The International Conference onOnomastics

“Name and Naming”1st Edition

Multiethnic Connections in Anthroponymy

Baia Mare, 19–21 September 2011

50 years of higher education in Baia MareChestnuts Festival, the 19th edition

PRIMĂRIA ȘI CONSILIUL LOCAL UNIVERSITATEA DE NORD DIN BAIA MARE CONSILIULJUDEȚEAN

BAIA MARE MARAMUREȘ

The Organizing Committee:Assoc. prof. Oliviu Felecan, head ofCenter of Onomastics;Prof. dr. Nicolae Felecan;Prof. dr. Rodica Ţurcanu;Assoc. prof. Daiana Felecan;Assoc. prof. Mihaela Munteanu Siserman;Lector dr. Minodora Barbul.

Partners: “Petre Dulfu” County Library, Baia Mare Romanian Society of Classical Studies

Scientific Committee:

1. President: Prof. dr. Gheorghe Chivu, University of Bucharest, correspondent member of theRomanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

2. 2. Prof. dr. Willy Van Langendonck, Université de Leuven, Department of Linguistics, Belgia3. Prof. dr. Emili Casanova, Universidad de Valencia, Spania4. Assoc. prof. Oliviu Felecan, North University of Baia Mare, Faculty of Letters, Romania5. Prof. dr. Bernd Spillner, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germania6. Prof. dr. CS1 Alexandru Barnea, president of Romanian Society of Classical Sudies,

University of Bucharest7. Michel Rateau, Président / Chairman CEEHGFAA, Société Française d’Onomastique, France8. Prof. dr. Ioana Vintilă-Rădulescu, Linguistics Institute “Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” of the

Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania9. Prof. Dr. Bertie Neethling, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa10. PhD. Laura Spăriosu, Facultatea de Filosofie, Novi Sad, Serbia11. Dr. Igor Skuratov (+ Kevin Bacquet), Directeur du département des langues romanes,

Université d’Etat de la région de Moscou, Rusia12. Prof. dr. Vladimir Zagaevschi, Philology Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova,

Chișinău13. Dr. Margareta Manu-Magda, Linguistics Institute “Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” of the

Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania14. Alfonso Germani, Centro Inchieste Dialettali “La Ciocia” Arce, Italia15. Assoc. prof. Daiana Felecan, North University of Baia Mare, Faculty of Letters, Romania16. Prof. dr. Liviu Franga, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and

Literature

Plenary lectures: Prof. dr. Gheorghe Chivu, University of Bucharest, correspondent

member of the Romanian Academy, Faculty of Letters, Valoristilistice ale numelor proprii în scrisul vechi românesc [Stylistic aspectsof proper names in old Romanian writings]

Prof. dr. Willy Van Langendonck, Université de Leuven,Department of Linguistics, Belgia, Diachronic classification ofbynames given by adults, and bynames given by young people

Prof. univ. dr. Ioana Vintilă-Rădulescu, Linguistics Institute “IorguIordan – Al. Rosetti” of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest,Romania, Doit-on traduire les noms propres? Le cas des noms officielsdes États en roumain

Prof. Dr. Bertie Neethling, University of the Western Cape, CapeTown, South Africa, The right to a good name: Muslim and Xhosachildren

Michel Rateau, Président / Chairman CEEHGFAA, SociétéFrançaise d’Onomastique, France, Dénomination des voies publiqueset microtoponymes urbains en odonymie française d’origine roumaine

Prof. dr. Emili Casanova, Universidad de Valencia, Spania, Lesadaptations des noms d’origine romanique (espagnol, français, italien)a la langue catalane/ valencienne

Sections: Anthroponomastics; Toponomastics; Names in society.

Official conference languages: Romanian,English, French, Italian, German.

Paper presentations: 25 minutes (20 + 5minutes for discussions).

