The meaning of Russian and Slavic surnames. Russian surnames for women and men

Scientists managed to compile full list true Russian surnames by region of the country: Kuban turned out to be Russian
Unfortunately, interpretations of family analysis that appeared in the media this summer (after the first publication of data in a specialized scientific journal), could create a wrong impression about the goals and results of the enormous work of scientists, the main thing was not that the surname Smirnov turned out to be more common among Russian people than Ivanov, but that for the first time a complete list of truly Russian surnames was compiled by region of the country. At the same time, scientists had to spend a lot of time collecting Russian surnames on their own.

The Central Election Commission and local election commissions flatly refused to cooperate with scientists, citing the fact that only if voter lists are kept secret can they guarantee the objectivity and integrity of federal and state elections. local authorities authorities. The criterion for including a surname in the list was very lenient: it was included if at least five bearers of this surname lived in the region for three generations.

First, lists were compiled for five conditional regions - Northern, Central, Central-Western, Central-Eastern and Southern. In total, across all regions there were about 15 thousand Russian surnames, most of which were found only in one of the regions and were absent in others. When superimposing regional lists on top of each other, scientists identified a total of 257 so-called “all-Russian surnames.”

It is interesting that at the final stage of the study they decided to add surnames of residents of the Krasnodar Territory to the list of the Southern region, expecting that the predominance of Ukrainian surnames of the descendants of the Zaporozhye Cossacks evicted here by Catherine II would significantly reduce the all-Russian list. But this additional restriction reduced the list of all-Russian surnames by only 7 units - to 250. Which led to the obvious and not for everyone pleasant conclusion that Kuban is populated mainly by Russian people. Where did the Ukrainians go and were they even here at all is a big question.

The analysis of Russian surnames generally gives food for thought. Even the simplest action - searching for the names of all the country's leaders - gave an unexpected result. Only one of them was included in the list of bearers of the top 250 all-Russian surnames - Mikhail Gorbachev (158th place). The surname Brezhnev occupies 3767th place in the general list (found only in the Belgorod region of the Southern region). The surname Khrushchev is in 4248th place (found only in the Northern region, Arkhangelsk region). Chernenko took 4749th place (only South Region). Andropov has 8939th place (Southern region only). Putin took 14250th place (Southern region only). And Yeltsin was not included in the general list at all. Stalin's surname - Dzhugashvili - was not considered for obvious reasons. But the pseudonym Lenin was included in the regional lists at number 1421, second only to the first president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev.

250 MOST RUSSIAN SURNAMES

It is not so easy to answer the question of when Russians got surnames. The fact is that surnames in Rus' were formed mainly from patronymics, nicknames or family names, and this process was gradual.

Novgorod surnames

It is believed that the first in Rus' to bear surnames were citizens of Veliky Novgorod, which was then a republic, as well as residents of the Novgorod possessions, which stretched throughout the north from the Baltic to the Urals. This supposedly happened in the 13th century.

Thus, in the chronicle for 1240 the names of the Novgorodians who fell in the Battle of Neva are mentioned: “Kostyantin Lugotinits, Guryata Pineshchinich.” In the chronicle of 1268, the names of “Tverdislav Chermny, Nikifor Radyatinich, Tverdislav Moisievich, Mikhail Krivtsevich, Boris Ildyatinich... Vasil Voiborzovich, Zhiroslav Dorogomilovich, Poroman Podvoisky” are found. In 1270, as the chronicler reports, Prince Vasily Yaroslavich went on a campaign against the Tatars, taking with him “Petril Rychag and Mikhail Pineshchinich.”

As we can see, these surnames bore little resemblance to modern ones and were formed, most likely, by patronymics, family or baptismal names, nicknames or place of residence.

Originally from the North

Perhaps the most ancient surnames should still be considered surnames ending with the suffixes -ih and -ih. According to experts, they appeared at the turn of the 1st-2nd millennium and originated mainly from family nicknames. For example, members of one family could be given nicknames such as Short, White, Red, Black, and their descendants were called in the genitive or prepositional case: “Whose will you be?” - “Short, White, Red, Black.” Doctor of Philology A.V. Superanskaya writes: “The head of the family is called Golden, the whole family is called Golden. A native or descendants of a family in the next generation are Golden.”

