[[names]] --- [[cimmerian-personal-names]] [[liburnian-personal-names]] ## Biblio [[taylor-c2014-naming]] #### Greek - Old Greek Hēródotos (Herodot) ("Given by Hera") #### Theophoric names were common in Parthia - Ahurmazddāt („given by Ahurmazd“) - Ābdād („given by Āb [deified waters]“ - Artadāt/Artadātak („given by Arta“) - Āturdāt (given by Ātur [deified fire]“) - Bagdāt/Bagdātak („given by the Gods“) - Bagāndāt („given by the Gods“) - Dāmdāt (< Old Iranian *Dāmi-dāta – „given by the Creator [Ahura Mazda]“) - Hōmdātak („given by Hōm“) - Māhdāt/Māhdātak (given by Māh [God of Moon]“) - Rāmdātak (given by Rām“) - Rašndāt/Rašndātak („given by Rašn“) - Spanddāt/Spanddātak („given by the benefical one [likely: Spandārmad ~ Spenta Armaiti]“) - Srōšdāt/Srōšdātak („given by Srōš“) - Sāsāndāt („given by [the God] Sāsān“) - Tahmdāt („given by the strong/brave one" [maybe: Wāt or Wāy]) - Tīrdāt („given by Tīr“), Warhragndātak („given by Warhragn ~ VərəƟraγna) - Latin Mithridates is the Latin rendering of the Old Iranian theophoric name *Miθra-dāta ("given by Miθra"), which became Mihrdāt in Parthian. The name is a determinative compound, consisting of the theonym *Miθra and the past participle *dāta - "given" (from the verbal root *dā - "to give, to grant"). The name *Miθra-dāta* is preserved in Iranian languages as: MP. Mihrdād, NP. Mehrdād. The name was also borrowed into Non-Iranian languages like: Old Greek. Mithradates/Mithridates, Latin. Mithridates/Meherdates, Babylonian. Mi-it-ra-da-a-tú/Mi-it-ra-da-ta(-a), Aramaic. mtrdt, Hebrew. mtrdt, Demotic. mtrtt, Old Armenian. Mihrdat. Interestingly "Mithraphoric names" (theophoric names containing the theonym Mithra) were very popular in the Parthian empire. Beside Mihrdāt we have also Mihrbarzan ("exalting Mihr"), Mihrbōg ("having joy through Mihr"), Mihrbuxt ("redeemed by Mihr"), Mihrbōžan ("who invigorates Mihr"), Mihrxšahr („having rule/dominion through Mihr“), Mihrxwāšt („desired/requested by Mihr“), Mihrak (< Old Iranian. *Miθra-ka), Mihrān (< Old Iranian. *Miθr-āna), Mihrpān („having the protection of Mihr“), Mihrfradāt („established/created by Mihr“), Mihrfarn ("having the Glory of Mihr, having the Glory through Mihr"), Mihrfriy ("dedicated to Mihr"), Mihrbān („with the sheen of Mihr“), Mihrēn (< Old Iranian.* Miθtr-aina), Frādamihr („furthering Mithra“), Rēw-Mihr („being rich by Mithra“?). The theonym Mihr was also used for humans, very probably as a shortened form for full "Mithraphoric names". ## By Branch [[iranian-names]] ## Other (andrew-byrd) Byrd, Andrew. “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die”: Proto-Indo-European Naming Practices". -The Bhlog-, 2014. [web](https://blog.as.uky.edu/thebhlog/?p=144) ## Web Resources [Wikipedia: PIE Society Personal Names](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European-society#Personal-names)