KOLENDA IN NAMES AND SURNAMES

Pojam se kolende u dubrovačkom kraju uglavnom naslanja na tradiciju čestitarskog, nerijetko šaljivog pjevanja, u blagdanskim danima starog i novog ljeta. Manje je poznato značenje Kolende kao vlastita imena koje je iznjedrilo dubrovačko srednjovjekovlje. Prvi oblik imena, zabilježenu 12. stoljeću među dubrovačkim vlasteoskim staležom, bio je Calenda, nakon čega je u većoj ili manjoj frekvenciji do 15. stoljeća preoblikovano u Cholenda ili Colenda. U kasnijim se stoljećima javljalo na širem dubrovačkom području, osobito na Lastovu, gdje se zadržalo sve do prve polovice 20. stoljeća. Tim su se imenom nazivali i nahodi, napu štena djeca rođena u prvome danu novoga ljeta, koji se u tradicijskom nazivlju dubrovačkog (osobito konavoskog) kraja nazivao – kolenda. Iz vlastitog imena Kolenda nastalo je istovjetno prezime kao i patronimski oblik Kolendić, koji za razliku od ishodišnog imena i danas postoji u dubrovačkom kraju. U radu se promatraju rezultati istraživanja imena Kolenda u literaturi i arhivskoj građi Državnog arhiva u Dubrovniku. Zaključuje se da je Kolenda isključivo muško ime koje, barem kad je u pitanju dubrovačka baština, nema inačicu u ženskome rodu.The concept of kolenda in the Dubrovnik area stems largely from congratulatory, often jocular, and singing during the feast days of the Old and New Year. Less is known of the meaning of Kolenda as a personal name that was engendered by the Dubrovnik Middle Ages. The rst form of the name, noted among the Dubrovnik patrician class in the 12th century, was Calenda, after which it was refashioned with greater or lesser frequency into Cholenda or Colenda up until the 15th century. In later centuries, it appeared in the broader Dubrovnik area, particularly on the island of Lastovo, where it was maintained right up to the first half of the 20th century. That name was also given to foundlings, abandoned children born on the first day of the New Year, this being called – kolenda – in the traditional terming of the Dubrovnik area (especially that of Konavle). The identical surname originated from the personal name Kolenda as well as the patronymic form Kolendić which, unlike the original name, still exists today in the Dubrovnik area. This paper presents the results of research into the existence of the name Kolenda in literature and in the archival material of the city, kept at the State Archive in Dubrovnik. It can be concluded that Kolenda is a male name exclusively, at least as far as Dubrovnik heritage is concerned, and that there is no female gender variant