Recent name changes -- What is 'onomastics'? -- Linguistic conventions -- What are names? -- What different sorts of names do we have? -- Literary onomastics -- Anthroponyms -- Ethnonyms -- Toponyms -- Other names -- Anthroponymy (Personal Names) -- Zulu names and other forms of address -- The concept of the name -- Name avoidance and alternative vocabularies -- The igama lasekhaya: The home name -- The igama lesilungu: The Euro-origin name -- The isibongo: The clan name -- The isithakazelo: The clan praise -- Nicknames -- Baby name -- Peer nickname -- Abbreviated forms -- Patronyms -- Teknonyms -- Kinship terms -- Addressing one's parents -- Addressing one's children -- Addressing one's siblings -- Descriptives -- Reasons for giving names -- Reasons for giving names in Zulu society -- Names referring to the structure of the family -- Names referring to the perceived role of God -- Names referring to the 'state of mind' of the parents -- Names referring to the circumstances of the birth -- Names referring to the wider clan -- Other or miscellaneous -- Nicknames and personal praises -- The praises of young Zulu men -- Courting praises -- Dancing praises -- Fighting praises -- Descriptive praises -- Football praises -- Boxing praises -- Nicknames from Molefe's collection -- Nicknames and praise names from Doke and Vilakazi -- The various names of God -- Character types -- Fingers -- Fabulous monsters -- Animals -- Zulu names of non-Zulus, especially whites -- Unidentified contemporary figures.