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American Name Society
Abbreviation ANS
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.

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