Old Believer female names. How to choose an old Slavic name for a boy? History and meaning, as well as recommendations for parents

Psychologists say that a person's name is not just a set of alternating sounds, but a kind of unique personality code. Hearing the name for the first time, the brain of a newborn baby on a subconscious level begins to adapt to it, forming certain character traits.

AT Soviet times the diversity of names was not honored, so the inhabitants of cities and villages were almost without exception called Sergeys, Marias, Valentins, Ivans, Alekseys, etc. As a result, the main mass of people who had similar characteristics and lived similar lives became impersonal.

At the end of the 20th and the beginning of our century, there was a change of priorities and there was a tendency to give children rare and long forgotten names. They even began to produce special collections - names that help young parents choose a beautiful name for their heir. And although some mothers and fathers prefer their son or daughter to be called a “foreign” name like Angelina or Harry, the majority still turns to the origins and chooses old Russian names.

Days long past...

Before the introduction of Christianity in Russia, original names were used, which in essence were nicknames given for one reason or another. Often they were assigned to men and women according to outward signs- height, physique, manner of speaking, character traits or time of birth.

To protect against evil spirits and unkind people, there was a system of double names. The first was given to the child at birth and most often did not sound very attractive - Dislike, Nekras, Malice, Kriv, but this was precisely what should have scared away evil forces from him.

The second name was called already in adolescence, given the character traits that have already manifested themselves in a boy or girl. These names can generally be classified into the following groups:

1. In order of birth into the world in the family - Pervusha, Vtorak, Tretiak, Osmusha and others.
2. According to the main qualities of character - Smeyan, Stoyan, Torop, Kras, Zorko, etc.
3. Names reflecting the world of plants or animals - Wolf, Falcon, Oak, Pike, Nut and others.
4. By physique - Vyshata, Davila, Mal, etc.
5. Nicknames of pagan deities - Lada, Yarila, etc.

But the vast majority of Old Slavonic names were two-basic, that is, formed from two roots. Most often, “glory”, “wise”, “yar”, “holy”, “regiment”, “rad” and others were used: Milorad, Mstislav, Luchemir, Yaropolk, Svyatoslav. To form a diminutive form, the second part was cut off from the full name and the suffixes "neg", "tka", "sha", "yata", "nya" were added, for example, Dobrynya, Yarilka, Miloneg, Putyata, Svyatosha.

Old Slavonic male names

Male pagan names our ancestors came up with especially carefully. After all, boys have always been more desirable than girls as carriers of strength and wisdom, continuers of the clan, defenders of their people. At the same time, the following rules and prohibitions were strictly observed:

1. The child was not given the name of his father: it was believed that this doubled not only the merits, but also the shortcomings, which was unacceptable.
2. It is impossible for two people in the same family to have the same name, since one of them was soon to die.
3. It was not necessary to use the names of drowned people, dead children, as well as feeble-minded, crippled, robbers, drunkards, because negative qualities could be passed on to the baby.

There was also such an interesting ritual. If, after birth, the child did not show signs of life and did not cry for a long time, they began to call him various names. What he reacted to became his own.

The list of forgotten names is very extensive. Some ancient Slavic names, especially men's, may seem pretentious and strange in our time. However, among them there are many that can be successfully used in the modern world.

• Agnes - fiery, light;

• Bayan - the keeper of antiquity;
• Berislav - taking glory;
• Theologian - the one who knows the gods;
• Bogodiy - pleasing to the gods;
• Bogumil - dear to God;
• Boeslav - victorious in battles;
• Bratislav - brother of glory;
• Budimil - be nice;
• Bueslav - stork;
• Belogor - from the white mountains;
• Beloyar - furious;

• Vadimir is the leader of the world;
• Vsemil - dear to everyone;
• Vyacheslav - glorifying advice;
• Volodar - giving will;
• Gradimir - looking at the world;
• Gorisvet - high light;
• Dobrynya - kind;
• Acts - active;
• Dan - above given;
• Daromir - giving peace;
• Daromysl - thinking;