8.00 – 22.00 Trip in Maramureş:

*The Memorial of the Victims of Communism fromSighetu Marmației;

*’Merry Cemetery’ of Săpânța and Săpânța Monastery

*Ocna Șugatag, Bârsana Monastery, Budești (TheWooden Churches included in UNESCO’s WorldHeritage List),

*Șuior (a tourist destination at 1000 m altitude)

FEEDBACKDomnule profesor,

Va felicit pentru reusita Conferintei si va multumesc inca o data pentru primirea calduroasa pe care ne-ati facut-o.

Adresam aceleasi multumiri si aceleasi felicitari doamnei profesoare.

Cu prietenie,

Gh. Chivu

Cher Collegue,

je voudrais vous dire un grand merci pour l'invitation au congres de Baia Mare et de l'hospitalite genereuse que vous avez bien voulu nousaccorder dans votre universite. Je me suis rejoui non seulement de la parfaite organisation du colloque, mais aussi de l'excursion qui m'afait connaitre votre region si riche en histoire et en entente pacifique entre differentes cultures et langages.Veuillez transmettre aussi mes remerciements a tous vos collegues et collaborateurs qui ont contribue au succes du colloque.Avec mes salutations sinceres,Bernd Spillner.Prof. Dr. Bernd Spillner

Universitaet Duisburg-Essen D-47048 Duisburg

Cher Oliviu,

C’est plutôt nous qui te devons remercier toi et ton équipe pour cet immense travail. L’organisation était vraiment excellente !

Si les circonstances le permettent, je voudrais revenir en 2013. Multumiri et Bien le bonjour à toi et à Daiana.

Willy

Prof. Dr. Willy Van Langendonck

Department of Linguistics Blijde-Inkomststraat 21-3308 BE-3000 Leuven

Cari amici,

Un rinnovato grazie per la cordialissima accoglienza riservata a tutti gli ospiti e particolarmente a noi: siete stati straordinari nell'organizzazionedel Congresso. Altrettanto riusciti gli incontri conviviali che oltre a farci degustare i cibi stuzzicanti e saporiti della cucina romena, ci hannopermesso di meglio conoscere ed apprezzare gli altri convegnisti, tutti di notevole spessore non solo culturale ma anche e soprattuttoumano.

Profondamente commosso, vi abbraccio e vi auguro ancora di saper continuare a cogliere tutte le occasioni che la lunga vita vi offrirà

Distinsi colegi,

Cu bucuria cunoasterii Domniilor Voastre, va transmit un prietenesc salut!

Cu speranta continuarii relatiilor noastre, inserz ideeea posibilitatii de a ne da de stire, despre organizarea unor astfel de evenimente!

Domnule Profesor Oviliu Felecan, inca o data felicitari Dv. si echipei Dv.! Complimente si aprecieri Distinsului Domn Profesor NicolaeFelecan! Gratitudine Universitatii de Nord Baia Mare si tuturor celor care au fost aproape de acest eveniment!

Domnule Director Teodor Ardelean, Multumiri si felicitari pentru o institutie atat de functionala si moderna! Aprecieri preocuparilor Dv.stiintifice!

Dragi colegi din Sebia si Basarabia, ne-am simtit mai apropape si poate vom reusi sa accetuam acest sentimet!

Domnule Profesor Davide Astori, incantat de peocuparile pentru cultura si limba romana! Un salut tinerilor si maturilor Dv. colaboratori! Ungand anume pentru frumoasa seara de la terasa!

Domnule Profesor Marius Alexianu, palaria ridicata in fata lui " Al. I. Cuza"!

Distinsi colegi din Bucuresti, Craiova, (si cei caraora nu le posed inca adresa mail), cele mai frumoase ganduri de aprecieri si impliniri!

Cu toatala consideratie,

Gh. Calcan

Cher Oliviu and Daiana,

Je souhaite renouveler tous mes très sincères remerciements pour votre accueil si efficace et si chaleureux, sans oublier nos étudiantes etétudiants qui se sont vraiment montrés à la hauteur !

Ce sera avec grand plaisir que je reviendrai, bien volontiers, à Baia Mare, en 2013... ou avant!

Bien amicalement.

