The Two-Component Names in the Personal Naming System of the Ethnic Poles of Khmelnytskyi at the End of Xx – The Beginning of Xxi Centuries

Background: The end of XX–the beginning of XXI centuries is a significantly variable epoch in the development of the contemporary Ukrainian anthroponymy. On the one hand, the system of personal names is actively recruited by the foreign elements and borrowings from other languages. From the other hand, the role of ethnicity highly increases, which can be considered through the returning to active usage the national and traditional names of the ethnic communities. Giving to newborns the two-component names is one of the Polish national tradition, which activated among the ethnic Poles of Ukraine at the end of XX century. Purpose: The aim of the article is to analyze the two-component male names given to newborns in the 1991–2019 in the Polish national community of Khmelnytskyi, to determine the most and less frequent components and the main motives of the two-component names given in the Polish community of Khmelnytskyi. This paper is the first attempt of researching the two-component male names given to newborns in the 1991–2019 in the Polish community of Khmelnytskyi. Results: As a result of the current research, the most and the less frequent components of the two-component male names are determined. Based on the method of 10-years chronological sections, the whole research material was divided into three chronological sections: 1991–2000; 2001–2010; 2011–2019 by the date of birth of the carriers of the names. Besides, the main motives of the giving two-component names are explored. The results of the research can be applied for the further studies in the Ukrainian and Polish onomastics and linguistic landscape of the national communities of Ukraine.