Name derivative male names in the XVII-century parish records from Mokobody

Joanna Kuć

Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

Abstract

The author shows and characterizes one of the characteristic ways of identifying men by using forms coming from first names and using them as surnames on etymological and lexical level on the basis of anthroponomical material from the oldest historic office records coming from the border area of Mazowiecki–Podlaski dialect, that is XVII century parish records from the Mokobody parish. Over 200 such anthroponomies, functioning mainly among people from lower social classes, are the subject of the analysis.