ENIn order to investigate persons’ proper names, precisely the first names, the author chose the names of the 18th-century end recorded in Pakruojis parish register. The studied material consists of 1054 women’s and men’s names, which were written in Pakruojis parish birth register from 1793 to 1795. The list of names included fathers’ (210), mothers’ (211), godfathers’ (210), godmothers’ (211) and children’ (boys’ (122) and girls’ (89)) names. [From the publication]