Folia onomastica Croatica, No. 4, 1995.
Professional paper
Unknown personal names in the census from 1475-1477 in the part of east Herzegovina
Mate Šimundić
Abstract
The data for this article have been taken from the book »List of names in the administrative unit of the province of Herzegovina« (Sarajevo, 1985). From 1475 to 1477 Turkish officials took a census of all males in Herzegovina according to the pattern: son’s name plus father’s name in the genitive case (Bratiš, Radašin’s son; Radiš, Bratiš’s son). Namely, the last name was not recorded since the Turks did not have last names (they used the patronymic) so they applied their pattern to the Croatian population.
The author took the first names not found in the Academy Dictionary of Croatian and Serbian language (Zagreb, 1860-1976). However, the names older than those recorded in this dictionary were also taken into consideration.
About eighty names of Croatian origin are listed in this article. Some of them are of biblical origin or they are names of saints. Meanings are given to every name (ethnology). Last names and place names are added to the names as derived from the root morpheme of the respective first name. The author also added old proper names of the related meaning and in a number of cases names from other Slavic languages. This was done in order to be more accurate in determining the meaning of unknown names.
Among some unusual names which are listed in the article are: Balat, Batrisa, Biova, Bobušt, Bostul, Britko, Čimirak, Dobrosrd, Dorug, Dorso, Garaš, Gojav, Gosid.
It is established that in East Herzegovina of the 15th century about 90% of first names were of the Croatian origin. This can be taken as a general picture of name documentation of that period.
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Publication date:
25.5.1995.
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