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History of Christian names

by Charlotte M. Yonge

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  1. 1Preface to First Edition
  2. 2Glossary of Christian Names
  3. 3Introductory Chapter — The Spirit of Nomenclature
  4. 4Part I
  5. 5Chapter II — Patriarchal Names
  6. 6Section II — Abi
  7. 7Section III — Jacob
  8. 8Section IV — Simeon
  9. 9Section V — Judah
  10. 10Section VI — Joseph
  11. 11Section VII — Benjamin
  12. 12Section VIII — Job
  13. 13Chapter III — Israelite Names
  14. 14Section II — Elisheba, &c.
  15. 15Section IV — Joshua, &c.
  16. 16Section V — Names From Chaanach
  17. 17Section VI — David
  18. 18Section VII — Salem
  19. 19Section VIII — Later Israelite Names
  20. 20Section IX — Angelic Names
  21. 21Part II — Names Prom the Persian
  22. 22Section II — Esther
  23. 23Part III
  24. 24Chapter II — Names From Greek Mythology
  25. 25Section II — Names From Zeus
  26. 26Section III — Ἡρα — Hera
  27. 27Section IV — Athene
  28. 28Section V — Apollo and Artemis
  29. 29Section VI — Hele
  30. 30Section VII — Demeter
  31. 31Section VIII — Dionysos
  32. 32Section IX — Hermes
  33. 33Section X — Heroic Names
  34. 34Chapter III — Names From Animals, etc.
  35. 35Section II — The Horse
  36. 36Section III — The Goat
  37. 37Section IV — The Bee
  38. 38Section V — Names From Flowers
  39. 39Chapter IV — Historical Greek Names Consisting of Epithets
  40. 40Section II — Alexander, &c.
  41. 41Section III — Anēr, Andros
  42. 42Section IV — Eu
  43. 43Section V — Hieros
  44. 44Section VI — Pan
  45. 45Section VII — Polys
  46. 46Section VIII — Phile, &c.
  47. 47Section IX — Names Connected With the Constitution — Laos, &c.
  48. 48Chapter V — Christian Greek Names
  49. 49Section II — Names From Theos
  50. 50Section III — Names From Christos
  51. 51Section IV — Sophia
  52. 52Section V — Petros
  53. 53Section VI — Names of Immortality
  54. 54Section VII — Royal Names
  55. 55Section VIII — Irene
  56. 56Section IX — Gregorios
  57. 57Section X — Georgos
  58. 58Section XI — Barbara
  59. 59Section XII — Agnes
  60. 60Section XIII — Margaret
  61. 61Section XIV — Katharine
  62. 62Section XV — Harvest Names
  63. 63Section XVI — Names From Jewels
  64. 64Section XVII — Kosmos and Damianos
  65. 65Section XVIII — Alethea, &c.
  66. 66Part IV
  67. 67Chapter II — Latin Prænomina
  68. 68Section II — Lucius
  69. 69Section III — Marcus
  70. 70Section IV — Posthumus, &c.
  71. 71Section V — Numeral Names
  72. 72Chapter III — Nomina
  73. 73Section II — Æmilius
  74. 74Section III — Antonius
  75. 75Section IV — Cæcilius
  76. 76Section V — Cœlius
  77. 77Section VI — Claudius
  78. 78Section VII — Cornelius, &c.
  79. 79Section VIII — Julius
  80. 80Section IX — Lælius, &c.
  81. 81Section X — Valerius
  82. 82Chapter IV — Cognomina
  83. 83Section II — Augustus
  84. 84Section III — Blasius
  85. 85Section IV — Cæsar, &c.
  86. 86Section V — Constantius
  87. 87Section VI — Crispus, &c.
  88. 88Section VII — Galerius, &c.
  89. 89Section VIII — Paullus and Magnus [Small and Large]
  90. 90Section IX — Rufus, &c.
  91. 91Chapter V — Names From Roman Deities
  92. 92Section II — Florentius
  93. 93Section III — Laurentius
  94. 94Section IV — Sancus
  95. 95Section V — Old Italian Deities
  96. 96Section VI — Quirinus
  97. 97Section VII — Sibylla
  98. 98Section VIII — Saturn, &c.
  99. 99Chapter VI — Modern Names From the Latin
  100. 100Section I — From Amo
  101. 101Section II — Names From Beo
  102. 102Section III — From Clarus
  103. 103Section IV — Columba
  104. 104Section V — Durans
  105. 105Section VI — Names of Thankfulness
  106. 106Section VII — Crescens, &c.
  107. 107Section VIII — Military Names
  108. 108Section IX — Names of Gladness
  109. 109Section X — Jus
  110. 110Section XI — Names of Holiness
  111. 111Section XII — Ignatius
  112. 112Section XIII — Pater
  113. 113Section XIV — Grace, &c.
  114. 114Section XV — Vinco
  115. 115Section XVI — Vita
  116. 116Section XVII — Wolves and Bears
  117. 117Section XVIII — Names From Places and Nations