Historians suggest that these surnames were born in the north, and subsequently spread to the central regions of Rus' and the Urals. Many such surnames are found among Siberians: this was associated with the beginning of the conquest of Siberia in the second half of the 16th century. By the way, according to the rules of the Russian language, such surnames are not declined.

Surnames from Slavic names and nicknames

There were also surnames that arose from Old Russian secular names. For example, from the Slavic proper names Zhdan and Lyubim, the surnames Zhdanov and Lyubimov later evolved. Many surnames are formed from so-called “protective” names: it was believed that if you give a baby a name with a negative connotation, it will scare him away dark forces and failures. So from the nicknames Nekras, Dur, Chertan, Zloba, Neustroy, Golod came the surnames Nekrasov, Durov, Chertanov, Zlobin, Neustroyev, Golodov.

Noble names

Only later, in the XIV-XV centuries, surnames began to appear among princes and boyars. Most often, they were formed from the name of the inheritance owned by a prince or boyar, and subsequently passed on to his descendants: Shuisky, Vorotynsky, Obolensky, Vyazemsky. Some of the noble families came from nicknames: Gagarins, Hunchbacks, Glazatyes, Lykovs, Scriabins. Sometimes the surname combined the name of the inheritance with a nickname, as, for example, Lobanov-Rostovsky. One of the most ancient noble families - Golitsyn - originates from old word"golitsy" ("galitsy"), meaning leather mittens used in various works. Another ancient one noble surname- Morozov. The first to wear it was Misha Prushanin, who especially distinguished himself in 1240 in the battle with the Swedes: his name was glorified in the Life of Alexander Nevsky. This family also became known thanks to the famous schismatic - boyar Fedosya Morozova.

Merchant names

In the 18th-19th centuries, service people, clergy and merchants began to bear surnames. However, the richest merchants acquired surnames even earlier, in XV-XVI centuries. These were mainly, again, residents of the northern regions of Russia - say, the Kalinnikovs, Stroganovs, Perminovs, Ryazantsevs. Kuzma Minin, the son of salt worker Mina Ankudinov from Balakhna, received his own surname at the turn of the 16th-17th centuries. Often merchant names reflected the occupation of its owner. So, the Rybnikovs traded fish.

Peasant surnames

Peasants did not have surnames for a long time, with the exception of the population of the northern part of Russia, which once belonged to Novgorod, since there was no serfdom there. Take, for example, the “Arkhangelsk peasant” Mikhail Lomonosov or Pushkin’s nanny, the Novgorod peasant Arina Rodionovna Yakovleva.

They had surnames and Cossacks, as well as the population of the lands that were formerly part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: the territory of present-day Belarus to Smolensk and Vyazma, Little Russia. Most of the indigenous inhabitants of the black earth provinces had surnames.

They began to assign surnames to peasants en masse only after the abolition of serfdom. And some even received surnames only during the years of Soviet power.

It is not so easy to answer the question of when Russians got surnames. The fact is that surnames in Rus' were formed mainly from patronymics, nicknames or family names, and this process was gradual.

Novgorod surnames

It is believed that the first in Rus' to bear surnames were citizens of Veliky Novgorod, which was then a republic, as well as residents of the Novgorod possessions, which stretched throughout the north from the Baltic to the Urals. This supposedly happened in the 13th century.

Thus, in the chronicle for 1240 the names of the Novgorodians who fell in the Battle of Neva are mentioned: “Kostyantin Lugotinits, Guryata Pineshchinich.” In the chronicle of 1268, the names of “Tverdislav Chermny, Nikifor Radyatinich, Tverdislav Moisievich, Mikhail Krivtsevich, Boris Ildyatinich... Vasil Voiborzovich, Zhiroslav Dorogomilovich, Poroman Podvoisky” are found. In 1270, as the chronicler reports, Prince Vasily Yaroslavich went on a campaign against the Tatars, taking with him “Petril Rychag and Mikhail Pineshchinich.”

As we can see, these surnames bore little resemblance to modern ones and were formed, most likely, by patronymics, family or baptismal names, nicknames or place of residence.

