Original scientific paper

The hereditary quality of personal names

Anđela Frančić ; Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje

Abstract

Family names are characterized by absolute hereditary quality while personal names show only relative hereditary quality. The name of the child can correspond to the name of one of the parents completely (type Ivan : Ivan) or only partially (type Ivan : Iva). The analysis of contemporary Medimurje onomastic data has shown that the choice of the name for the new member of the family is more often influenced by the name of the father than by the name of the mother. Father’s name is given to the newborn child either in the identical form (type Ivan : Ivan), in the corresponding feminine form (type Ivan : Iva) or in another formational variant (type Ivan : Ivica).

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Hrčak ID:

178543

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/178543

Publication date:

22.6.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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