03 What’s in a name?

Ragman’s Harbour

Dec 26 2023 • 2 hrs 34 mins

Today on the 26th of December, the Titan of Braavos brings you a gift: episode 3 of Ragman's Harbour!

In our third episode, we discuss naming conventions in ASOIAF and our real world. How did last names come to be a thing in our world, and how does that parallel last names in ASOIAF? Why are there so many Aegons in ASOIAF history, as well as many Louis and Gustavs in French and Swedish history? (Spoiler: it has to do with one of Virginie's favourite words)

We also discuss the effects of colonisation and slavery on the naming of people, both in ASOIAF and our own world. So get ready to learn all about names and what they say about norms and structures in society!

Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!

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Sources and resources

Lo:

“Efternamn i Sverige” - Institutet för språk och folkminnen

“Historik om personnamn i Sverige” - Institutet för språk och folkminnen

“De naturliga efternamnen” Statistikmyndigheten SCB

“Svenska förnamn genom historien - från Eskil till Estelle” - Åke Steinwall

“Namnskick i forna tider” - Svenska Heraldiska föreningen

“‘De kunde ju tro man var en finnpajsare’” - Karin Skoglund

“Om Tornedalens namnskick i äldre tid” - Erik Kouksu

“Svenska kyrkan och det samiska namnskicket: Övergripande perspektiv” - Marit Frändén

“‘Att blotta vem jag är’ - Släktnamnsskick och släktnamnsbyten hos samer i Sverige 1920–2009” - Marit Frändén

“Namn i kyrkböckerna” - Sametinget

“The Multiple Burdens of Foreign-Named Men—Evidence from a Field Experiment on Gendered Ethnic Hiring Discrimination in Sweden” - Moa Bursell.

Virginie:

"Famille et pouvoir dans le monde Franc" (chapitre VI) - Régine Le Jan

"Noms de famille et noms de terre dans la noblesse française à l’époque moderne" - Élie Haddad

"Du son à la scription, la trace indélébile du nom: À propos d’une blessure héritée de l’esclavage aux Antilles-Guyane" - Philippe Chanson

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