Originally from the North

Perhaps the most ancient surnames should still be considered surnames ending with the suffixes -ih and -ih. According to experts, they appeared at the turn of the 1st-2nd millennium and originated mainly from family nicknames. For example, members of one family could be given nicknames such as Short, White, Red, Black, and their descendants were called in the genitive or prepositional case: “Whose will you be?” - “Short, White, Red, Black.” Doctor of Philology A.V. Superanskaya writes: “The head of the family is called Golden, the whole family is called Golden. A native or descendants of a family in the next generation are Golden.”

Historians suggest that these surnames were born in the north, and subsequently spread to the central regions of Rus' and the Urals. Many such surnames are found among Siberians: this was associated with the beginning of the conquest of Siberia in the second half of the 16th century. By the way, according to the rules of the Russian language, such surnames are not declined.

Surnames from Slavic names and nicknames

There were also surnames that arose from Old Russian secular names. For example, from the Slavic proper names Zhdan and Lyubim, the surnames Zhdanov and Lyubimov later evolved. Many surnames are formed from so-called “protective” names: it was believed that if you give a baby a name with a negative connotation, this will scare away dark forces and failures. So from the nicknames Nekras, Dur, Chertan, Zloba, Neustroy, Golod came the surnames Nekrasov, Durov, Chertanov, Zlobin, Neustroyev, Golodov.

Noble names

Only later, in the XIV-XV centuries, surnames began to appear among princes and boyars. Most often, they were formed from the name of the inheritance owned by a prince or boyar, and subsequently passed on to his descendants: Shuisky, Vorotynsky, Obolensky, Vyazemsky. Some of the noble families came from nicknames: Gagarins, Hunchbacks, Glazatyes, Lykovs, Scriabins. Sometimes the surname combined the name of the inheritance with a nickname, as, for example, Lobanov-Rostovsky. One of the most ancient noble families, Golitsyn, originates from the ancient word “golitsy” (“Galitsy”), meaning leather mittens used in various works. Another ancient noble family is Morozov. The first to wear it was Misha Prushanin, who especially distinguished himself in 1240 in the battle with the Swedes: his name was glorified in the Life of Alexander Nevsky. This family also became known thanks to the famous schismatic - boyar Fedosya Morozova.

Merchant names

In the 18th-19th centuries, service people, clergy and merchants began to bear surnames. However, the richest merchants acquired surnames even earlier, in the 15th-16th centuries. These were mainly, again, residents of the northern regions of Russia - say, the Kalinnikovs, Stroganovs, Perminovs, Ryazantsevs. Kuzma Minin, the son of salt worker Mina Ankudinov from Balakhna, received his own surname at the turn of the 16th-17th centuries. Merchant surnames often reflected the occupation of their owner. So, the Rybnikovs traded fish.

Peasant surnames

Peasants did not have surnames for a long time, with the exception of the population of the northern part of Russia, which once belonged to Novgorod, since there was no serfdom there. Take, for example, the “Arkhangelsk peasant” Mikhail Lomonosov or Pushkin’s nanny, the Novgorod peasant Arina Rodionovna Yakovleva.

They had surnames and Cossacks, as well as the population of the lands that were formerly part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: the territory of present-day Belarus to Smolensk and Vyazma, Little Russia. Most of the indigenous inhabitants of the black earth provinces had surnames.

They began to assign surnames to peasants en masse only after the abolition of serfdom. And some even received surnames only during the years of Soviet power.

Surnames Slavic peoples sometimes it is difficult to divide into “national apartments”, although Lately they are trying to do this in Ukraine. For many centuries, the so-called writing people strived for Slavic unity. They studied from the same books in both Russia and Serbia. The Kiev monk Pamvo Berynda, who created a wonderful lexicon, believed that he was writing in a “romantic” language (that is, Russian), although his own language by that time he was already Ukrainian. The famous lexicographer Vladimir Ivanovich Dal included words from all East Slavic languages ​​in his dictionary, without dividing them into Ukrainian and Belarusian, but only noting “western”, “southern” (East Slavic).

Moreover, all this applies to surnames. After all, people do not sit still; in the history of our homeland there were mass migrations, and movements of individual people, and marriages between representatives of different branches of the Slavs. It is especially difficult to determine the linguistic affiliation of the surnames of people in the Smolensk region, in Belarus, in Western Ukraine, where Orthodoxy and Catholicism met, where there were significant Polish penetrations, and in some parts of this zone, at one time, documentation was conducted in Polish.

