The main aim of the work was investigation of the Tauragnai village people’s nicknames.
There is an objective onomastic reason for the existence of nicknames. A binary system (first name+surname) is not sufficient to identify a person, because many people have the same first name and surname; some village’s names are in phase with personal
names.
All the nicknames are described according to their motives: nicknames referring to a man’s kinship, a person’s living place, nicknames characterising profession, nicknames describing human physical features and temper, nicknames reflecting a person’s speech contents, nicknames informing about a man’s origin or nationality, nicknames given because of the associations produced by man’s first name or surname.
The article deals with typical and atypical features of Tauragnai village people.

Numeriai:

2011 - T.57
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2010 - T.56
Nr.1-4

2009 - T.55
Nr.1-2, Nr.3-4

2008 - T.54
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2007 - T.53
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2006
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2005
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2004
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2003
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2002
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2001
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4