In Slovakia, primary oak forests are unknown and the northern limit for some oak species passes through the territory. More than 700 forest names of the Nitra region have been categorized according to different criteria (historical forest management, species composition etc.). In historical times, different management types of forests were dominant, in particular coppice and pasture woodlands. Within this study, we divided coppice into two types: "erestvín/sekanina" and "chrastina" with a question about their relatedness or casual identity. Within the Nitra region, 15 names of „erestvín“ were found in 11 municipalities, out of which 7 records dated back to the Middle Ages (e.g. in 1231 in Trávnica, in 1234 in Slepčany, in 1239 in Výčapy-Opatovce, in 1378 in Dolné Obdokovce). „Chrastina“ probably consists of oak or oak-hornbeam stands with a short harvesting cycle for firewood or "letnina" (cut branches for winter feeding of domestic animals). In the Nitra region, the word "chrastina/haraszt" occurs in geographical names since the oldest times, e.g. in 1247 in Beldice-Chrášťany, in 1285 in Vinodol, in 1397 in Paňa. Pasture woodland represented sparse forests with individual pollarded or shredded high trees. The species composition of oak woodlands has been reconstructed from folk forest name nomenclature (Quercus petraea, Q. robur, Q. cerris, Q. pubescens etc.).