Névadási szokások a budapesti állatkertben

The animal names are an unfairly neglected area of research in onomastics. Present work attempts to contribute to the few studies on this subject. The research contains the name-examination of the mammals of Budapest Zoo and based on a corpus of nearly 2000 names. I examined the zoo naming traditions through this, motivations, interesting occurrences, such as expression of the naming of togetherness, the animals with more names and gender-missings, finally I made groups with the collected name material in three main categories according to the naming motivations, origins of names and semantic aspects. The study serves as a starting point for further research in other parts of the country and also abroad.