Le phénomène de l’aptonymie

The aptonyms are another proof of the semantic dyanmism of the language and of the extraordinary power of language denomination which does not cease to reveal surprising meanings. The current study has in view the emphasis of the unique associations among patronyms, that is the names borne by different people and their current activities. The aptonym has become nowadays the study object of the science called aptonymy. In Romanian, the term is still unknown, but the examples that our study is providing prove the existence of this linguistic phenomenon within the Romanian space, as well as its modernity