The Name Maria in Italian Onymy

Keywords

Maria
Mary
anthroponymy
Italian onymy
religious onymy

Abstract

This article provides data on the occurrence and use of the name Maria in Italian onymy in relation to religious and laic Italian culture. The author posits the anthroponym Maria and the discourse around it created as an immanent component of this twofoldly characterized culture — in religious sphere recognized as a cultonym. This name shows a great variability and formal diversity in Italian, both in the univerbal form as well as complex one (biverbal). The study also presents the use of the anthroponym Maria in function of the last name and as the basis of toponyms and chrematonyms in Italian area.
https://doi.org/10.17651/ONOMAST.61.2.6

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