Our ancestors treated the naming very carefully, considering that it affects the destiny of man.As in the proverb: "What do you call a boat, so it will float."However, the names formed under the influence of several cultures - Slavonic, Varangian, Greek, and later - the Mongol-Tatar and Western.
Depending on the origin of the ancient Slavic names are divided into the following groups:
- from the names of the gods - Veles, Lada;
- dibasic - Yaropolk, either, Velimudr, Dobrogneva, Lyudmila, Radomir, Svyatoslav, Bogdan and their derivatives - Tishilo, Dobrynya, Putyata Yarik;
- created from the names of minerals, plants and animals, natural phenomena - Gold, Hare Veshnyanka, Pike, Eagle;
- birth order - Vtorak, Pervushov;
- created by participles - unexpected, Zhdanov, the will;
- of traits - Brave, wise;
- special group - the names that were used in the upper classes - Vyacheslav, Yaropolk, Vsevolod, Vladimir.
Derivative names are created by cutting off part of a complex title, and add to the base suffix endings.
Prior to joining the Russian lands of Christianity in the home were used for men and women Slavic names.With new religion emerged and new customs.For example, newborns given names of saints and martyrs, but to the thirteenth century, they were used only in churches.In common parlance as they were pagan names and nicknames.Already in the fourteenth century, for men and women displaced by the Christian Slavic names.From nicknames and originated many names: Volkov, Sidorov, more.
Today there are Slavic names of girls who can not be called national.So, today's popular belief, love and hope are a copy of the Greek variants - Pistis, Agape, Elpis.The male lion is also the prototype - Leon.
Slavs was another custom which is becoming increasingly popular.However, many people mistakenly believe that the tradition of giving a child two names come to us from the West.Our ancestors gave the child a false name, which opens the stranger, and the secret, who knew only the closest.It maps the inner world of man, his views on life and character traits.This practice allegedly protect the child from the unjust people and evil spirits.Often a false name was unpleasant to hear - Anger, curve, ugly, Nesmeyana.This was done on purpose for a better protective effect.The second name given to man as a teenager.
Many male and female Slavic names to today's time forgotten.This involved the church, because it gave out a list of banned names.These include the names of the gods, the wise men, pagan customs.This practice has led to what is today on land belonging to the Slavic tribes, national titles found no more than five percent.For example, such popular once women Slavic names like Gorislava, Yasmin, Vesta, Fun, Svetlana, now quite rare.Sometimes the surrounding wonder why the child named in this exotic name.However, it originally was used in Russia, and Ksenia Katya or Masha - came to us not so long ago.
How to name the baby decide, of course, parents.But today is just the perfect time to get back to its roots, renew the lost connection with the race to revive the rich Slavic culture in all its glory.
