PERSONAL NAMES IN THE REGISTERS OF BAPTISMS OF KNEGINEC PARISH FROM 1789 TO 1900 Cover Image

OSOBNA IMENA U MATIČNIM KNJIGAMA ROĐENIH ŽUPE KNEGINEC OD 1789. DO 1900. GODINE
PERSONAL NAMES IN THE REGISTERS OF BAPTISMS OF KNEGINEC PARISH FROM 1789 TO 1900

Author(s): Marko Vitez
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Social history, 18th Century, 19th Century, Pastoral Theology, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti - Zavod za znanstveni rad Varaždin
Keywords: personal names; registers of baptisms; Kneginec; 19th century;

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author analyzes personal names of the parish of Kneginec from its foundation 1789 to 1900, based on available registers of baptisms. Determines the fund and the number of male and female names separately and tries to determine the motivation for choosing individual names. Points to the importance of the diversity of the name fund of a rural parish community. He also listed the most numerous personal names and hypocoristic forms. As a contribution to the article, author presents two tables which contains all recorded personal names of the parish (and their derivatives) grouped by gender, alphabetically sorted with the year of their first mention and their relative shares.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 75-103
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Croatian
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