Zur Entwicklung deutscher Zunamen in neuerer Zeit

Beobachtungen an Adressbüchern der Stadt Dresden

Abstract

Taking the oldest city directories of Dresden as an example, the article wants to draw the onomasticians’ attention to a special kind of research sources which has been largely ignored thus far. Initial analyses of selected linguistic and onomastic items show that due to the digital accessibility of these corpora more detailed knowledge, mainly concerning the development of personal names in the 18th and 19th centuries, should be possible.