The Name Game: Cultural Modernization & First Names.(Book review)

From: Journal of Social History | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

The Name Game: Cultural Modernization & First Names. By Jurgen Gerhards (New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers, 2005. viii plus 142 pp.).

Which rules and predispositions guide our thinking when we select the first names for our children? In German kindergartens today international and formerly rarely heard names abound: Joaquin and Celine, Cecil and Vivienne, Carlos and Tessa. What happened to Wilhelm and Heinrich, Erna and Berta, and countless other names popular before World War Two? When we name our children, we attach very specific meanings and messages to ...

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