Abstract
In the article there are presented the most popular Jewish names selected from
the municipal books of Grabowiec and fi les of city Grabowiec XVII and XVIII century.
As a result of gathered materials it has been found that Jews adapted their names to the
patterns existing on the area of residence. The formant –ko was especially popular. That
formant was the most popular in Ukrainian antroponymy: Heszko, Icko, Judko, Lewko.
To the most popular names used by Jews as Icko (17), Lewko (11), Marko (5), Moszko (4)
the names of the origin of the Bible: Dawid (6), Juda (5), Aron (4), Boruch (3), Hebraic:
Jakub (9), Chaim (5), Maier (4), Yiddish: Leyba (6), Zusman (3). can be added. Frequencies
complement the variants of the specifi c names.
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