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This paper is devoted to a discussion of the anthroponymy of burghers in the former Chelmia territory. It presents naming patterns used among Polish and Ukrainian people. The most important issues discussed in this paper are as follows: − a presentation and characteristics of naming styles using ele ments after the fi rst name which refer to men, with an indication of the frequency of the suffi xes; − the similarities and dissimilarities between Ukrainian and Polish anthroponymy in olden day, the scope of mutual interference between the Polish and Ukrainian lan guages and diff erent anthroponymic systems. Materials for this paper are composed of archival and prints sources.