First names in Feleacu village (Cluj county) from a multicultural perspective

This paper aims at analysing first names in Feleacu, an old Romanian village near the city of Cluj-Napoca, from the perspective of multiculturalism. Being a link between tradition and modernity, first names reflect individual experiences, as well as historical and multicultural influences. There are religious and profane first names illustrating different etymological influences, inherited from Latin, imported from Slavic or Romance languages, and created in Romanian from autochthonous lexical forms. Although the influence of the school, the media and the West is strong, especially after 1989, the trend in giving first names is constant, because Feleacu is a conservative village as compared to other areas in Transylvania.