Kėdainiai Germansʼ Names in 17th–18th Centuries

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https://doi.org/10.48075/odal.v4i1.31652

Keywords:

Lituania, city, Germans, historical anthroponymy, historical personal name

Abstract

This article discusses the naming of German nationals recorded in historical documents of the largest Kėdainiai of the 16th–18th centuries, reflecting the unique characteristics of this anthroponymic system. Notably, a portion of German men have two given names and a surname.  

Author Biography

Alma Ragauskaitė, Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania

Senior Researcher at the Research Centre of Baltic Languages and Proper Names of the Institute of the Lithuanian Language. PhD thesis – 2002, Institute of the Lithuanian Language and Vytautas Magnus University; author of two books and over thirty scholarly and popular articles; co-author of the Dictionary of Lithuanian Place Names, she wrote texts for the second, the third and the fourth volumes.

 

References

Ragauskaitė, A. (2005). XVI−XVIII a. kauniečių asmenvardžiai [Personal Names of the Citizens of Kaunas in the 16th−18th Century]. Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos instituto leidykla.

Ragauskaitė, A. (2016). Germaniškos kilmės kėdainiečių antroponimai XVII−XVIII a. Kėdainių miesto istorijos šaltiniuose [Germanic Anthroponyms of the Inhabitants of Kėdainiai in Kėdainiai Historical Sources of the 17th−18th Century]. Baltu filoloģija, XXV(2), 111−128.

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Ragauskaitė, A. (2018). Trends characteristic to naming of German residents of Kėdainiai in the 19th century: Introductory remarks. Acta Baltico-Slavica, 42, 173–188. https://doi.org/ 10.11649/abs.2018.009

Ragauskaitė, A. (2022). XVII−XVIII a. kėdainiečių asmenvardžiai [Personal Names of Kėdainiai Residents of the 17th−18th Century]. Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas.

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21-08-2023

How to Cite

RAGAUSKAITĖ, A. Kėdainiai Germansʼ Names in 17th–18th Centuries. Onomastics from Latin America, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 1, p. 1–5, 2023. DOI: 10.48075/odal.v4i1.31652. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/onomastica/article/view/31652. Acesso em: 19 may. 2025.

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): Onomástica desde América Latina

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Mini

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