Michel A. RATEAU

Président / Chairman CEEHGFAA Historien - Onomasticien – Conférencier

Dear Organizers,please accept my heart-felt thanks for the conference. I've experienced so much hospitality in Romania, I think I will long remember myvisit in this country. There was time for serious talk in the sessions, and also for entertainment and establishing contacts during theinformal meetings.Multumiri!Anna Fornalczyk

Dear Oliviu,

(ab)using the list, I want to thank You and all the other Friends, I had the happy occasion to know, for the wonderfull days I spent in BaiaMare, from both the cultural and human point of view. With the hope to meet all of You again in the future.

Davide Astori

Stimate domnule profesor,

În primul rând, țin să vă mulțumesc și să vă felicit pentru o conferință ireproșabil organizată. Regret mult că programul deosebit de încărcatnu mi-a permis să vin de la început și nici să iau parte la excursia de azi - dar de esențial măcar am reușit să mă achit. De altfel, vă scriudin tren, mâine la amiază prezența fiindu-mi din nou cerută la București.

Cu mulțumiri anticipate,

Theodor E. Ulieriu-RostásÉcole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris ,Université de Bucarest , 004 0729 13 56 68

Cher Oliviu,

A mon tour de te remercier (1) pour ce congrès où j'ai beaucoup appris dans des domaines de l'onomastique qui ne m'étaient pasfamiliers (comme l'anthroponymie littéraire ou les adaptations anthroponymiques roumain/hongrois/allemand) et (2) pour les à-côtésdu congrès qui ont bénéficié d'une organisation parfaite (excellents souvenirs, entre autres, de la route qui nous a conduits de Bârsana àBaia Sprie, et que j'espère emprunter de nouveau à l'avenir).Je suis très content des contacts approfondis que j'ai établis avec Mihaela Monteanu, Marius Alexianu, Bernd Spillner, Willy VanLangendonck et Thierry Ponchon, entre autres.

J'espère bien être là en 2013.Jérémie Delorme.

Dear Oliviu,

Thank you to you and everybody else that assisted with the conference in Baia Mare. Vicky and I enjoyed many things in Romania(Bucharest and Baia Mare), and we were impressed how people at the conference helped to have everything going well. Thank you forhelping me with this. My regards to Daiana.

Best wishes

Bertie

The idea of organizing The International Conference on Onomastics: Name and Naming. “Multiethnic Connections in Anthroponymy” occurred back in2008, when the undersigned author of this short presentation submitted a funding application for an exploratory research project, in the CNCSIScompetition (program PN II, IDEI). The objectives of the winning grant – Multiethnic Connections in the Anthroponymy of Maramureş, a CentralEuropean Area (code 251, contract number 838/2009) – included the organization of an international scientific event that would explore the issuesof name and naming in anthroponymy, toponymy, and in fields related to onomastics.

We believe that the conference which took place in September 19-21, 2011, in Baia Mare, proved itself a remarkable endeavour in the field ofRomanian onomastics, in particular, and in that of international onomastics, in general. The names gathered within this volume are eloquent enoughto support our statement.

