Baptismal names of Orthodox and Catholics of Bielsk Podlaski in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Cover Image

Imiona chrzestne bielskich prawosławnych i katolików na przełomie XIX i XX wieku
Baptismal names of Orthodox and Catholics of Bielsk Podlaski in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Author(s): Michał Mordań
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: językoznawstwo; onomastyka; antroponimia; imiona

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents baptismal names of inhabitants of Bielsk Podlaski from the years 1890–1909 excerpted from the church records of Orthodox parishes and a Roman Catholic parish. In the context of this confessional diversification the frequency of individual given names, their share in terms of the religious-cultural motivation and linguistic origin, as well as the forms in which they were recorded were analysed.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 247-267
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish