anthroponymy
(ænθrəʊˈpɒnɪmɪ)
[f. anthropo- + Gr. ὠνυµία, f. ὄνοµα name: cf. toponymy.]
Personal names as a subject of study.
So anˈthroponym, a person's name.
| 1937 J. Orr tr. I. Iordan's Introd. Romance Ling. iii. 222 A special study of toponymy and anthroponymy. 1951 (title) Third International Congress of Toponymy and Anthroponymy..1949. Programme [etc.]. 1958 D. Tait in Middleton & Tait Tribes without Rulers 170 Kitiak is therefore a toponym... Others are of the form Udzado or Gbiedo, these are anthroponyms. |