![]() Russian middle names are patronymics ( son of) which were originally used as families. Pseudo-slavonic, created by Vasily Zhukovsky Pauline (same pronounce but another meaning) Since most of the current names are of foreign origin, it's fine to Anglicize some names that have a common English spelling which sounds similar to the Russian one.Ĭonstructed from Lenin, gallicized form of Nina Here's a list of most common modern (1800s) and older notable Russian given names. Even some rarely used names and/or adaptations were used and they survived in family names. But creating surnames after the Calendar was not an uncommon practice as well. ![]() In the late 1700s, the ordinary people were given some artificial surnames that reflected the place of their birth, their profession, appearance, social status etc. Only the noble people were addressed to by applying the patronymic form, and only the noble ones were using surnames – usually, boyars who were named after their udel. Most Russians did not have any other name than given name they were usually known as Pashka, son of Ivashka the ka suffix meant the low social status. ![]() These names were not reused until the historical works of the 1800s that re-introduced them to the public. Thus, the real Slavic names were treated as pagan and are really rare since then. These names were forced into use over Old Slavonic (mostly with slav ending which means Slava, glory, and mysl ending for thought) and Varangian names by the Russian Orthodox Church somewhere around the rule of Tsar Ioann IV the priests would not allow any name not in the Calendar to be registered. The origin of most modern given Russian names lies in Calendar of Saints that mentions various names from Biblical sources, translated/transcribed/transliterated and adopted from Greek, Latin and Hebrew, on a daily basis.
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