Specyfika antroponimii żydowskiej na obrzeżu słowiańskim

The article is concentrated on personal names of the Jews who lived under Diaspora among the Slavic nations. These names have been influenced by two main factors: on one hand, the Jewish society received many cultural elements from the (Christian) majority, on the other hand, the Jews tried to preserve their original culture with a minimum of extrinsic traits. Jewish names show differences especially in motivation, meaning and symbolism, which can be observed especially in the names derived from common nouns.