Nomenclature

1. Nomenclature Ryan Hong Erin, Hannah April 2012

2. Questions • Big picture question: How does culture influence how parent’s select their children’s names? • Small picture question: How do American and Korean names differ in meaning and how do those meanings affect parents' decisions of naming their children?

3. Objective • Non-material culture • Biblical purposes • Namesake • Deliberate selection of a unique name • Family tradition/ritual • Patrimony • Legacy • Name meaning

4. Hypothesis • Americans will be liberal in their selection of names while Koreans will be conservative • The influence (i.e. non material culture, family tradition, and meaning) of names will be more affluent in America

5. Division of Research

6. Prior Notions • America • Bigger population, more ethnically diverse –> names from different nationalities may contribute to the statistical outlook of the American name database • English names are more generic – less association and more incentive to be unique and strive for individualism • Rigid rules for name selection are usually found in tradition bound societies • Research shows that different states have different trends • Massachusetts -> tend not to name children after their relatives • Virginia -> biblical names were prominent (puritan, New England) • Utah -> 2/3rds of Mormon children were named for kin

7. Collected Data

8. Analysis • Americans value their familial and religious namesake more so than the Koreans • The Korean alphabet may account for the lack of namesake – creates more room for creativity • Koreans tend to create names based on their pronunciation and meaning