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In this paper we try to highlight some features of the anthroponymy in the Carpathian-Balkan space, from the first centuries of the Christian era to the present day. To accomplish this, we will use a series of methods, grouped together in the methods of collecting of name information and the methods of analysis and interpretation of anthroponyms. Among the collection methods (sources), we highlight the collections of inscriptions, documents, various statistical records, yearbooks, websites, etc. In the analysis an...

To investigate the names of the person (the anthroponyms), it is necessary to respect a number of principles and methods. The principles of anthroponymic research are the principle of verification; the principle of knowing as accurately as possible the historical context in which an anthroponym or a group of anthroponyms appeared; the principle of differentiation. The research methods are grouped into two categories: the methods of collecting of the anthroponymic information and the methods of analysis and interpr...