anthroponym

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anthroponym

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From anthrop- + -onym or anthropo- + -nym. First attested in 1955.

noun anthroponyms

  1. The name of a person, especially a surname. If an anthroponym associated with a denotatum contains all the information about it, the goal of the author of a street name who uses this anthroponym to create an urbanonym consists in foregrounding a certain layer of information about the primary denotatum, from which this name was taken for secon

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noun name of a person

Españolantropónimo
Françaisanthroponyme
DeutschPersonenname, Anthroponym
Italianoantroponimo
Ελληνικάανθρωπωνύμιο anthroponýmio
Русскийантропо́ним antropónim

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@misc{anthroponym_2026,
  title = {anthroponym},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anthroponym},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}