| Toponymist and onomastician Adrian Room is the author of more than 40 reference books. |
| While interviewing this onomastician for the Findings column, I mentioned my middle name, and Dr. Evans told me that Marion is a singular exception to the rule that cross-gender names travel only one way, from men to women. |
| Had John Eglinton been an onomastician, he might have noted that Stephen's surname was an aptonym. |
