Volume 05, Number 01, May 2023 p. 58-68 http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/notion/index 58 Petangan Jawa: Installing traditional values in names Ajar Pradika Ananta Tur 1 ; Aris Munandar 2 ; Daru Winarti 3 1 English Literature Department, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia 2 American Studies Department, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia 3 Regional Indonesian Literatures Department, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia Corresponding author: arismundandar@ugm.ac.id Citation: Tur, A.P.A., Munandar, A., & Winarti, D. (2023). Petangan Jawa: Installing tradition values and modernity need in names. Notion: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 5(1), p. 58-68. https://doi.org/10.12928/notion.v5i1.6891 A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article History: Received: 28 November 2022 Accepted: 6 May 2023 This research contributes to investigate a cultural continuity, particularly naming practice, in a homogenous Javanese community installing Petangan Jawa (Javanese Calculations). However, common Javanese slowly ignore it. This study employs a descriptive qualitative approach with fieldwork to investigate the intention behind the name. Therefore, two varieties of Petangan Jawa, namely, a calculation based on calendar properties and a calculation based on Javanese script values, are still consistently used. In addition, this study paves the way for future research on the causes of the gradual abandonment of Petangan Jawa among common Javanese and how the perspective of religious beliefs about Petangan Jawa is used to predict the future. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Keywords: Petangan Jawa Javanese tradition Prajurit Karaton Yogyakarta Naming practice I. INTRODUCTION Javanese culture is characterized by various traditions that touch on every element of life. This way of life is still believed in and has been practiced in everyday life, even today which is a modern era of positivism and science. Petangan Jawa (Javanese Calculation) is an example of the tradition with full of life philosophies found in naming practice. It is about how they employ calculations based on the Javanese neptu and calendar value for a variety of purposes, including naming practice, in order that their expectations are met. As time proceeded, however, the tradition is gradually abandoned since it is deemed old-fashioned (Aribowo & Herawati, 2016). To be considered citizens of the modern world, a large number