Most of the participants represented highly esteemed universities or research institutes of the Romanian Academy: Marius Alexianu – Iași, AnitaAndreica – Baia Mare, Lazăr Avram – Ploiești, Minodora Barbul – Baia Mare, Rodica Biriș – Arad, Răzvan Bran – Bucharest, Alina Bugheșiu – BaiaMare (+ Timișoara), Daniela Butnaru – Iași, Gheorghe Calcan – Ploiești, Adrian Chircu – Cluj-Napoca, Gheorghe Chivu – Bucharest, NicoletaCîmpian – Baia Mare, Dana Covaci – Cluj-Napoca, Mihai Crudu – Bucharest (+ Suceava), Carmen Dărăbuș – Baia Mare (+ Novi Sad, Serbia),Andreea Dumitrescu – Baia Mare, Daiana Felecan – Baia Mare, Nicolae Felecan – Baia Mare, Oliviu Felecan – Baia Mare, Doina Filimon Doroftei –Bucharest, Gheorghe Glodeanu – Baia Mare, Octavian Gordon – Bucharest, Mihaela Grigorean – Negrești-Oaș, Sigrid Haldenwang – Sibiu, MonicaAdriana Ionescu – Bucharest, Izabella Krizsanovszki – Baia Mare, Margareta Manu Magda – Bucharest, Iulia Mărgărit – Bucharest, Adelina Mihali –Baia Mare (+ Timișoara), Mihaela Munteanu Siserman – Baia Mare, Maria-Cătălina Muraru – Bucharest, Teodor Oancă – Craiova, Adrian Oțoiu –Baia Mare, Marcela Oțoiu – Baia Mare, Claudia Gabriela Pisoschi – Craiova, Silvia Pitiriciu – Craiova, Raluca Pop-Chendea – Cluj-Napoca, Ana-MariaPrisăcaru – Iași, Ileana-Maria Ratcu – Bucharest, Georgeta Rus – Baia Mare, Mădălina Strechie – Craiova, Dana-Luminița Teleoacă – Bucharest, AidaTodi – Constanța, Dragoș Vlad Topală – Craiova, Rodica-Cristina Țurcanu – Baia Mare, Theodor Ulieriu-Rostas – Bucharest (+ Paris, France),Ioana Vintilă-Rădulescu – Bucharest, Camelia Zăbavă – Craiova.

There were also specialists from ten other countries, adding up to over a third of the final number of participants: Davide Astori – Italy, EmiliCasanova – Spain, Jérémie Delorme – Belgium, Inga Druță – the Republic of Moldova, Anatol Eremia – the Republic of Moldova, Anna Fornalczyk,Aleksandra Biela-Wołońciej – Poland, Luca Gatti – Italy, Alfonso Germani – Italy, Ivana Janjić – Serbia, Erika Kegyes – Hungary, Antonio Mallozzi –Italy, Bertie Neethling – South Africa, Thierry Ponchon – France, Virginia Popović – Serbia, Michel Rateau – France, Viorica Răileanu – the Republicof Moldova, Igor Skouratov, Kevin Bacquet – Russia, Laura Spăriosu – Serbia, Bernd Spillner – Germany, Boris Stojkovski – Serbia, Elena Ungureanu– the Republic of Moldova, Rodika Ursulesku-Miličić – Serbia, Willy Van Langendonck – Belgium, Vladimir Zagaevschi – the Republic of Moldova.

The papers delivered on the occasion of the conference were divided into three large sections (anthroponomastics, toponomastics and names insociety), so that the all the fields of interests explored by the researchers could be covered. Throughout this volume, we have kept, to the extent towhich it was possible, the same distribution of the materials, with the note that the studies were organized in subchapters, according to the contentthey conveyed: forenames, historical anthroponymy, surnames, unconventional anthroponyms (nicknames, bynames, appellatives, hypocoristics,user names), literary onomastics, toponyms, hydronyms, oikonyms, hodonyms, the theory of names, trade names, other names (zoonyms etc.).Within each chapter, the studies (34 in Romanian, 17 in French, 8 in English, 7 in German, and 4 in Italian) were arranged alphabetically, accordingto the authors’ surnames.

November 23, 2011 Oliviu Felecan

Baia Mare

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NAME AND NAMING.

PROCEEDINGS OF THEINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ONONOMASTICS,

