| anthroponymy |
| Definition: The study of human names — i.e., anthroponyms. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek anthropos, man or human being + onuma, name. |
| OED: The word's first OED citation is from 1937: "A special study of toponymy and anthroponymy." (J. Orr tr. I. Iordan's Introd. Romance Ling. iii. 222) |