Historical dictionary of Latvian given names (LaGiN)

The aim of the project Historical dictionary of Latvian given names: digital approach and open data (LaGiN) (Project Nr. LU-BA-PA-2024/1-0003, leader: Renāte Siliņa-Piņķe) is to include Latvian given name material into the international scientific circulation by creating and testing the concept of an electronic Historical Dictionary of Latvian Given Names (LPVV). The tasks of the project are (1) to create a content structure for a digital lexicographer’s workplace, based on international experience in the development of historical dictionaries, and a perspective-based plan for writing the LPVV, (2) to publish LPVV with at least 200 Latvian given names from the 20th-21st centuries in an open access, including the data of digitized historical sources and fundamental research of names origin and semantics, (3) to carry out a fundamental research on the diachronic dynamics of the most popular given names in Latvia, (4) to prepare and submit a project application to the national research project competition on the research of Latvian given names and content improvement of the LPVV. Planned project outputs: an electronic Historical Dictionary of Latvian Given Names and research in diachronic anthroponymy that will be presented at an international scientific conference and in a Scopus article. The project’s overarching goal is to ensure the continuity of the temporarily interrupted research on given names in line with the National Language Policy Framework Plan 2021-2027 and to create innovative solutions in the field of digital humanities that will enable the development of further solutions in historical research on language. Implementation: 09.2024.-02.2026. Data on Latvian given names from different periods collected during the first phase of the LaGiN.