Acta onomastica is the only Czech peer-reviewed scientific periodical dealing with the field of proper names. It was founded in 1960 as Zpravodaj Místopisné komise (later it appeared as Onomastický zpravodaj). It has an extensive network of Czech as well as foriegn contributors. Original articles, reviews and reports deal with any aspects of the research of proper names, their linguistic as well as extralinguistic aspects. Due its interdisciplinary orientation, the journal publishes contributions written not only by linguists, but also researchers from other fields.
Acta onomastica is published twice a year by the Czech Language Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, a public research institution.