OVERVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION OF NAMES POLISH IN THE HISTORY OF LANGUAGE AND THE LAW

The article is a brief overview of the development of Polish names from the legal and linguistic perspective. From a legal point of view institution of name has been characterized, the stabilization process of name in a variety of groups has been shown. Author also points causes and significance of this phenomenon and pointed to the limitations on the choice and change the name of the first attempts to codify and in present names. Author discussed also the first registration and identification documents of people. Linguistic aspect is the characterization of the concept and the term of name and a brief semantic and structural characteristics of the name