Naming for Kin during World War I: Baby Names as Markers for War

Nicolas Todd is Research Scientist, Centre Roland Mousnier, Sorbonne Université, and Guest Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. He is the author of, with Élise Ricadat et al., “Ethical and Social Implications of Approaching Death Prediction in Humans—When the Biology of Ageing Meets Existential Issues,” BMC Medical Ethics, XXI, 64 (2020), available at doi: 10.1186/s12910-020-00502-5; with Alain-Jacques Valleron and Pierre Bougnères, “The Naming of Orphans in France during World War One: A Study of a Nationwide Cohort of Pupilles de la Nation,” Historical Methods, LI (2018), 82–91.

Baptiste Coulmont is Professor of Sociology, École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, and a researcher at the Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique. He is the author of, with Patrick Simon, “How Do Immigrants Name Their Children in France?” Population and Societies, 565 (2019), 1–4; with Céline Braconnier and Jean-Yves Dormagen, “The Heavy Variables Are Still Alive and Kicking: The Drop in Voter Turnout and the Increase in Electoral Disparities in Spring 2017,” Revue française de science politique, LXVII (2017), 1023–1040.