Sposoby identyfikacji kobiet w XVII-wiecznej antroponimii parafii Daleszyce
Types of women’s identification in the 17th century anthroponym system of the Daleszyce parish

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the methods of identifying women in the anthroponym system of theDaleszyce parish in the 17th century. I excerpted the research material (consisting of almost 13,000 nota-tions) from baptism and birth registers from 1602–1700 written in Latin. So far, it has not been the subjectof onomastic examination. I present the conclusions regarding the universality and degree of stabilization ofadditional anthroponymic terms for women in the 17th century (i.e. terms appearing after the name). In thecollected material, I distinguish several different ways of identifying women – from single-element terms totwo- and multi-element terms. The material confirms the very frequent mixing of formants characteristic ofmaiden surnames with those typical of married women’s surnames. There are large disproportions betweenthe markings identifying mothers and the markings identifying godmothers. The additional anthroponymicterms examined do not yet meet the basic definitional features of the surname, including: its obligatory andimmutable character.

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