Upper Sorbian first names

Upper Sorbian first names are first names that are used in the Upper Sorbian cultural area . So, unlike Germanic names or Slavic first names , they are primarily not defined linguistically , but culturally . Due to the diverse external influences to which the Upper Sorbian culture is exposed, the name inventory is also diverse and rich in spelling and phonology .

Examples of popular female first names are:

Bernadet , Borbora , Božena , Dana , Franciska , Hanka , Hańža , Christina , Jana , Jěwa , Katka , Julija , Lejna , Lenka , Lubina , Ludmila , Madlena , Marhata , Marja , Měrana , Pawlina , Rejza , Ruzalka , Sofija , Weronika , Wórša , Zusana

and for male:

Beno , Bjarnat , Bosćij , Dawid , Feliks , Handrij , Horisław , Jakub , January , Yuri , Korla , Klaws , Křesćan , Maćij , Marko , mercin , Michał , Miklaws , Pawol , Petr , Radom , Roman , Ščepán , Stanisław , Syman , Tomaš .

origin

The original Sorbian first names were exclusively of West Slavic origin; quite a few of them have survived to this day. Some are originally Sorbian, the best-known example is Lubina . Others, like Božena , are more common and can also be found in other West Slavic cultures.

Christianization then brought a variety of church names to the Sorbs. These include biblical names such as Hilža and Mato as well as names of saints such as Weronika and Měrćin .

In the course of time, German culture, from which first names of Germanic and non-Germanic origin were and are taken over, became more and more important for the use of first names. Examples are Robert , Dytar and Helga as well as Andrea , Diana and Tobias .

Finally, there are also some non-Sorbian Slavic names such as Bogna or Andrej . A possible reason for this could be a general interest in Slavic culture in the course of reflecting on the Slavic roots of the Sorbs.

A strict separation between the name sources is not always possible. So Jadwiga a non-Sorbian Slavic name of Germanic origin, while Maria is indeed taken from the Germans, but probably owe Christian reasons its popularity. Still other names have been adopted in several forms from different sources, for example the Sorbian Jěwa , the German Eva and the Polish (or Sorbian-German) Ewa , and between the Sorbian Borbora and the German Barbara there is the transitional form Barbora .

The wealth of Sorbian names was further increased by the diminutive . Originally only a modification of baptismal names for private use, they could become independent baptismal names. For example, the names Janka and Janika as well as Danko emerged from the names Jana and Daniel .

Orthography and declination

spelling

The influence of different cultures also affects the way names are spelled.

Some foreign names, such as Angelique , Bianca or Solveig as well as Enrico , Marcel or René , have been adopted unchanged in spelling and pronunciation, probably not directly from the country of origin, but with a detour via German culture.

However, most of the names are in Sorbian or German spelling. These are often identical. They can be classified if there are orthographic peculiarities of the respective language, such as Sorbian diacritics (č, ě, ł etc.) or German double consonants or vowels (tt, nn, au, ie etc.) Sorbian can be found for many names like German spellings, so with Aleksander / Alexander , Andreja / Andrea , Dytmar / Ditmar / Dietmar , Juta / Jutta , Rajnar / Reiner or Weronika / Veronika . Some names also have intermediate forms, such as Lucaš or Klawdija / Clawdija / Claudija / Klaudia / Claudia .

German names in Sorbian spelling such as Pawlina are relatively common, Sorbian names in German spelling such as Bronislaw , on the other hand, are rarely found.

For names that contain a short i (spoken like Sorbian y) or a voiced s (spoken like Sorbian z) in German, the Sorbian spelling can follow the German spelling or the German pronunciation. Therefore, there are often several forms in Sorbian spelling, as in Silka and Sylka or in Jósef and Józef .

declination

Originally female Upper Sorbian names ended in the basic form with -a and male names were either ending with -o or -a. These names are declined in Upper Sorbian like the corresponding nouns.

→ Měrana , Měrany, Měranje, Měranu, ...

→ Rodźisław , Rodźisława, Rodźisławej, Rodźisława, ...

