Naming of Grodno’s Gentry in the First Half of the 16th Century Cover Image

Gardino bajorų įvardijimas xvi a. Pirmoje pusėje
Naming of Grodno’s Gentry in the First Half of the 16th Century

Author(s): Jūratė Čirūnaitė
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Grodno; gentry; Gardinas; bajorai

Summary/Abstract: Straipsnyje tiriamas 1528 m. Gardino registro 270 vyrų ir 13 moterų įvardijimas. Iš pradžių aptariami vardai, po to – įvardijimo tipai, aprašoma įvardijimo struktūra, palyginamas vyrų ir moterų vardynas, nurodomi baltiški asmenvardžiai, išvardijami netradiciški asmenų užrašymo būdai. Visi įvardijimai metrikuoti: skliaustuose po įvardijimo nurodomas šaltinio puslapis. Names were given to almost all men (98,1 %). The most popular name was John. Christian names were given to 89,1 % of the men; diminutive forms of names were given to 64 % of all Christian names. It has been noticed that in the Orthodox rite there were more name forms than in the Catholic rite. 63,3 % of the names were in Christian patronymic form. The most popular was mixed naming; patronymic forms were given to 64 % of the men. Double naming was the most prevalent (71,1 %). Some men’s anthroponyms were formed consisting of mother‘s, stepfather‘s and fatherin- law’s names. A name was given only to one woman (7,7 %). All women’s naming had andronyms, but no women’s naming had patronyms. Women‘s double naming prevailed (61,5 %). The standards of women‘s and men’s naming were different. 21 Baltic anthroponyms were observed in the antroponomy of Grodno’s gentry. There were 5 Lithuanianized Christian names and 30 names not common to the Orthodox: these were Lithuanian and Yotvingian anthroponyms.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 56
  • Page Range: 125-142
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Lithuanian