The most clearly Polish (and Belarusian) elements are felt in surnames that include a combination of letters dz, dl, partially - LOL. For example, a Belarusian surname Dzyanisau corresponds to Russian Denisov and this is how it is written in Russian. Polish surname Dzeshuk formed on behalf of Dzesh, derived from Dzieslaw(a two-part name formed from the stem of the verb do(Xia) + component glory) with suffix -uk, indicating to them that Dzeshuk- the son of a man named Dzesh.

Polish surname Orzhekhovskaya corresponds to Russian Orekhovskaya , Grzhibovskaya - Gribovskaya. Since these last names end in - Skye, they do not come directly from words mushroom or nut, but, most likely, are formed from the names of places with such bases.

Polish surname Szydlo corresponds to Ukrainian Awl, Polish Sverdlov- Russian Sverlov.

Polish surname Dzenzelyuk derived from a name or nickname Dzendzel, coming from the word zenzol- woodpecker Breaking away from the original word, surnames develop dozens of similar variants. Surnames go back to the same basis Dzenzelovsky , Dzenzelevsky(with the transformation of the second dz V h) and mentioned by the author of the letter, Elena Dzenzelyuk, Ukrainianized surname Dzynzyruk .

Polish-Belarusian surname Golodyuk derived from the word hunger(Polish glud). A Polish dictionary of surnames compiled by Professor Kazimierz Rymut (this is the modern Polish pronunciation of the name, which is traditionally written in Russian Kazimir), along with forms Glud And Glod also lists names Hunger, Hunger, Hunger. Form Golodyuk indicates that the bearer of this surname is a descendant of a person with the surname Hunger.

Murienko derived from nickname Mury(Ukrainian Murii), which a person could get from the color of his hair. V. I. Dal explains: mury(about the fur of cows and dogs) - reddish-brown with a black wave, dark motley. In the Ukrainian-Belarusian dictionary of V.P. Lemtyugova, these meanings of the adjective are confirmed and the addition is made - “with a red, dark face.” Surname Murienko indicates that its bearer is a descendant of a person with the nickname Murii. Suffix -enko, more widespread in the eastern part of Ukraine than in the western part, is similar to the Russian patronymic suffix -ovich/-evich. Compare in fairy tales: the Russian Ivan Tsarevich corresponds to the Ukrainian Ivan Tsarenko.

Ukrainian-South Russian surname Kvitun derived from the verb get even- to pay off, to avenge an insult, to pay a debt; -un- suffix of the person's name, as in screamer, squeaker, talker. With the same basis there is Polish surnames: Quit, Kvitash, Quiten, Kvitko.

Surname Sitar, most likely Czech. She was formed from her nickname by profession: sitar- one who makes sieves.

Very interesting surname Kuts, which can be matched with words different languages. I always perceived it as coming from short adjective kuts, corresponding full form scanty. But the semantics of this word “short-tailed, tailless, short-haired” is far from any characteristic of a person. True, in the XVII-XVIII centuries. a short dress or a short caftan was called a “German dress” in contrast to Russian long-skirted caftans, and there was also an expression: a short captain of a plucked team (according to V.I. Dahl), but this does not explain the surname formed from short form adjective

Surname Kuts is in Polish. It is formed from the same word, which has developed some other meanings there. For example, verb cut- squatting, which indicates short stature. So the nickname Kuts could get short man. In a word kuts Poles call a small horse, including a pony.

Lastly, last name Kuts May be German origin, as formed from one of the many derivatives of the name Conrad. Last name of the same origin Kunz.

Surname What - Greek origin. In Greek kako Means evil, damage, loss, misfortune; cacos- bad, evil, no good, compare the word cacophony- bad sounds, bad sound. The surname could be formed from the name given “from the evil eye.”

Every year, historians expand the list of personal nicknames of Slavic origin. Many people would be interested to know their origins. But sometimes it is impossible to determine this by the sound itself, since derived word over the years, various suffixes, prefixes and prefixes have been added, distorting its original meaning.

To determine the origin of a person’s family, his passport data is used. The key points are the root of the word, which forms Russian names and surnames. They differ in prevalence.

By the sound you can determine the eminence of the family or the belonging of ancestors to different social groups and castes of society: peasants, boyars, clergy.

The etymology of some includes archaisms and weird basics, to determine these yourself, you can use the reference book.

