Български средновековни лични имена, образувани със суфикс -ота

The present article studies a short list of Old Bulgarian masculine proper names, witnessed in Greek and Bulgarian medieval sources from the 9th to the 12th century. These are one-stem personal names consisting of one proprial stem combined with the suffix -ota. Most of the stems are of Slavic origins, but non-Slavic elements can be witnessed too. Generally the names can be divided in two groups: personal names and probably nicknames