Abstract
Once in his Chronicle compiled ca. 1015, Thietmar von Mersenburg names Saint Stephen of Hungary (d. 1038) Vajk. In scholarly literature, the view prevails that king Stephen received this pagan, Turkish by origin, name in his childhood. Contrary to this opinion, it is evident that the name is a literary creation of Thietmar: this bishop often calls foreigners in Slavic (slavonice dictus/dicta) , most probably his native Sorbian. For example, he uses the name Beleknegini for the mother of Stephen, Sarolt, and the name Prokuj, for Stephen’s uncle, Gyula. All these Slavic names applied by Thietmar are hapax legomena.
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