The abundance of surnames of Havryshivka Volost in Vinnytsia District (based on the materials of the State Archives of Khmelnytskyi Region)

Abstract

The article deals with the abundance of surnames of Havryshivka Volost in Vinnytsia District (based on the materials of the State Archives of Khmelnytskyi Region). The author emphasizes that of Havryshivka Volost in Vinnitsa Region (as of January 1, 1869) consisted of villages such as Havryshivka, Telepenky, Khyzhyntsi, Shchitky, Sokyryntsi, Velyki Krushlyntsi, Mali Krushlyntsi, Tiazhyliv. The formation of local surnames has been traced. The author focuses on the problem of their origin. The sources of this study were the archival materials recoded in the confessional books of the eight parishes which are kept in the State Archives of the Khmelnytskyi Region. The chronology of these documents covers the period 1833. It was able to identify 436 surnames in the confessional books of the eight parishes. They played an important role in identifying the residents of the parish. Since, in the study period, the peasants already have fixed permanent family names. The identified surnames have been analyzed on lexical grounds based on the classification of Yu.K. Redko. It was found that the largest group was made up of surnames, which were the basis of personal names; mostly they originated from the Christian calendar such as the names of Greek, Hebrew and Latin origin, in particular, there were surnames based on male names of German origin. Moreover, there were the surnames formed by occupation. Surnames derived from the individual characteristics of the first carriers were sufficiently common. Some of these features were external, physical: hair color, hairstyle, peculiarities of height, structure and body parts, manner of walking, etc. The smallest group was made up of the surnames originating from the name of the local district or nationality. In the Havryshivka Volost, there were the surnames that were not included in the main four lexical groups. These surnames reflected the fauna of Ukraine and the world as well as the flora; the natural phenomena; the names of meals and food products; chemical elements; features of location of the dwelling. Consequently, the surnames reflect the various historical processes that took place in this territory.