→ Měrko , Měrka, Měrkej, Měrka, ...

→ Ota , Oty, Oće, Otu, ...

Newer name forms that no longer correspond to these paradigms can, in extreme cases, be left undeclined. Normally, however, they can be declined, and in some cases they can be adjusted slightly.

For female names like Andrea , the stem of which ends in a vowel, a -j- is inserted in the declination:

→ Andrea, Andreje, Andreji, ...

Feminine names like Katrin , Berbel or Beatrix , which are endless in their basic form, are declined like the corresponding nouns:

→ Katrin, Katriny, Katrinje, ...

→ Berbel, Berbele, Berbeli, ...

→ Beatrix, Beatrixy, Beatrixy, ...

For male names like Wyli , the stem of which ends in a vowel, a -j- is inserted in the declination:

→ Wyli, Wylija, Wylijej, ...

Appendix: List of Upper Sorbian first names

This list contains only first names,

• which are written in Upper Sorbian notation (e.g. Sofija but not Sophia)

and

• whose use is proven by sources or well-known namesake.

It does not claim to be complete.

The sources for the appendix can be found at the end of the appendix.

Content: Female first names Male first names From literary and historical sources Legend Female first names   Surname Sources and / or known namesake Agnisa Wenceslaus Aleksandra SgB Alena SgB Andreja SgB Ana Wenceslaus Anemarija SgB Anerose SgB Aneta SgB Antonija SgB Berbel SgB Bernadet SgB Borbora SgB, Völkel Božena SgB - Božena Nawka-Kunysz Brigita SgB Dana SgB Dobysława SgB Doroteja Doroteja Šołćina Edita SgB, Völkel Elka SgB - Elka Černokožewa Elwira SgB Elžbjeta SgB Ewelin SgB Franciska SgB Gerša SgB, Wenceslaus Giza SgB Gizela SgB Greta Wenceslaus Habeta Wenceslaus Halena SgB Hana SgB, Völkel, Wenzel Hanaliza SgB Hanamarja SgB Hanelora SgB Hanka SgB, Völkel - Hanka Fascyna ( → hsb ) , Hanka Jenčec , Hanka Krawcec ( → hsb ) Hańža SgB, Völkel - Hańža Bjeńšowa ( → hsb ) , Hańža Budarjowa , Hańža Winarjec-Orsesowa Hańžka SgB, Völkel Hapula Wenceslaus Helena SgB Herta SgB, Wenceslaus - Herta Wićazec Hila Wenceslaus Hilža SgB, Völkel Hilžka Wenceslaus Hilžbjeta Völkel Christa SgB, Völkel Christina SgB, Völkel Chrystina SgB Ilza Wenceslaus Irena SgB Irina SgB Jadwiga SgB Jadźa SgB Jana SgB Janka SgB Jěwa SgB - Jěwa-Marja Čornakec , Jěwa Wórša Lanzyna Jozefa SgB Judit SgB Julija SgB Juta SgB Kaca Wenceslaus Kata SgB, Völkel, Wenzel - Kata Malinkowa Katarina SgB, Wenceslaus Kati SgB Katja SgB, Völkel Katka Katka Baierowa Katrin SgB Katyrna Völkel Katyržinka Völkel Clare Wenceslaus Klavdiya SgB Konstanca SgB Kristina SgB Krysta SgB Kuna Wenceslaus Lejna SgB - Lejna Theurigowa ( → hsb ) Lenka SgB Leńka SgB Lubina SgB - Lubina Hajduk-Veljkovićowa , Lubina Holanec-Rawpowa Lucija SgB Ludmila SgB - Ludmila Budaryova Madlena SgB, Wenceslaus - Madlena Nasticcyna Madlenka SgB, Wenceslaus Madleńka Madleńka Šołćic Maja SgB - Maja Nagelowa Majka SgB - Majka Kowarjec Marhata SgB - Marhata Cyžec-Korjeńkowa Marija SgB, Völkel, Wenzel Mariš Wenceslaus Marja SgB, Völkel - Marja Grólmusec , Marja Krawcec , Marja Kubašec , Marja Ludwiga Michałkowa , Marja Młynkowa , Marja Simonowa , Jěwa-Marja Čornakec Marjana SgB Marka SgB, Völkel - Marka Maćijowa , Rut-Marka Rawpowa