Living (unofficial) personal names of unmarried persons in the solitary-cottages village of Prašník in the Piešťany district

Abstract

This paper deals with the unofficial anthroponymy of a class of unmarried persons in one of the villages in the district of Piešt’any, which has a predominantly hill-dwelling character (the solitary-cottages village). The ordering of the models in terms of frequency reflects the current state of knowledge in several living (unofficial) anthroponymic systems, with the models based on the official naming system coming first. The relatively high frequency of family names with an anthropobase identical to the anthropobase of the house name, the occurrence of individual characteristics, as well as family names with a surname anthropobase that nevertheless differ in form from the official surnames, indicate that the living (unofficial) naming system still persists. It not only forms the colour of the village and its language, but also belongs to the traditions of the local community and, as such, is part of the national cultural heritage.