personal names

Scope Note

Proper names of individuals (e.g., given names and/or surnames, patronyms, number and variety, meanings, circumstances of use); gender and status differences; special name usages (e.g., nicknames, aliases, teknonymy); name taboos and avoidances; etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 550 naming, prestige and status mobility

Related Terms

• 173 traditional history
• 424 incorporeal property
• 553 naming
• 554 status, role, and prestige
• 601 kinship terminology
• 774 animism