Patrick Hanks, Visiting Professor at the Research Institute of Information and Language Processing (RIILP), University of Wolverhampton, Simon Lenarčič, independent scholar, and with Peter McClure, Honorary Professor of Name-Studies at the Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham

Dr. Patrick Hanks is a lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. For ten years (1990-2000) he was chief editor of current English Dictionaries at Oxford University Press. More recently, he has held research posts and taught linguistics and lexicology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Britain, America, and the Czech Republic. He is currently a visiting professor at the Research Institute of Information and Language Processing (RIILP, University of Wolverhampton, England). He is a frequent invited plenary speaker at international conferences on lexicography, corpus linguistics, figurative language, and onomastics.

Simon Lenarčič is a lexicographer and self-educated onomastician and orthographer from Slovenia. He is the author or editor of several Slovenian encyclopedias, name dictionaries, and books on orthography.

Dr Peter McClure is Honorary Professor of Name-Studies at the Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham, England, and is the leading authority on English surname origins and the author of numerous articles on English names of all types. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in English Language and Literature, University of Hull, England (1965-90), specializing in Middle English and early Modern English. He was the founding editor of the onomastic journal Nomina (1977-85), is a past President of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland, and is currently Vice-President of the English Place-Name Society (since 2013) and onomastic consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary (since 2007).

Contributors and Consultants for the First and Second Editions
For Names from North America
African American
Simon Lenarcic, Patrick Hanks, and Peter McClure (2nd edition)
Native American
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)

For Names from Britain and Ireland
Cornish
Oliver Padel (2nd edition)
English
Peter McClure (2nd edition), David Mills, Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle (all 1st edition)
Irish
Kay Muhr (1st and 2nd editions), Peter McClure (2nd edition)
Scottish
Peter McClure (2nd edition), William Nicolaisen, Patrick Hanks (2nd edition)
Scottish Gaelic
Kay Muhr (1st and 2nd editions)
Welsh
Hywel Wyn Owen (1st and 2nd editions)

For Names from Western Europe
Breton
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Dutch and Flemish
Leendert Brouwer, Gerald van Berkel (both 2nd edition), Charles Gehring (1st edition)
French and Walloon
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition), Susan Whitebook (1st edition)
German
Edda Gentry (1st and 2nd edition), Jürgen Eichhoff (1st edition)
Luxembourgish
Edda Gentry (1st and 2nd edition), Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)

For Names from Scandinavia, Finland, and Estonia
Estonian
Fred Puss (2nd edition)
Finnish
Sirkka Paikkala (2nd edition), Hannele Jönsson-Korhola (1st edition)
Norwegian and Danish
Olav Veka (1st edition)
Swedish
Lennart Ryman (2nd edition), Lena Peterson (1st edition)

For Names from Southern Europe
Greek
Nick Nicholas (1st and 2nd editions), Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition), Johanna Kolleca (1st edition)
Italian
Carla Marcato (2nd edition), Enzo Caffarelli (1st and 2nd editions), Dieter Kremer (1st edition)
Spanish, Portuguese, and other Iberian Languages
Dieter Kremer (1st and 2nd editions), Ana Boullón (2nd edition), Roser Saurí Colomer (1st edition)

For Names from Russia and Eastern Europe
Albanian
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Armenian
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition), Bert Vaux (1st edition)
Croatian and Bosniak
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition), Dunja Brozovic (1st edition)
Czech
Dobrava Moldanová (1st and 2nd editions)
Gottscheerish (Gottschee German)
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Hungarian
Gábor Bátonyi (1st and 2nd editions)
Latvian and Lithuanian
Laimute Balode (1st and 2nd editions)
Macedonian and Bulgarian
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Polish
Pawel Swoboda (2nd edition), Aleksandra Cieslikowa (1st edition)
Serbian
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition), Svetozar Stijovic, Tvrtko Prcic (both 1st edition)
Slovak
Peter Durco (1st and 2nd editions), Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Slovenian
Simon Lenarcic (1st and 2nd editions)
Sorbian (Wendish)
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Romanian
Domnita Tomescu (2nd edition)
Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarussian
Alexander Beider (1st and 2nd editions)
Rusyn (Ruthenian)
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)

For Jewish Names
Jewish
Alexander Beider (1st and 2nd editions)

For Names from Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent
African
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Arabic and Muslim
David Justice, Simon Lenarcic (both 2nd edition), Paul Roochnik, Salahuddin Ahmed (both 1st edition)
Assyrian/Chaldean
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Indian
Urvashi Prasannanshu Jain (2nd edition), Rocky Miranda (1st edition)
Iranian/Persian
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Turkish
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)

For Names from East Asia
Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Hmong, Iu Mien, and Indonesian
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Chinese
Horace Chen (2nd edition), Mark Lewellen (1st edition)
Filipino
Jesus Federico C. Hernandez (2nd edition)
Japanese
Frederick Brady (1st and 2nd editions)
Korean
Gary Mackelprang (1st and 2nd editions)
Vietnamese
Horace Chen (2nd edition)

For Names from South America and the Caribbean
Amerindian
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)
Haitian
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition)

Americanized and other Altered Forms of Family Names
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition, main contributor)

Histories
Simon Lenarcic (2nd edition, main contributor)

Other Contributors and Advisors
Seyed Mostafa Assi (Iranian), Wolf Dietrich (Hispanic and Amerindian), Mikel Gorrotxategi Nieto (Hispanic and Basque), Sevan Nisanyan (Turkish), Oliver Padel (Breton, Welsh), Nicoline van der Sijs (Dutch)