Some considerations related to the Thracian-Dacian-Roman anthroponyms

We aim to highlight the chrono-spatial distribution of some Thracian-Dacian-Roman anthroponyms attested in the first centuries of the Christian era. The analysis of this distribution is carried out at the level of the provinces of the Roman Empire, based on the method of spatial distribution coefficients. Based on the studied epigraphic and documentary sources, we found a number of 36 names, borne by 92 citizens. The recorded forms are both of Thracian-Dacian origin (often Romanized), as well as Roman and even Greek, alongside which are also present a number of Christian names.. Among these, some survived even after Romanization, by Christianizing the Thracian-Dacians, resulting in some characteristic Romanian forms. On the other hand, we reconstructed, with strict caution, the evolution of some old suffixes – either Thracian-Dacian (-isc/-isk, evolved to -escu/-esti), or Latin (the case of -ianus, which could stand at the base of the Romanian suffix -ean, probably also influenced by Slavic phonetics).