today popular are thousands of names, but the real old Russian names are hard to find, because a lot is taken from other countries and cultures.They were taken from different nations and is awarded to someone's honor.
Previously, our ancestors appropriated to each other nick-names that describes the nature of man, his strengths and weaknesses.For example, pockmarked, Brave, Koschey or Minor.This process is based on the current events of life, environment and habits of men.Some have compared with animals and birds, such as the Falcon, Eagle and Wolf.Often we can see the reflection of these names in the names (Sokolov and Orlov, Belov, and so on).Old Russian names were so many that it is impossible to enumerate.Each attached special significance and meaning.The nature of man can be understood already by name.Unfortunately, their number is much reduced with the adoption of Christianity in Russia, and then the church began to displace Russian culture, imposing Byzantine.The era of Roman, Hebrew, Syrian and Egyptian names.
By the 19 th century old Russian names have been completely superseded.Since the beginning of the 20th century, people are again beginning to call their children "native" to their names.But, sadly, the meaning and the sound is still unchanged, the influence of foreigners has left its mark in the history of mankind.But some old Russian boy names and popular today, such as Vyacheslav, Vadim, Ivan, Miloslav, Jaroslaw, Bogdan and others.Each of them describes the glorious, strong and brave men.
Ironically, the first names were completely unattractive: ugly, crooked, malice.So we called men to be protected from evil people and evil forces.The second name was given as a teenager, after a young man's character was formed.Depending on this, he was awarded the name by which he could be proud of, or the opposite - a stigma for life.Those children who were considered a miracle of God, named in honor of the gods, such as Jari, Lada.There were also cases when the boys called Borscht, nuts pike.Old Russian names for men were also dibasic: Tihomir, Dobrozhir, Gostomysl, Yaropolk and others.They were given to its owner for the best quality that he showed throughout life.Some of them are strictly prohibited, and the church is unknown to this day.
Unfortunately, very rarely parents give a child the old name of its people.Some consider them ugly or nemilozvuchnymi, but they are - part of the history of our nation.Some of the old Russian names still remain a mystery, and others are completely unknown to people today.In those days, when the church forbade their children to call on the old traditions, in others not extinguished hope that could severely undermine the whole church plan.Especially if the man's name was in honor of the sun god, which meant that all is not lost.Therefore, people are simply forbidden.
main thing that bore the names of secret meaning.For some, it was the amulets protect against misfortune and bad people, others - gratitude for the wisdom and patience, and the third - the penalty for folly and misconduct.
