Lithuanian Names

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Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Baltic Names" - http://s-gabriel.org/names/baltic.shtml
Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi
Laurel Name Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/

(ASUC) Album Studiosorum Universitatis Cracoviensis. Vols. 1-3. Krakow: A.M. Kosterkiewicz. 1887. http://books.google.com/books?id=cFkWAQAAIAAJ

"Lithuania and its Ancient Calvinistic Churches". Szlupas, John. Princeton Theological Review, Vol. 5. pp. 242-280. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1907. [http://books.google.com/books?id=igPRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA260&q=vilnensis

Praxis Dispensationum Apostolicarum pro Utroque Foro, ex Solidissimo Romanæ Curiæ. Corrado, Pyrrho. Cologne: Sebastian Ketteler. 1697. http://books.google.com/books?id=obE-sktzHjcC&pg=PA497&q=vilniensis

"Lithuanian Names" by Schmalstieg, William Schmalstieg in Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences, Volume 28, No. 3, Fall 1982 - http://www.lituanus.org/1982_3/82_3_01.htm

Saint Gabriel Report #3164 with general comments on Lithuanian name structure: http://www.s-gabriel.org/3164

"PRE-CHRISTIAN NAME GIVING IN LITHUANIA" by K.A. Girvilas - http://www.lituanus.org/1978/78_3_02.htm

"Lithuanian Grand Dukes from the Galicia-Volhynia Treaty" (1219) - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ffride/volhynia.html

Lietuvių pavardžių susidarymas XIII-XVIII a. [Lithuanian Surname Formation, 13th-18th cent.] by Vitalija Maciejauskienė - Vilnius: Mokslas, 1991.

The Letters of Gediminas (1323-24): http://antologija.lt/text/gediminas-gedimino-laiskai/ , (originally written in Latin) also http://www.lituanus.org/1969/69_4_02.htm (in English)

"Feminine Names from the Gediminid Line of Lithuania." by Brian R. Speer (Walraven van Nijmegen). http://web.archive.org/web/20090621214740/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1336/gediminidfem.html (found with the Wayback Machine)

"Some names from 16th century Kaunas: 1522-1591" - https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ffride/kaunasloc.html

"16th and Early 17th C. Feminine Names from Lithuanian Records" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ffride/lithuanianwomen.html )

"Early 17th century bynames of bridegrooms, from a wedding register from Lankeliškiai parish, Lithuania." - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ffride/lithuaniangrooms.html

Grammars

"Early Lithuanian Grammars" - http://www.lituanus.org/1982_1/82_1_03.htm
"Grammatica Litvanica" - http://gluosnis.vu.lt/biblio/dperziura.pradzia?nr=36

Placenames

"Lietuvos Miestų Vardai" [Lithuanian town/city names] by Aleksandras Vanagas. Vilnius: Mokslo ir Enciklopedijų Leidybos Institutas, 2004.

SENA Appendix A: Patterns That Do Not Need Further Documentation...

http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#AppendixA (as of 12 October 2013)

Baltic

	Double Given Names	Locative	Patronymic	Other relationship	Descriptive/Occupational	Dictus	Double Bynames	Order
Lithuanian, Latvian, etc.	Late; 14th cen. and after		Yes; N Bs.nus			Late; 14th cen. and after		given+patronymic given+alias+given given+alias+given+pat

Note: In late period, some other family names are found, but must be documented individually.

SENA Appendix C: Regional Naming Groups and Their Mixes

http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/sena.html#AppendixC (as of 12 October 2013)

Regional Groups:	By Time Period:	Languages Included In This Group:	Can Be Combined With Groups:
Baltic	550-1100	Lithuanian, Latvian, etc.	German North Slavic Russian/East Slavic/East Slavic Scandinavian
	1100-1600	Lithuanian, Latvian, etc.	German North Slavic Russian/East Slavic/East Slavic Scandinavian

Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)

Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Collected Name Precedents: Lithuanian - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/Lithuanian.html

WARNING: Do not cite this page as a reference. This page is on this wiki to make the content "searchable" and easier to find. If you find the information you seek here, go to the original sources (generally linked) to verify the information and use them for your documentation. Contact the editor-in-chief, Sofya la Rus, if there are copyright concerns or other issues.  sofya at calontiri dot info