Bulgarian personal names with non-Slavic origin that denote colour

Abstract

The research object of the present paper consists of 44 (male and female) Bulgarian personal names with non-Slavic origin that denote colour. The author’s main aim is to present their full list along with their etymology. The research methods used are etymological and semantic analysis. The examples selected for this study are divided into three major groups according to 1) the origin of the researched anthroponyms; 2) the function of the name to protect the newborn or to wish him/her good fortune (used in the old folk tradition); 3) the colour that the anthroponym denotes (a thematic classification).