BAPTISMAL NAMES IN METRICAL RECORDS FROM THE YEARS 1727-1837 AND 1985-1990 OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE PARISH IN OLKUSZ (Imiona chrzestne w ksiegach metrykalnych z lat 1727-1837 oraz 1985-1990 w parafii sw. Andrzeja Apostola w Olkuszu)

• Authors: Palka Aneta
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The material comes from metrical records located in the Sosnowiec Diocesan Archive in Sosnowiec. In this article the development of the naming system in Poland is presented, as well as an analysis of the history of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Olkusz and an analysis of the sources. The main purpose of this work was to show the frequency of names that were given in baptism to the children of the parish in Olkusz during the 18th-19th centuries. In the final part of the article, a comparison is made between the names appearing during the 18th-19th centuries with those given children during the years 1985-1990. The difference is presented in the frequency distribution as well as in the motives for giving children these names.

Keywords

EN

BAPTISMAL NAME; FREQUENCY; NAMING MOTIVATION; POLYONYMY

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Onomastica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 52
• Pages: 203-228
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Palka Aneta

• Aneta Palka, Bydlin, ul. Olkuska 15, 32-310 Klucze, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA054312