1st Edition: Multiethnic Connections inAnthroponymy,

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ContentsForeword ................................................................................................................................................................ 9AnthroponomasticsForenamesMINODORA BARBUL, Anthroponymy and the internationally-minded generations of Baia Mare .....13DANA COVACI, Anthroponyms from a Roma community: between tradition and modernity ..............27CARMEN DĂRĂBUȘ, VIRGINIA POPOVIĆ, Identity values of the anthroponomy in Seleuš Village,the Serbian Banat ..........................................................................................................................................33ANDREEA DUMITRESCU, Romanian-Hungarian interferences in Coltău, a multi-ethnical areain the Maramureș County ..............................................................................................................................43NICOLAE FELECAN, Th e dynamics of forenames in the anthroponymy of Baia Mare .........................49OLIVIU FELECAN, Gypsy names: between anthroponyms and brand names .........................................57SIGRID HALDENWANG, How can given names be treated in a dictionary of dialects? Case study:representation of the given name ‘Maria’ in the Transylvanian-Saxon Dictionary (TSD) ...................69BERTIE NEETHLING, The right to a good name: Muslim and Xhosa children ......................................77ANA-MARIA PRISĂCARU, Effects of the Romanian-German linguistic interferences on the Romaniananthroponymy during the Habsburg period in Bukovina (the present-day Romanian territories) .......89LAURA SPĂRIOSU, Traditionalism and modernity in the antroponymical system of the Romanians inthe Central District of Serbian Banat ..........................................................................................................95Historical anthroponomasticsEMILI CASANOVA, The adaptation of Romance names (Aragonese, Spanish, French, Italian) in theCatalan / Valencian language ....................................................................................................................101ADRIAN CHIRCU, Anthroponyms in “The Romanian Letters” from Bistriţa’s archives .......................109GHEORGHE CHIVU, Stylistic values of proper names in old Romanian writings ...............................115RALUCA POP-CHENDEA, Name inheritance in light of the funerary inscriptions fromRoman Dacia ..............................................................................................................................................129MĂDĂLINA STRECHIE, The Romans’ names – structure and practicability .......................................137SurnamesJÉRÉMIE DELORME, Double system of descent groups and surname adaptations in a Francoprovençal/ French diglossical situation .......................................................................................................................145INGA DRUȚĂ, Surnames having their origin in military ranks: interferences and trends ......................155IVANA JANJIĆ, Surnames and bynames of Aromanians in the southern part of Serbia ........................163IULIA MĂRGĂRIT, Remarks on some family names from Bessarabia ....................................................171TEODOR OANCĂ, Surnames derived with the suffix –escu. Statistical considerations ........................183ILEANA-MARIA RATCU, Family names in Transylvanian documents ..................................................197VIORICA RĂILEANU, Anthroponymic evidences of some high offices ...................................................203RODICA-CRISTINA ȚURCANU, Ethnic-linguistic adoption, adaption and migration inthe case of personal names in Baia Mare and the surrounding areas ....................................................209VLADIMIR ZAGAEVSCHI, Archaic Romanian surnames and their derivatives in outlyingand insular areas ..........................................................................................................................................225Unconventional anthroponyms: nicknames, bynames, appellatives, hypocoristics, user namesTEODORA RODICA BIRIȘ, Bynames of the Romanian Germans in Arad County during the 19thand 20th centuries .........................................................................................................................................231