Marša Wenceslaus Maruša SgB, Wenceslaus Marta Wenceslaus Měrana SGB ​​- Měrana Cušcyna Měrka SgB - Měrka Mětowa , Měrka Kozelowa Mila SgB Milena SgB Milenka SgB Mirijam SgB Mječisława SgB Monika SgB, Völkel Mónika Völkel Orta Wenceslaus Placesj Wenceslaus Patricija SgB Pavlina SgB Rejza SgB, Völkel Rejzka SgB Rela Wenceslaus Relka Wenceslaus Renata SgB, Völkel Reta Wenceslaus Rodzisława SgB Rozalka SgB Róža SgB, Völkel - Róža Domašcyna Róžamarja SgB Ruth Rut-Marka Rawpova Ruta SgB, Völkel Ruzalka SgB Sabina SgB Sara SgB Silka SgB Silwija SgB Simona SgB Sofija SgB, Völkel - Sofija Natuškec Stefani SgB Stefi SgB Susana SgB Sybila SgB Sylka SgB Sylwija SgB Sylwja SgB Teres SgB Teresa SgB Terez SgB Tereza SgB Trudla SgB - Trudla Malinkowa Uršel Wenceslaus Uršula Wenceslaus Wera SgB Werina SgB Weronika SgB, Völkel Wita SgB Wojćisława SgB Worša Wenceslaus Wórša SgB, Völkel - Jěwa Wórša Lanzyna , Wórša Šołćic , Wórša Wićazowa Woršula Preussler Wuršula Wenceslaus Wurta Wenceslaus Zala SgB - Zala Cyžowa Zusana SgB Male first names   Surname Sources and / or known namesake Aksel SgB Aleksander SgB Alojs SgB - Alojs Andricki Anton SgB - Anton Nawka ( → hsb ) Ambrož SgB Arnošt SgB, Völkel - Arnošt Bart-Brězynčanski , Arnošt Muka , Jan Arnošt Smoler Awgust Völkel - Korla Awgust Kocor , Bjedrich Awgust Bergan , Korla Awgust Jenč , Korla Awgust Mosak-Kłosopólski Bartiš Wenceslaus Bartuš Wenceslaus Ben SgB - Ben Budar ( → hsb ) Benedict SgB - Benedikt Dyrlich Beneditk SgB Beno SgB, Völkel - Beno Budar , Beno Mět , Beno Njekela , Beno Šołta Bjarnat SgB, Völkel - Bjarnat Krawc , Bjarnat Cyž ( → hsb ) , Bjarnat Wawrik , Měrćin Bjarnat Just z Friedenfelsa ( → hsb ) Bjedrich Völkel - Bjedrich Awgust Bergan Blažij SgB Blazyj Wenceslaus Bohuchwał Jan Bohuchwał Dejka , Salomon Bohuchwał Frencel , Hadam Bohuchwał Šěrach ( → hsb ) Bohuměr SgB - Nathanael Bohuměr Leska Bohuwěr Křesćan Bohuwěr Pful ( → hsb ) , Jan Bohuwěr Mučink Bosco SgB Bosćij SgB, Völkel Bosko SgB Božidar Božidar Dobrucky , Božidar Šěca , Hendrich Božidar Wjela Cyril SgB, Völkel - Cyril Kola , Cyril Pjech Česćiměr SgB Dawid SgB - Dawid Statnik Dobyslaw SgB Domaš Völkel Dytar SgB Dytmar SgB Feliks SgB, Völkel - Feliks Hajna Filip SGB ​​- Filip Rězak franc SgB, Völkel - Franc Kral ( → hsb ) , Franc Jurij Lok Frido Frido Michałk Fryca Völkel- stary Fryca Device SgB - Gerat Hendrich Guntar SgB Hadam Hadam Bohuchwał Šěrach ( → hsb ) Handrej Wenceslaus Handrij SgB, Smoler, Wenzel - Handrij Zejler , Handrij Zahrodnik , Handrij Nyča Hanoš Wenceslaus Hantuš Wenceslaus Hanzo Hanzo Njepila Hawštyn Smoler - Jurij Hawštyn Swětlik Hendrich SgB - Hendrich Božidar Wjela , Jaroměr Hendrich Imiš , Hendrich Jordan Hinc SgB - Hinc Roj , Hinc Šewc Horislaw SgB Hrjehor SgB Hurban Wenceslaus Chrystof SgB Ignac Jan Józef Ignac Freyschlag z Schmiedenthala ( → hsb ) Jakub SgB, Smoler - Jakub Bart-Ćišinski , Jakub Buk ( → hsb ) , Jakub Lorenc-Zalěski , Jakub Skala , Jakub Ticin , Jakub Wjacławk , Jakub Jan Józef Wósky z Bärenstamma ( → hsb ) Jan SgB, Smoler, Völkel, Wenzel - Jan Brankačk , Jan Buk , Jan Bulank , Jan Cyž (lawyer) , Jan Cyž (musician) ( → hsb ) , Jan Pětr Jordan , Jan Lajnert ( → hsb ) , Jan Pawoł Nagel , Jan Nuk , Jan Radyserb-Wjela ( → hsb ) , Jan Skala , Jan Arnošt Smoler , Jan Wornar , Jakub Jan Józef Wósky z Bärenstamma ( → hsb ) Janek SgB - Janek Wowčer ( → hsb ) Yank Wenceslaus Janko Wenceslaus Jaroměr Jaroměr Hendrich Imiš Jonah Joseph SgB Jozef SgB - Józef Frencl , Józef Nowak , Jan Józef Ignac Freyschlag z Schmiedenthala , Jakub Jan Józef Wósky z Bärenstamma Jurij SgB, Smoler, Völkel, Wenzel - Jurij Brězan , Jurij Hajna , Jurij Chěžka , Jurij Koch , Jurij Kral , Jurij Krawža , Jurij Gustav Kubaš , Jurij Łušćanski , Jurij Ludovici , Jurij Mjeń , Jurij Młynk , Jurij Pilk , Jurij Rak , Jurij Pilk Swětlik , Jurij Winar , Jurij Wjela Juro Wenceslas - Juro Mětšk Just Měrćin Bjarnat Just z Friedenfelsa Kaspar Kaspar Peuker Kito Völkel - Kito Lorenc Klaws SgB Klimant Smoler Konrad SgB - Konrad Zenda Korla SgB - Korla Awgust Kocor , Korla Janak , Korla Awgust Jenč , Korla Awgust Mosak-Kłosopólski Krystof SgB Křesćan SgB, Völkel - Křesćan Kubica , Křesćan Krawc , Křesćan Bohuwěr Pful Ławrjenc SgB Lukaš Lukaš (sćenik) Maćij SGB ​​- Maćij Wjacław Jakula Maks SgB - Maks Rječka Maksymilian SgB Marko SgB - Marko Smoler Matej SGB ​​- Matej Kućank Mato SgB Matuš Wenceslaus Matyj Wenceslaus Metod SgB Měrćin SgB, Völkel - Měrćin Nowak-Njechorński , Měrćin Wałda Měrko SgB Měto SgB Michał SgB, Völkel - Michał Frencel , Michał Hórnik , Michał Nawka , Michał Rostok , Jan Michał Budar Mikławš SgB, Wenzel - Mikławš Andricki , Mikławš Hajna , Mikławš Jakubica , Mikławš Joachim Wićaz Mječisław SgB Mójzas Völkel Mójzes Völkel Natuš Wenceslaus Ota Ota garden , Ota Wićaz Pawoł SgB, Smoler, Wenzel - Pawoł Grojlich , Pawoł Kmjeć , Pawoł Alwin Mitaš , Pawoł Nedo , Pawoł Nowotny , Pawoł Völkel , Pawoł Wirt , Jan Pawoł Nagel Pěc Wenceslaus Pětr SgB, Völkel - Pětr Młónk , Jan Pětr Jordan Radoměr SGB ​​- Radoměr Wićaz Rajnar SgB Rudy SgB Solomon Salomon Bohuchwał Frencel Sćěpan SGB ​​- Sćěpan Hantuš Stani SgB Stanij SgB - Stanij Nawka Stanislaw SgB - Stanisław Nawka , Stanisław Tilich Syman SgB - Japoštoł Syman Pětr Šćěpan SgB Tadej SgB Timo SgB - Timo Meškank Tomaš SgB, Völkel, Wenzel Wałtar SgB Wjacław Maćij Wjacław Jakula Wjeleměr SgB Wójsław SgB Wyli SgB Zygmunt SgB From literary and historical sources   Surname Literary sources and / or historical (Upper) Sorbian namesake      Female first names Miłosława Jakub Lorenc-Zalěski : Serbscy rjekowje. Zběrka wubranych spisow. Berlin: People and Knowledge, 1957.    Male first names Dervan Derwan (Sorbian prince) Miliduch Miliduch (Sorbian King) Tonda Otfried Preussler : Krabat. Würzburg: Arena, 1971. Legend SgB - Serbski gymnazij Budyšin : Abitur lětniki Serbskeho gymnazija Budyšin. [1] Smoler - Jan Arnošt Smoler : “The Lusatian Serbs first received Christianity from the Slavs.” W Journal for Slavic Literature, Art and Science , zwjazk 2 (1864). W google books aw www.lausitz.la Völkel - Pawoł Völkel , Timo Meškank : Prawopisny słownik hornjoserbskeje rěče. Hornjoserbsko-němski słownik. 5., wobdźěłany a sylnje rozšěrjeny nakład. Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-7420-1920-1 . Wenzel - Walter Wenzel: Studies on Sorbian personal names. 1987. Zwjazk 1, strona 99f.

