MARICA, TONKA AND IVE - MALE AND FEMALE PERSONAL NAMES IN POP AND POPULAR CROATIAN MUSIC

Abstract

Od prvih društvenih zajednica do današnjih dana, osobna su imena važan kako društveni tako i leksički, ali i kulturalni koncept. Primarno uvedena kako bi se članovi zajednice međusobno razlikovali postala su važan znak i obilježje pripadnosti i identiteta pojedinca. Veza između imena i pojedinca vrlo je snažna, u nekim kulturama smatrana je i sudbonosnom. Dokaz je tomu i latinska uzrečica Nomen est omen, koja je u hrvatskom jeziku poznatija pod izrazom Ime je znak, upotrebljavana kada se želi naglasiti usklađenost značenja imena s karakternim osobinama osobe koja ga nosi. Kada su, vremenom, društvene zajednice postale sve brojnije i imena nisu bila dovoljna oznaka razlikovanja, osobnim se imenima počinju dodavati nadimci, imena koja nisu službena, već nadjenuta od zajednice u kojoj pojedinac boravi. Ta su imena većinom inspirirana vrlinama i manama pojedinca, njegovim fizičkim obilježjima, mjestom iz kojeg dolazi ili poslom kojim se bavi. Osobni su nadimci prelazili u obiteljske nadimke te konačno u prezimena. U ovom će radu fokus biti na imenima i nadimcima spomenutim u pjesmama izvedenim na Splitskom festivalu u razdoblju od 1962. do 1992.From the first social communities to the present day, personal names are an important social and lexical concept, as well as a cultural concept. Primarily introduced in order to differentiate community members from each other, they have become an important sign and characteristic of individual belonging and identity. The connection between a name and an individual is very strong, in some cultures it is considered fateful. Proof of this is the Latin saying Nomen est omen, which in croatian is better known as the expression Ime je znak, used when one wants to emphasize the harmony of the meaning of the name and the character traits of the person who bears it. When, over time, social communities became more and more numerous and names were not a sufficient mark of distinction, nicknames began to be added to personal names, names that are not official, but given by the community in which the individual resides. These names are mostly inspired by the virtues and flaws of an individual, his physical characteristics, the place he comes from or the work he does. Personal nicknames became family nicknames and finally surnames. In this paper, the focus will be on the names and nicknames mentioned in the songs performed at the Split Festival in the period from 1962 to 1992