Meanings
plural anthroponyms
- The name of a person, especially a surname.
1 more example
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 secondary use. […] Therefore, concepts in commemorative urbanonymy form a ‘bundle’ of associations, ideas, and memories (comp. Stepanov, 2004), that appear in speakers as a reaction to these names, but at the same time speakers react primarily to the anthroponyms that form the basis of urbanonym units, and the street names themselves act only as ‘carriers’ of specific meaning, […]
(Can we date this quote?), Oksana Neher, Liudmyla Yursa, “THE CONCEPT OF MEMORY IN THE URBANONYMY OF UZHHOROD”, in ORBIS LINGUARUM, volume 20, number 2, →DOI, page 192
Origin
From anthrop- + -onym or anthropo- + -nym. First attested in 1955.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Brazilian Portuguese antropônimo
- antropônimoname of a person
Catalan antropònim
- antropònimname of a person
Czech antroponymum
- antroponymumname of a person
European Portuguese antropónimo
- antropónimoname of a person
Finnish henkilönnimi
- henkilönniminame of a person
French anthroponyme
- anthroponymename of a person
German Personenname, Anthroponym
- Personennamename of a person
- Anthroponymname of a person
Greek ανθρωπωνύμιο
- ανθρωπωνύμιο (anthroponýmio)name of a person
Italian antroponimo
- antroponimoname of a person
Polish antroponim
- antroponimname of a person
Russian антропо́ним
- антропо́ним (antropónim)name of a person
Spanish antropónimo
- antropónimoname of a person
Swedish antroponym, personnamn
- antroponymname of a person
- personnamnname of a person
Ukrainian антропо́нім
- антропо́нім (antropónim)name of a person
Cite this entry
anthroponym. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthroponym
“anthroponym.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthroponym. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anthroponym,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthroponym.
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