A Diachronic Excursion into the Anthroponymy of Eastern Romania
A Diachronic Excursion into the Anthroponymy of Eastern Romania

Summary/Abstract: Eastern Romania proved to be a multicultural and plurilingual space ever since the beginning, a fact also reflected by anthroponyms. Starting with the period of the Romanization, the autochtonous names were interwoven with Latin ones, as shown by the numerous inscriptions and historical documents. These also attest an important component brought by colonists ex toto orbe Romano, but which did not influence the Romance character of the anthroponyms from the Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic space. Throughout the Middle Ages there was a “fight” between the religious anthroponyms (most of them of Slavic origin) and the laic ones, but, starting with the 19th century, we witness a strong Romanization of the Romanian onomasticon, which continues till today, through the names of Latin descent.

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