Historical Dictionary of Latvian Given Names

  Authors

Siliņa-Piņķe, Renāte ; Rapa, Sanda ; Jansone, Ilga and Kazakevičs, Ņikita

  Item identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12574/152

 Project URL

https://lavi.lu.lv/latviesu-personvardu-vesturiska-vardnica-digitala-pieeja-un-atvertie-dati-lagin/

 Demo URL

https://personvardi.lu.lv/

 Date issued

2026

 Type

lexicalConceptualResource, text

 Size

200 entries

 Language(s)

Latvian

 Description

"Historical Dictionary of Latvian Given Names" (LPVV) is an online scientific dictionary that collects and describes Latvian given names documented in written sources spanning more than eight centuries. This dictionary focuses on names that entered the Latvian given name system before the end of the 19th century.

 Publisher

Latvijas Universitātes Humanitāro zinātņu fakultātes Latviešu valoda institūts

 Acknowledgement

"Internal and External Consolidation of the University of Latvia" of the second round of the Consolidation and Governance Change Implementation Grants within Investment 5.2.1.1.i "Research, Development and Consolidation Grants" under Reform 5.2.1.r "Higher Education and Science Excellence and Governance Reform" of Reform and Investment Strand 5.2 of the Latvian Recovery and Resilience Mechanism Plan "Ensuring Change in the Governance Model of Higher Education Institutions"

Project code: LU-BA-PA-2024/1-0003

Project name: Historical dictionary of Latvian given names: digital approach and open data (LaGiN)

 Subject(s)

given names onomastics historical dictionary origin of names language contacts

 Collection(s)

Language resources and tools of AiLab IMCS UL

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