Helynévképzők a fiktív nevek körében by Ágnes Bényei

“… Place-name suffixes in fictive proper names The present article aims at proving the hypothesis that invented (fictive) place-names (mostly found in literary works) contain the characteristic affixes that are present in real place-names (i.e. those having real denotata). …”
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Ragadványnév-adási motivációk budapesti fiatalok körében by Éva Heltovics

“…Most nicknames are given by friends, family members or acquaintances, but many names are invented by the name bearers themselves to enrich their identities. …”
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A black metal színpadi nevei by Vasil Minchev

“…In terms of structure, stage names can be divided into three groups: those consisting of one, two, and more than two elements, among which the simple stage names occur most frequently, probably because of the musicians’ striving to invent eyecatching names which are easy to remember. …”
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Poliszém jelentésszerkezetek Kosztolányi Dezső Édes Anna című regényében by Gréta Páji

“… Polysemous meaning structures in the novel Édes Anna by Dezső Kosztolányi     In works on literary onomastics, Kosztolányi’s prose, which includes a vast number of names invented by the writer to capture his readers’ imagination, is often used as an illustrative example. …”
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A foglalkozásnévi eredetű családnevek típusa a magyar családnevek rendszerében by Mariann Slíz

“…Furthermore, the survey examines the role of occupational family names in official family name changes in Hungary in the past; investigates the social-historical and political background for choosing occupational family names when changing one’s surname; and also mentions some invented occupational family names. Finally, the paper deals with the question of social discrimination based on family names in present day society, which may lead to the change of certain occupational family names for more „neutral” ones. …”
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A kisebbségi léthelyzet nevekkel kódolt reflexiói Gion Nándor prózájában by Ádám István Kurcz

“…Ethnic affiliation may be deduced by reading between the lines, as several invented personal names – similarly to the omission of certain place names – may allude to withheld information. …”
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