Крестильные имена в католических приходах Вильнюса в конце XIX века

Abstract

The article presents baptismal names given in the Roman Catholic parish registers of Vilnius in the years 1891 – 1900. The aim of the paper is to present the resource of names used with regard to their frequency, to characterize the popularity of groups of names, including their linguistic origin and religious and cultural motivation, and to determine the prevalence of names and their combinations in the field of the multiple naming tradition. The background for the analysis of baptismal names is the administrative affiliation of Vilnius in the examined period and the polycultural character of the city.