Abbreviation | ANS |
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Formation | December 29, 1951 |
Founded at | Detroit, Michigan |
Type | Scholarly society |
Purpose | Onomastics |
Website | http://www.americannamesociety.org/ |
The American Name Society (ANS) is a non-profit organization started in 1951 to promote onomastics, the study of names and naming practices, both in the United States and around the world.[1]