The Means Of Naming: A Social HistoryNames are never given accidentally; they are chosen and bestowed according to rules that reflect fundamental features of the society and culture concerned. This is a study of the nature and history of naming practices in Western Europe. |
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The Means of Naming: A Social and Cultural History of Personal Naming in ... Stephen Wilson No preview available - 1998 |
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adopted Anglo-Saxon Béarn become born boys by-names called cent child Christian names classes cognomen cognomina common commonest names cultural daughter eighteenth century eldest elements eleventh century élite elsewhere emperor Empire England English especially example family name father female names feminized fifteenth Forez fourteenth century France freedmen French gentilicium Germanic names girls given godparents Greek hypocoristic hypocoristic forms immigrants important indicated inherited inscriptions Italy John late later Latin names Lord Lormont mainly male names Marie married medieval period modern period mother Myddle names became names derived nicknames nineteenth century nobility noble nomenclature ofthe Old Testament Old Testament names origin patronymic pattern peasants popular praenomen praenomina referred region religious remained Roman names Rome saints second names seems seen seventeenth century single names sixteenth century slaves social status suffixes tenth century theophoric names thirteenth century took traditional Trentino Tuscany twelfth century usually women