Original scientific paper

Family Names of the Eastern Part of the Island of Brač

Domagoj Vidović orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-0237 ; The Institute of Croatian language and linguistics, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The author analyses 147 family names from Pučišća, Pražnica, Gornji Humac, Selca, Novo Selo, Povlja and Sumartin, settlements on the eastern side of the island of Brač. In the first part of the paper, the data on these settlements has been given; their development can be traced from the document Povaljska listina. The data on migrations to the cultivated areas have further been given; while in the central part, the motivation for family names has been analysed.

Keywords

anthroponymy; family name; nickname

Hrčak ID:

144230

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/144230

Publication date:

19.8.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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