastics, the study of names and naming, has long proved a fruitful approach for medievalists. The panel on medieval onomastics returns for 2026, bringing together scholars from around the world to explore the role of onomastics in a broad range of medieval communities.