Among other things I’m a practising  onomast. The word sounds ominously like a combination of onanist and pederast, but is a little more innocent than that. It means a student of names. Personal names are a vital indicator of social and cultural values, and this VICE article describes how names and identities are mutating…

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/change-name-deed-poll?utm_source=vicetwitteruk