Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32004/k.54.5-6.2
18th CENTURY ANTHROPONYMY OF ŠTRIGOVA
Anđela Frančić
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Abstract
Summary
Parish registers of baptisms contain different types of information, among which anthroponymic information is most abundant, with first names (of children, parents and godparents) most prominent in their frequency. Starting from information excerpted from the registers of baptisms of the parish of Štrigova, written in Latin, the personal names of children born in the selected years of the 18th century are analysed in this paper.
It is concluded that the children are only mentioned by their first names, while an anthroponymic formula consisting of the first name and family name is used for parents and godparents. The first names of children are almost exclusively of saintly origin (e.g. Helena, Magdalena, Catharina; Nicolaus, Matthias, Joannes), one-word (consisting of a single word), and are mainly given according to the calendar principle (i.e. the child is given the name of the saint whose feast day is close to the child's birthday), while the inheritance of the parents’ first names or the naming of children after godparents is significantly rarer. The influence of local saints’ cults (in Štrigova, churches are dedicated to St Mary Magdalene and St Jerome) was diversely reflected in the Štrigova 18th century antroponymicon – the first name Magdalena was given to girls very frequently, while the first name Jeronim was given to boys very rarely.
Keywords
: parish registers of baptisms, Štrigova, 18th century, first name
Hrčak ID:
274208
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Publication date:
4.1.2022.
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