A contribution to the study of the reflection of the saint’s name Juraj in croatian anthroponimy

• Main Author: Domagoj Vidović
• Format: Article
• Language: Croatian
• Published: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 2007-01-01
• Series: Rasprave: Časopis Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje
• Subjects: St. Juraj; Saint’s name; personal name; anthroponimy; substrate
• Online Access: http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/34695

The author tries to give an overview of different reflections of the saint’s name Juraj in Croatian anthroponimy on the basis of sources and data collected during fieldwork (sometimes even in the name formula of a single person, e.g. Zȍran Etẽrović Kalajūrȅ Zȗra). Special emphasis is given to the Zažablje-Popovo Area. The popularity of St. Juraj, the position of Croatia on the borderline between the Christian West and East (the relationship of personal names Juraj and/or Đur[a]đ with the names Georgije and Đorđe), different substrate and adstrate elements and migrations (Zorzi, Đerđa, Jorga, Kalađurđ, Jurađ) as well as the interfusion of early Croatian beliefs and Christianity (the relationship of St. Juraj – Perun) caused very early (from the 11th century), numerous and heterogeneous reflections of this Saint’s name in the Croatian anthroponimic system.