PRENUME ROMÂNEȘTI ȘI UCRAINENE – ÎNTRE TRADIȚIE ȘI INOVAȚIE
ROMANIAN AND UKRAINIAN SURNAMES – BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION

Author(s): Adelina Emilia Mihali, Oliviu Felecan
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Ethnohistory, Romanian Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: first names; Romanian; Ukrainian; dynamics; innovation
Summary/Abstract: The present study sociolinguistically analyzes given names in the cross-border area of the Tisza River, between Ukraine and Romania, specifically Transcarpathia and Maramureș. The corpus of the study consists of given names extracted from Civil Status Registers. Births and parish records from two localities on the right side of the Tisza, Slatina and Biserica Albă, both with a predominantly Romanian population, and from localities with a predominantly Ukrainian population on the left side of the Tisza: Rona de Sus, or with a mixed population: Sighetu Marmației. The research aims to identify anthroponymic interferences between the two ethnic groups, Romanians and Ukrainians. The article seeks to determine the frequency and degree of preservation of traditional first names, as well as the factors underlying their dynamics in the two investigated areas. It aims to answer the following questions: 1. What are the common first names in the Ukrainian community on the left side of the Tisza and in the Romanian community on the right side of the Tisza?; 2. What is the proportion of Romanian/Western first names among Ukrainians and, conversely, among Romanians in Transcarpathia?; 3. What are the factors that have led to the preservation/renewal of the anthroponymic register in the studied area?. The analysis of the dynamics of first names, based on linguistic and statistical methods, provides an overview of the effects that migration and "fashion" have on the choice of names for newborns, the balance between anthroponymic tradition and innovation, as well as the relationship between ethnic identity and openness to the West.

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