Derivatives and roots can originate from the nicknames of ancestors, funny nicknames, names, areas of activity. The origin of Russian surnames, in most cases, is unraveled in its etymology.

You should take an interest in this clue, because through it you can find out about an outstanding ancestor or the eminence of the family.

For those who want to determine the origins of their family nickname, there are alphabetical collections that are replenished and updated annually; on their pages, almost everyone can find out the history of their name.

The most popular derivatives:

• On behalf of the ancestor (whose? Whose will you be?) - Ivanov, Sidorov, Kuzmin, Petrov.
• From the geographical names - Vyazemsky, Stroganov, Smolensky.
• From the nicknames of the clergy - Rozhdestvensky, Preobrazhensky, Uspensky.
• From the names of plants and animals - Sokolova, Orlova, Hare, Lebedeva, Golubeva.
• From count and boyar titles - Minin, Tikhomirov, Tikhonravov, Godunov.

Meaning

Etymology and the formation of a proper genus name are of interest to an increasing number of people. The meaning of Russian surnames is determined by determining the root part of the word; it indicates the meaning.

The meaning of family names like Bondarev, Kovalev, Shevtsov - indicate the craft that someone from the family was engaged in. Muzzle, Stoyan, Brave - on external or internal characteristics an individual person.

All members of the family were called by the nickname of the head of the family, and this was passed down from generation to generation.

When did surnames appear in Russia?

The assignment of a generic nickname to identify each genus began to take shape in the 15th century. When surnames appeared in Russia, they initially referred to representatives upper strata society: boyars and aristocrats, later, in the 18th century, to church ministers.

Until the 19th century, peasants and artisans received their nicknames. Their genus names were derived from the nicknames of one of the members of the family or occupation.

In historical scrolls and records, listings were found that explain this phenomenon: “Vasily, son of the Kuznetsov... Ivan, son of the Khlebnikov”

How many surnames are there in Russia

The study of these data is still in question.

There is no absolutely correct numerical value that could accurately answer the question of how many surnames exist in Russia today.

For such difficult task researchers took it only a few times, about 250 thousand meanings were officially included in the collection, and these lists are constantly replenished with new forms of once given nicknames.

Declension of surnames in Russian

Rules Russian language strictly determine the spelling and pronunciation of passport data.

Declension of surnames in Russian occurs according to the following basic rules: standard ones are declined as adjectives, and those of foreign origin are declined as nouns.

They do not decline with a zero ending, or ending in a consonant (Bondar, Nitsevich, Ponomar), ending in -o (Petrenko, Shevchenko, Kovalenko), foreign ones ending in -a, -ya (Varnava, Okidzhava, Zola).

Boris Ubengaun was the first to begin compiling a directory that lists the names of Russia. It contains various variations due to the process of transformation of folk nicknames.

Each position has an explanation (highlighted parts of word formation that explain the essence of a particular word). There are positions that can be found more often, and there are those that are very rare.

The data was taken based on the population census of the city of St. Petersburg.

Common surnames in Russia:

• Vladimirov;
• Sergeev;
• Petrov;
• Ivanov.

Beautiful Russian surnames

There are people whose generic nicknames captivate with their sound. These include those derived from geographical names or long nicknames given to church ministers.

This etymology is rare and sounds aristocratically melodic. Many people change their birth details in their passports in order to get a name that is beautiful and stands out from the crowd.

People to whom it was inherited are considered lucky.

The most beautiful surnames in Russia:

• Preobrazhensky;
• Caesar;
• Christmas;
• Vyazemsky;
• Uspensky.

Slavic

There are genus names that originate from the ancient Slavs. These nicknames are very rare and therefore valuable to historians.

Their small number is due to the fact that derivatives begin with names pagan gods or Old Slavonic names.

With the advent of Christianity, such nicknames were categorically prohibited, people were baptized and renamed en masse, therefore those who have preserved them to this day are a godsend, a shining example pagan culture.

Old Slavonic surnames, examples:

• Yarilo;
• Dovbush;
• Putyata;
• Lada;
• Saint;
• Dobrynin;
• Peaceful.

Popular

According to the population census conducted in the 80s of the last century, with former USSR, about 50% of the rural and 35% of the urban population have generic nicknames, formed on the principle of patronymics with the addition of suffixes.