DAIANA FELECAN, A class of recent unconventional anthroponyms: the common names attributed tofemale individuals in the Romanian entertainment industry ..................................................................235GEORGETA RUS, Presidential and political anthroponymy in the satirical press ..................................251BERND SPILLNER, Hypocoristics of German young people ....................................................................263ELENA UNGUREANU, Official name and virtual name (nickname) ....................................................269WILLY VAN LANGENDONCK, Diachronic classification of bynames given by adults, and bynamesgiven by young people .................................................................................................................................279CAMELIA ZĂBAVĂ, The nickname – an “island” of archaic mentality in the postmodern era ............287Literary onomasticsDAVIDE ASTORI, Avra[ha]m and Šara(i): when a linguistic redox wins infertility .............................297NICOLETA CÎMPIAN, Naming and good naming in Pascal Quignard’s works ...................................311ANNA FORNALCZYK, ALEKSANDRA BIELA-WOŁOŃCIEJ, Good names and bad names.Th e axiological aspect of literary proper names – a cognitive approach .................................................317LUCA GATT I, Proposition for the study of the troubadours’ anthroponymy and toponomastics ...........327GHEORGHE GLODEANU, Th e esoteric signifi cances of the onomastics in the prose of Mircea Eliade...........................................................................................................................................333MONICA ADRIANA IONESCU, Monica and Aurelius Augustinus ......................................................341IZABELLA KRIZSANOVSZKI, Tasty anthroponyms ..............................................................................349ADRIAN OȚOIU, Hibernian choices: the politics of naming in Flann O’Brien’s“At Swim-Two-Birds” ..................................................................................................................................357MARCELA OȚOIU, Name quest, identity quest in Patrick Modiano .......................................................371THIERRY PONCHON, Meaning effect in the heathen anthroponyms of Roland’s Song .......................375RODIKA URSULESKU-MILIČIĆ, Personal names in the Romanian prose of Voivodina ...................385Toponomastics:toponyms, hydronyms, oikonyms, hodonymsDANIELA BUTNARU, Personal toponymy in the drainage basin of the river Neamţ ..........................393GHEORGHE CALCAN, From the toponymy of Săgeata Commune, Buzău County ...........................399DOINA FILIMON DOROFTEI, Place names in Latin inscriptions of Transylvania(15th–19 th c.) ................................................................................................................................................409ANATOL EREMIA, Onymic convergences and identities in Romanian toponymy .................................423ALFONSO GERMANI, Names of water sources and springs in Low Latium .........................................431MIHAELA GRIGOREAN, An exercise in transdisciplinary hermeneutics in the case of certainsymbolic toponyms fr om Ţara Oaşului ......................................................................................................441SILVIA PITIRICIU, Romanian common nouns and adjectives having toponyms as origin ....................449MICHEL A. RATEAU, Names of French urban throroughfares that are related to Romania.The motivations of the denominations .......................................................................................................453BORIS STOJKOVSKI, Oνομαστικον του Σιρμiου. Th e Name of Srem in the Byzantine sources ...........479Names in societyTheory of namesMIHAI I. CRUDU, Onymical phrasemes as (de)onymic microdiscourses fr om interlingual perspectiveGerman-Romanian .....................................................................................................................................489OCTAVIAN GORDON, Denominational differences in the Romanian rendering of Greek- andLatin-origin proper names in ecclesiastical literature. A traductological perspective .............................497

MARGARETA MANU MAGDA, Pragmatics and anthroponymy (theoretical considerations on thesystem of appellatives in the contemporary Romanian language) ...........................................................503CLAUDIA GABRIELA PISOSCHI, Theoretical considerations on the time and space ‘journey’ of someAnglo-Saxon proper names .........................................................................................................................515IOANA VINTILĂ-RĂDULESCU, Should proper names be translated? If so, how? The case of officialstate names ...................................................................................................................................................527Trade namesALINA BUGHEȘIU, The politics of Romanian brand names: then and now...........................................535ERIKA KEGYES, Communication by means of brand names and the linguistic strategiesthat correspond to their performance .........................................................................................................545ADELINA EMILIA MIHALI, Anthroponyms in the names of firms in Sighetu Marmaţiei ..................555MIHAELA MUNTEANU SISERMAN, Proper names of perfumes………………………………..........563IGOR SKOURATOV, KEVIN BACQUET, An onomastic approach to French marketing companiesand their linguistic expressiveness ...............................................................................................................573Other namesMARIUS ALEXIANU, Salt: onomastic reflections in the Romanian language .......................................579ANITA ANDREICA, The relationship between human names and pet names in Baia Mare ...............585LAZĂR AVRA M, GHEORGHE CALCAN, The petroleum industry, a source of scientificterminology and onomastics ........................................................................................................................591RĂZVAN BRA N, Greek zoonyms. Hound names in Xenophon’s hunting treatise ....................................597ANTONIO MALLOZZI, Popular and dialect names of some fungi in Central Italy .............................605MARIA-CĂTĂLINA MURA RU, Names of Theotokos – metaphors of death and pain ........................611DANA-LUMINIȚA TELEOACĂ, The influence of religious terminology on the field of onomastics(Christian holidays) ....................................................................................................................................619DRAGOŞ VLAD TOPALĂ, Toponymy and chromatics ............................................................................629THEODOR E. ULIERIU-ROSTAS, Functional names and representation in the Attic iconographyof satyrs. An attempt at formalization........................................................................................................633Summary ............................................................................................................................................................641Résumé ...............................................................................................................................................................643