CONTENTS // Introduction 3 // ANTHROPONYMY // Chapter 1 : Xhosa onomastics as part of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) 7 // Chapter 2: Innovative anthroponymy: the case of the South African Coloured1 21 // community // Chapter 3: The right to a good name: Muslim and Xhosa children 34 // Chapter 4: Exploring Xhosa surnames 49 // Chapter 5: Bynames as an expression of identity: A student profile at the University 65 of the Western Cape // TOPONYMY // Chapter 6: Street names: A changing urban landscape 83 // Chapter 7: Political aspiration: The possible renaming of Western Cape towns in 104 // South Africa // Chapter 8: The contested etymology of Devils Peak/Duiwelspiek along Table 121 // Mountain // NAMES IN THE ECONOMY // Chapter 9: The role of anthroponymic commemoration on wine labels in 134 // South Africa // Chapter 10: A drink at Kwamaliyam? Names of informal businesses in the 149 // Cape Peninsula // Chapter 11: Brand names on the move: South African Supersport rugby 161 // sponsors // Chapter 12: A minibus taxi by any other name, would it run as sweet? 174 // LITERARY ONOMASTICS // Chapter 13: A comparative analysis of names in songs: Billy Joel’s ’?/e didn’t start 186 the fire’ and Christopher Torr’s ’Hot Gates’. // 1 // NAMES OF SHIPS // Chapter 14: Naming and renaming of South African warships 216 // Chapter 15: An onomastic journey on board MSC cruise ships 233 // NAMING OF ANIMALS // Chapter 16: The naming of primates by primates: a case study of the Cape 250 // Peninsula Baboons in South Africa // Chapter 17: The naming of Panthera: A human prerogative 262 // 2