Origin of names

Before Christianity introduction in Russia one names were similar to nicknames: Lame, the Bast shoe, Voropaj (robber), others reflected the relation to the born child: Ждан, Nezhdan, or an order of their birth: Первуша, Tretjak, Odinets (unique). Was considered that some names could take away from children of a trouble and illness, for example names: the Grief, Fall ill. Echoes of names-nicknames have remained in Russian surnames: Hares, Gorjaev, Nezhdanov, etc.

Christian names have come in X century from Byzantium together with Orthodoxy. Registration of newborn children was spent only by church, and names were given on месяцесловам (calendar) in which on every day each month names sacred, esteemed by Russian Orthodox Church are written down. The person who received a name sacred, found not only its protection, but also fertile affinity to it: "By name - and"life".

Upon termination of October revolution during time when the church has been separated from the state, in registration of newborns registry offices have started to be engaged, and parents have acquired the right to name children as wanted. Then that the names inherent in an epoch also began to think out: Октябрина, Markslen, Traktorina. On Russian earth have come European (Catholic and Protestant) names: Herman, Jeanne, Albert, Marat, etc. began to appear more and more east names a bit later: Земфира, Timur, Ruslan, Zarema. In the middle of the XX-th century slavic and Old Russian names again began to appear: the Harmony, Lyudmila, Vladimir, and also Scandinavian: Olga (from Helga), Igor (from Ingvar).

The majority of names have a various origin. Ancient Greek and Hebrew names, and also Latin, Scandinavian and German names enter into them many. Many names have borrowed from languages of the people of the East. As they have appeared in Russian for a long time became all habitual. Pass times, the fashion on names varies, ever less people - parents name children old slavic names, but, as before, names bear in themselves a lot of information and influence destiny of the person. Choosing a name to the kid, analyse, you are guided by what reasons: traditional character, a name nationality, beauty of sounding or convenience in a pronunciation and compatibility with a patronymic. Naming your child, show wisdom and do not forget about aesthetic criteria.