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Name Choice

Name Choice is a scholarly construct within the study of naming customs that specifies the principles, processes, or criteria governing the selection of personal or familial names in sociocultural, legal, or linguistic contexts.

183

Publications

6.6K

Citations

318

Authors

190

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

22

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Name SelectionNaming Choice

Parents

Publications

183

A rose by any other name: participants choosing research pseudonyms

Ruth Allen, Janine Wiles · Qualitative Research in Psychology · 2015 · 287 citations

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Children's First Names: An Empirical Study of Social Taste

Stanley Lieberson, Eleanor O. Bell · American Journal of Sociology · 1992 · 248 citations

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The politics of names: rethinking the methodological and ethical significance of naming people, organizations, and places

Katja M. Guenther · Qualitative Research · 2009 · 202 citations · Full text

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Naming and Identity: A Cross-Cultural Study of Personal Naming Practices.

Stanley Lieberson, Richard D. Alford · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1990 · 201 citations

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Name Letter Preferences Are Not Merely Mere Exposure: Implicit Egotism as Self-Regulation

J. T. Jones, Brett W. Pelham, Matthew C. Mirenberg et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 2002 · 200 citations

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Authors

318

  1. DR
    David Read Johnson

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    4 publications · 156 citations

    4

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  2. AM
    Albert Mehrabian

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    4 publications · 152 citations

    4

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  3. CE
    Charles E. Joubert

    University of North Alabama, United States

    4 publications · 84 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. DJ
    David J. Hargreaves

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 77 citations

    3

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  5. KC
    K. C. Pratt

    Central State University, United States

    3 publications · 91 citations

    3

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Institutions

190

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    311 citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    952 citations

  3. University of North Alabama

    Florence, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

  4. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    201 citations

  5. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    75 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

  7. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    57 citations

  8. University of Missouri–Kansas City

    Kansas City, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    106 citations

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Venues

  1. Names

    24 publications · 511 citations

    16

    h-index

  2. The Journal of Social Psychology

    10 publications · 333 citations

    10

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  3. Psychological Reports

    7 publications · 147 citations

    7

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  4. Brain and Language

    4 publications · 145 citations

    4

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 229 citations

    3

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