Permanencia, innovación y obsolescencia en el repertorio antroponímico español

Abstract

This research investigates the vitality of the anthroponyms used by residents in Spain by comparing the onomastic uses of different generations in terms of permanence, innovation and obsolescence. Based on data provided by the National Statistics Institute (INE) and complemented by the inventories of Mateos and Tucker (2008) and Fernández Juncal and Hernández Muñoz (2019) and the SUBTLex corpus, the characteristics of the stable names in the repertoire and their onomastic reference position over several generations are reviewed. We also specify the various inventory renewal procedures, which we group into five types of resources: loans, orthographic changes, changes in functionality and range, the role of compounds and fashions and trends. Finally, we analyze the nature of declining names and the presence in this group of idiosyncratic elements. The role of the gender variable is pointed out transversally, showing differences in onomastic habits depending on the sex of the user.