noun
onomastics; onomatology
Linguistics term for the study of proper names, including personal names and place names.
固有名詞学は、人名や地名の起源を研究する分野です。
Onomastics is a field that studies the origins of personal names and place names.
Refers to a proper noun itself, while 固有名詞学 is the academic study of proper nouns.
Compound of 固有 (こゆう, 'inherent, proper') + 名詞 (めいし, 'noun') + 学 (がく, 'study'). The term is a direct calque from Western linguistics.