By location Towards a World Bibliography of Personal Names Towards… because this is just a limited effort to fill a gap and when the International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) Bibliography appears in 2008, its future will be re-considered. With thanks to Ed Lawson for his generosity in allowing me to reproduce some of his collected references and abstracts, alongside my own collection of references (some needing copy-checking – beware). Unless indicated otherwise, any abstracts are those of the author or publisher. This bibliography is constructed around continents and nations (rather than a linguistic approach) purely out of convenience (for me). As such its scope is limited. Hence it covers neither names in literature, nor names in religion. Countries have been grouped in line with the United Nations’ Standard Country and Area Code classification. [Philip Dance also wrote, UK and Ireland are in a separate bibliography, to be merged later.] The present arrangement of the bibliography achieves this aim. Please select a nation by clicking on the relevant continent. Africa Eastern: Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madgascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Central: Cameroon, Congo, Gabon Northern: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia Southern: Botswana, Nambia, South Africa, Swaziland Western: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo America Central: Caribbean, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico South: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela Northern: Canada, USA Asia Central: Krygyzstan, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Eastern: China, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, Korea(s) Southern: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan South-Eastern: Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Western: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudia Arabia, Turkey Europe Eastern: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Slovakia ,Ukraine Northern: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden Southern: Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain Western: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland Oceania Australasia: Australia, New Zealand Melanesia: Papua New Guinea Micronesia: Guam Polynesia: Tonga Number of entries in database: 1,880 (Feb 21, 2008)