This study is recognized as the highest quality and most detailed up to our times. Popular Russian surnames: Sidorov, Smirnov, Kuzmin, Vasiliev.

The second place in frequency is occupied by nicknames that indicate the type of activity: Kuznetsov, Bondarev, Reznikov, Khlebnikov, etc.

Rare Russian surnames

It is difficult to create a reliable list that includes all items. But the main ones have been selected. It is not often that you meet people who have a family nickname that coincides completely with geographical name or is formed from a combination of two words. There are few who are lucky enough to become the namesake of famous historical figures and heroes of literary novels.

Rare surnames in Russia:

• Astrakhan;
• Kamchatka;
• Goddess;
• Krutiperets;
• Crusoe;
• Karenin.

funny

Sometimes among acquaintances there are family nicknames that involuntarily make you smile with their comical nature.

They surprise fellow citizens, and especially foreigners, with their pronunciation, they consist of adding the stems of some nouns or verbs, they can denote a funny or strange action, name objects whose names sound strange in human name. A person who has to wear them can hardly be called lucky.

Funny Russian surnames:

• Kostogryzov;
• Mozgoedov;
• Popkin;
• Rzhach;
• Login;
• Khachapuri;
• Shit grandfathers;
• Snot.

Russian noble families

Their owners can have no doubt about the high title of someone from their family; they were assigned exclusively to nobles, boyars, and high-ranking officials. People close to high positions and ruling power.

They can also be merchants. The presence of such titular nicknames among the peasantry, workers from the common population or artisans is excluded; their mere presence spoke of a high social status its owner.

Russian noble families:

• Stroganov;
• Godunov;
• Tikhomirov;
• Minin;
• Novgorodtsev;
• Tikhonravov;
• Ventsenostsev.

Old Russian

This term denotes not only Old Slavonic nicknames from the times of paganism, but also those that, by their etymology, designate outdated concepts and words of ancient use, eradicated from modern speech.

Interesting to consider are generic nicknames that name old monetary units, household items, crafts that are not found in modern world. All these signs indicate a long history of the family and roots that go far.

Old Russian surnames:

• Kunin;
• Altynov;
• Kalita;
• Zlatnikov;
• Pryalkin;
• Kozhemyaka;
• Bandurov.

surnames in Russia

The top 100 items that can often be found in the passports of fellow citizens have been compiled. All of them were selected based on the directory and ordered during the census during the year.

This information will be especially interesting for girls, because everyone dreams of meeting her man and getting married. Statistics say that in 89% of cases, women switch to a male generic nickname upon marriage.

Such a top will clearly show the most likely options that everyone may encounter. The section includes the first 10 positions.

surnames in Russia:

• Ivanov;
• Smirnov;
• Kuznetsov;
• Popov;
• Sokolov;
• Vasiliev;
• Fedorov;
• Novikov;
• Egorov;
• Kozlov.

Famous Russian surnames

Their list is compiled based on the frequency of use among the population. The most popular surname in Russia - Ivanov. Even foreigners know about this, associating with her all the names of Russian compatriots. It went down in history and became a classic. For example in German this nickname became Muller, in America and Britain - Smith, in Poland - Novak or Kowalski, in Georgia - Mamedov.

Famous Russian surnames:

• Sidorov;
• Ivanov;
• Petrov;
• Kozlov;
• Smirnov;
• Popov;
• Sokolov.

Source: https://sovets.net/8521-russkie-familii.html

Cool first and last names: list of male and female names, origin, meaning

All Russian names have Slavic origin and differ from others by the presence of two bases. The Orthodox are very beautiful and have a good good sense. Modern parents choose them as names for their children. Let's talk about cool first and last names in this article.

The mystery of the two foundations

Our ancestors believed that a person and his name are interconnected and inextricable. In ancient times, only his close relatives knew about the child’s real name; for everyone else, a false name was invented.

During adolescence, a person already used his real name, which determined his character and outlook on life. Among the cool names and surnames there were both strong and funny ones.

In the modern world, parents continue the traditions of their ancestors and during baptism they give other names to their children, thereby trying to protect their child from damage and the evil eye. Children born outside our homeland are also given Russian names.

History of the origin of female names

An interesting fact is that many names are not originally Russian. Most of them have their origins in Christianity. After the adoption of the new faith, Greek, Byzantine and Jewish names began to appear in Russian culture. Cool names and surnames partially came to us from completely alien history.