See also

• Slavic first names

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Compare the corresponding handling in treatises on first names in other cultural areas, such as the East Frisian first name in
   • Irma Raveling, The East Frisian first names: origin, meaning and distribution, 3rd, newly designed edition, Aurich: Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1988, ISBN 3-925365-27-3 ,
   or the German first name in
   • Wikipedia, anthroponymy .
2. ↑ Compare Pawoł Völkel, Timo Meškank: Prawopisny słownik hornjoserbskeje rěče. Hornjoserbsko-němski słownik / Upper Sorbian-German dictionary. 5th, revised and greatly expanded edition. Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-7420-1920-1 . Entry "Andrea", page 24.
3. ↑ Compare Pawoł Völkel, loc. Cit., Entry "Doris", page 96.
4. ↑ Compare Pawoł Völkel, loc. Cit., Entry “handy”, page 139.

literature

• Walter Wenzel , Studies on Sorbian Personal Names . Volume 1: Systematic presentation . Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1987, ISBN 3-7420-0094-2 , p. 99f.
• Ernst Mucke , Wo serbskich swójbnych a wosobinskich mjenach (About Sorbian family and personal names). In: Treatises and contributions to Sorbian onomatology , ed. v. Ernst Eichler , 1984, pp. 709-722, (first publication in: Časopis Maćicy Serbskeje , vol. 77, 1924, pp. 125-138).

For questions about the grammar of Upper Sorbian (alphabet, declension, diminutives, orthography, ...) see

• Wikipedia: " Upper Sorbian Language ".
  If not yet explained there, see
• Helmut Faska : Pućnik po hornjoserbšćinje. Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2003, ISBN 3-7420-1103-0 .
• Jana Šołćina, Edward Wornar : Upper Sorbian in self-study. Hornjoserbšćina za samostudij. Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2000, ISBN 3-7420-1779-9 .

swell

• Sorbisches Gymnasium Bautzen : List of the Abitur classes 1951 to 2008.

Web links

• WITAJ language center: Sorbian first names