  118. 118Section XIX — Town and Country
  119. 119Section XX — Flower Names
  120. 120Section XXI — Roman Catholic Names
  121. 121Chapter VII — Names From Holy Days
  122. 122Section II — Christmas
  123. 123Section III — The Epiphany
  124. 124Section IV — Easter Names
  125. 125Section V — Sunday Names
  126. 126Chapter I
  127. 127Section II — The Keltic Languages
  128. 128Section III — Keltic Nomenclature
  129. 129Chapter II — Ancient Keltic Names
  130. 130Section II — Lear and His Daughters
  131. 131Section III — Bri
  132. 132Section IV — Fear, Gwr, Vir
  133. 133Chapter III — Gaelic Names
  134. 134Section II — The Feen
  135. 135Section III — Finn
  136. 136Section IV — Cu, Cun, Gal
  137. 137Section V — Diarmaid and Graine
  138. 138Section VI — Cormac
  139. 139Section VII — Cath
  140. 140Section VIII — Fiachra
  141. 141Section IX — Names of Complexion
  142. 142Section X — Feidlim, &c.
  143. 143Section XI — Names of Majesty
  144. 144Section XII — Devotional Names
  145. 145Chapter IV — Names of Cymric Romance
  146. 146Section II — Arthur
  147. 147Section III — Gwenever
  148. 148Section IV — Gwalchmai, Sir Gawain, and Sir Owen
  149. 149Section V — Trystan and Ysolt
  150. 150Section VI — Hoel and Ryence
  151. 151Section VII — Percival
  152. 152Section VIII — Llew
  153. 153Part VI — Teutonic Names — Chapter I — The Teuton Race
  154. 154Chapter II — Names From Teuton Mythology
  155. 155Section II — The Aasir
  156. 156Section III — Odin, or Grîmr
  157. 157Section IV — Frey
  158. 158Section V — Thor
  159. 159Section VI — Baldur and Hodur
  160. 160Section VII — Tyr
  161. 161Section VIII — Heimdall
  162. 162Section IX — Will
  163. 163Section X — Hilda
  164. 164Section XI — Ve
  165. 165Section XII — Gerda
  166. 166Section XIII — Œgir
  167. 167Section XIV — Ing — Seaxnot
  168. 168Section XV — Eormen
  169. 169Section XVI — Erce
  170. 170Section XVII — Amal
  171. 171Section XVIII — Forefathers
  172. 172Chapter III — Names From Objects Connected With Mythology
  173. 173Section II — The Wolf
  174. 174Section III — Eber, the Boar
  175. 175Section IV — The Bear
  176. 176Section V — The Horse
  177. 177Section VI — The Eagle
  178. 178Section VII — The Raven
  179. 179Section VIII — The Swan
  180. 180Section IX — The Serpent
  181. 181Section X — Kettle
  182. 182Section XI — Weapon Names
  183. 183Section XII — Thought
  184. 184Chapter IV — Heroic Names of the Nibelung
  185. 185Section II — Sigurd
  186. 186Section III — Brynhild
  187. 187Section IV — Gunther
  188. 188Section V — Hagen
  189. 189Section VI — Ghiseler
  190. 190Section VII — Ghernot
  191. 191Section VIII — Folker
  192. 192Section IX — Dankwart
  193. 193Section X — Theodoric
  194. 194Section XI — Uta, Ortwin
  195. 195Section XII — Sintram
  196. 196Section XIII — Elberich
  197. 197Chapter V — The Karling Romances
  198. 198Section II — Charles
  199. 199Section III — Roland, &c.
  200. 200Section IV — Renaud
  201. 201Section V — Richard
  202. 202Section VI — Astolfo
  203. 203Section VII — Ogier le Danois
  204. 204Section VIII — Louis
  205. 205Chapter VI — Descriptive Names
  206. 206Section II — Command
  207. 207Section III — Brightness
  208. 208Section IV — War
  209. 209Section V — Protection
  210. 210Section VI — Power
  211. 211Section VII — Affection
  212. 212Section VIII — Appearance
  213. 213Section IX — Locality
  214. 214Section X — Life
  215. 215Part VII — Names From the Slavonic
  216. 216Section II — Slavonian Mythology
  217. 217Section III — Warlike Names
  218. 218Section IV — Names of Might
  219. 219Section V — Names of Virtue
  220. 220Section VI — Names of Affection
  221. 221Section VII — Names From the Appearance
  222. 222Conclusion — Modern Nomenclature
  223. 223Section I — Greece
  224. 224Section II — Russia
  225. 225Section III — Italy
  226. 226Section IV — Spain
  227. 227Section V — France
  228. 228Section VI — Great Britain
  229. 229Section VII — Germany
  230. 230Section VIII — Scandinavia
  231. 231Section IX — Comparative Nomenclature

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