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History of Christian names

Charlotte Mary Yonge · Public domain text

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Author
Charlotte M. Yonge (1823–1901)
Language
English
Subjects
Names, Personal
Length
281,826 words · about 19 h 44 min
Sections
54 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (54)
  1. Opening about 7 min
  2. Chapter I under 1 min
  3. Chapter II under 1 min
  4. Chapter III under 1 min
  5. Part II under 1 min
  6. Chapter I under 1 min
  7. Chapter II under 1 min
  8. Chapter III under 1 min
  9. Chapter IV under 1 min
  10. Chapter I under 1 min
  11. Chapter II under 1 min
  12. Chapter III under 1 min
  13. Chapter V under 1 min
  14. Chapter VI under 1 min
  15. Chapter VII under 1 min
  16. Chapter I under 1 min
  17. Chapter II under 1 min
  18. Chapter III under 1 min
  19. Chapter IV under 1 min
  20. Part VI under 1 min
  21. Chapter I under 1 min
  22. Chapter II under 1 min
  23. Chapter III under 1 min
  24. Chapter IV under 1 min
  25. Chapter V under 1 min
  26. Chapter VI under 1 min
  27. Part VII about 4 h 28 min
  28. I. HEBREW NOMENCLATURE about 5 min
  29. II. PATRIARCHAL NAMES about 34 min
  30. III. ISRAELITE NAMES about 56 min
  31. II. NAMES PROM THE PERSIAN about 4 min
  32. I. NAMES PROM THE GREEK about 3 min
  33. II. NAMES FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY about 30 min
  34. III. NAMES FROM ANIMALS, ETC about 11 min
  35. IV. HISTORICAL GREEK NAMES CONSISTING OF EPITHETS about 31 min
  36. V. CHRISTIAN GREEK NAMES about 47 min
  37. I. LATIN NOMENCLATURE about 7 min
  38. II. LATIN PRÆNOMINA about 16 min
  39. III. NOMINA about 26 min
  40. IV. COGNOMINA about 26 min
  41. V. NAMES FROM ROMAN DEITIES about 23 min
  42. VI. MODERN NAMES FROM THE LATIN about 54 min
  43. VII. NAMES FROM HOLY DAYS about 20 min
  44. I. SECTION I.—The Keltic Race. about 10 min
  45. II. ANCIENT KELTIC NAMES about 28 min
  46. III. GAELIC NAMES about 51 min
  47. IV. NAMES OF CYMRIC ROMANCE about 41 min
  48. I. THE TEUTON RACE about 3 min
  49. II. NAMES FROM TEUTON MYTHOLOGY about 1 h 39 min
  50. III. NAMES FROM OBJECTS CONNECTED WITH MYTHOLOGY about 40 min
  51. IV. HEROIC NAMES OF THE NIBELUNG about 52 min
  52. V. THE KARLING ROMANCES about 47 min
  53. VI. DESCRIPTIVE NAMES about 49 min
  54. VII. NAMES FROM THE SLAVONIC about 1 h 30 min