Evolution of Algerian’s given names referring to Arabic plant names

Abstract

The Arabic personal names meaning can be classified in several categories, those related with nature, plant or agricuiture are common in the Algerian anthroponymy. The naming of the new born is the dutty of the parents who must choose a good, a blessful, shining name, specific to the gender of the newborn. The aim of this paper is to evaluate how much the names related to floriculture is commonly used and constant in genrations. In this paper we examined the evolution of given names of Algerian people. The analyzed sample was the lists of names of person (male and female) of three generations: old people, youth and kids . To estimate the frequency of those given names we exanime about 1000 names of lecturers, students and pupils. The obtained results show that the given names referring to floriculture are about 45 plants in Algerian anthroponymy , females are named more than male names referring to Arabic plant names. There are common names found in the 3 generations (the case of Zahra(Citrus sp)an aromatic plant, Nesrine (Rosa canina) an ornamental plant), other classic names (case of Khoukha (Prunus persicae) a fruit tree) and modern (case of Bailassan (Sambiscus nigra) a medicinal plant. According to Algerian beliefs, the floriculture species that arround a person make it inspirational, that the people use one plant name, or a combination of names as given names for a newborn,

Keywords

• Given names
• floriculture
• Algerian beliefs
• medicinal plant
• aromatic plant

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