The article justifies the idea of creating the dictionary to include the names of Volgograd Region residents, based on the data of modern local media and official Volgograd Internet resources. It covers a number of features concerning work with the material and partially characterizes the interconnection between the edition being developed and the existing dictionaries of a similar type in the Russian lexicography. The general description of the dictionary structure is given, the content of its parts (alphabetic, administrative-territorial, ideographic) is explained. The author considers theoretical bases for creating an alphabetic part of the dictionary in detail. Two variants of the corresponding dictionary entries are described. There are indicated the main issues arising when fixing the regional katoikonymic material in the dictionary and variants to solve them are offered. The article mentions some features of work with illustrative material. It also substantiates the necessity of publishing such reference books, their role in the development of the speech culture of native Russian language speakers and the significance of further work on the regional katoikonymic dictionary.