Original Slavic female names

Alena, Bogdana, Vanda, Darina, Lada, Lyubov, Nadezhda, Vera, Miroslava, Lyudmila, Yaroslava, Vlada, Svetlana, Oksana. Among the unusual options are Yesenia, Berislava, Iskra, Assol, Zabava, Radmila, Radosveta, Milana, Tsvetana, Vanda, Vesna.

Cool first and last names borrowed from the Greeks

A lot of names were borrowed from the Greek peoples. If you look at this list, you can’t even believe that they were once foreign. These are such as Galina, Irina, Evgenia, Angelina, Ekaterina, Veronica, Daria, Elena, Angelica, Ksenia, Tamara, Sofia, Nina, Asya, Lydia, Evgeniy, Timofey, Peter, Alexander, Kirill, Leonid.

Among the rare names that came to us from the Greek people, we can highlight: Stefania, Vasilina, Avdotya, Feodosia, Agnia, Evdokia, Glafira, Kuzma, Arkady.

Greek surnames were formed from personal names. For example, Nikolaev from Nikolaos. One name can create many interesting surnames.

Roman roots

The names of this people are known not only in Russia, they are worn by women and men all over the world. Among them are: Natalya, Christina, Valentina, Ulyana, Victoria, Inna, Antonina, Rosa, Marina, Valeria, Dina, Yulia, Karina, Victor, Pavel, Maxim, Sergey.

Incredibly beautiful, but rare names: Lana, Pavla, Venus, Carolina, Stella, Lolita, Tina, Aurora, Vitalina.

Jewish names

And in Russia you can meet girls and boys with the names Marta, Evelina, Elizaveta, Maria, Anna, Zhanna, Yana, Rimma. Less common are Leah, Edita, Ada, Seraphima, Amalia, Suzanne, David, Daniel, Elizar, Ilya, Maximilian, Mikhail, Savely, Thomas.

The tradition of choosing a name

Like all ancient peoples, the Slavs believed that a person’s name determines his further fate. Children were given good names because they believed that they would bring joy, love and a certain meaning into their lives.

The choice was a certain ritual with its own rules and characteristics. In the modern world, parents choose cool first and last names for girls and boys based on the principle: what they like in sound and what goes with the child’s middle name.

Sometimes children are called funny names. They associate them with celebrities or relatives.

When choosing a name for a child, you should remember that its rough sound will indicate insolence, and its soft sound will indicate tenderness and sensitivity.

Recently, it has become common to call a baby a vintage Orthodox names. These are people like Zlata, Yarina, Milana, Lyubomira, Milena.

For the convenience of the reader, the information is collected in a table.

Cool first and last names for boys

There are many more beautiful male names than female ones, so expectant mothers sometimes have a hard time making right choice. First of all, you should seriously think about the fact that the name will be with the child all his life. The coolest first and last name should be within reason and not bring discomfort to the child when he grows up.

Some mothers later pregnancy read aloud a list of names. Whichever one the baby responds to with a push in the tummy is what you should choose.

Among the beautiful male names we can highlight: Alexander, Andrey, Bogdan, Savely, Zakhar, Ilya, Nikita, Matvey, Grigory, Ivan, Konstantin, Dmitry, Sergey, Timur, Timofey, Vladimir, Nikolay, Miron, Maxim, Alexey, Anton, Roman .

What are children called abroad?

Cool english names and surnames also have a place. In England and the USA they can consist of two words, without the patronymic we are used to. In addition, in these countries names are divided into official and everyday names. Sometimes relatives and friends may not even be aware of the existence of an additional part that is used only in documents.

Popular American names: William, Daniel, Jackson, Joseph, Mason, Noah, Michael, Benjamin, Aiden, David.

Popular nicknames on social networks

Modern youth spend a lot of time online, and it’s no secret that everyone wants to stand out with something unusual. Cool first and last names for boys are not as important here as nicknames. Among the unusual ones we can highlight: VERY ALIEN, Doctor Chokopai, Klaviaturovich, LOrik, ~pro100y~.

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Today there is a huge selection of popular names and nicknames, so everyone can stand out from the crowd and be original. Look for the best for yourself and your child, choose beautiful names and come up with unusual nicknames with us.