• Zhdanimir - the expected world;
• Zhdan - long-awaited;
• Desirable - desired;
• Dawn - rising light;
• Zvenimir - calling for peace;
• Zdanimir is the creator of the world;
• Idan - going;
• Ivar - the tree of life;
• Istislav - glorifying the truth;

• Krasibor - chosen from the beautiful;
• Kudeyar - a magician;
• Ladislav - glorifying beauty;
• Lyudimir - bringing peace to people;
• Luborad - pleasing with love;
• Lyuboyar - loving Yarila;
• We love - beloved;
• Lubodrone - dear;
• Lubogost - hospitable;
• Milan - cute;
• Young - young;
• Peaceful - loving peace;
• Moguta - powerful;
• Mirodar - giving peace;

• Negomir - gentle and peaceful;
• Found - found;
• Witty - sharp-minded;
• Otcheslav - glory to the father;
• Peresvet - bright;
• Raday - joyful;
• Ratibor - the chosen warrior;

• Svyatomir - holy world;
• Svyatovik - light;
• Saint is a warrior;
• Die - appeasement;
• Hvalimir - glorify the world;
• Chestimir - the honor of the world;
• Yaromil - cute;
• Yanislav is glorious.

With the introduction of Christianity, Old Slavonic names were replaced by Greek, Roman, Jewish and Arabic ones, and some even found themselves under the strictest ban. True, later individual names, for example, Yaroslav, Vladimir, Mstislav, were included in the Orthodox name book thanks to the Holy Vladimir, Yaroslav the Wise or Mstislav the Great who glorified them.

Features of female Slavic names

Like male, the main female Slavic names were not given from birth. They were often replaced with distracting nicknames, or they simply said “child”, “child”, “girl”, “smaller”. Over the years, having discovered in her daughter a craving for some kind of craft or seeing in her special features character, her parents prepared her for the ceremony of obtaining a new permanent name.

According to customs, the ceremony was held at the temple - an ancient Slavic sanctuary near the statues pagan gods. At first, the girl was bathed in water, washing away the old baby name, and then the Magi solemnly called her new.

This usually happened when the girl was 16 years old. However, there were exceptions. For example, for girls from princely families, the ceremony was performed at the age of 12, and for babies, who from childhood were destined to become witches or priestesses, at 9.

Old Russian female names have a special melody and beauty. Therefore, many of them can be used in our time, naming their beloved daughters.

• Agnia - fiery, enlightened;

• Bela - white, clean;
• Bazhena - desired;
• Bayana is a storyteller;
• Beloslav - glorifying purity;
• Snow White - pure, white;
• Belyan - enlightened;
• Goddess - kind;
• Bogdana - given by God;
• Bogolyuba - loving the gods;
• Bogumila - dear to God;
• Boguslav - glorifying God;
• Borimira - fighting for peace;
• Boyana - fighting, courageous;
• Bratislava - taking glory;
• Bronislava is a glorious protector;

• Verna - faithful;
• Vedana - knowing;
• Velena, Velina - imperative;
• Velizhana - polite;
• Wenceslas - crowned with glory;
• Veselina - cheerful;
• Vesnyan - spring;
• Vlad - okay;
• Vladislav - owning fame;
• Power - domineering;
• Sovereign - ruler;
• Vojislava - conquering glory;
• Vratislav - returning glory;
• Vsemila - dear to everyone;
• All-nezha - tender to everyone;
• High - high;
• Vyacheslav - the most glorious;

• Gala - spiritual;
• Galina - feminine, earthly;
• Dove - tender;
• Much - capable;

• Darena - donated;
• Daryana - courageous;
• Dobrovlada - possessing kindness;
• Dobroslav - glorifying kindness;
• Guess - quick-witted;
• Dolyana - lucky;
• Domna - homely, economic;
• Dragana - precious;
• Dushan - sincere;

• Zhdana - waiting;
• Desirable - desired;

• Fun is a comforter;
• Zadora - fervent;
• Zbigniew - restraining anger;
• Zvezdana - born under the stars;
• Zlatoyara - strong as the sun;
• Zoreslava - glorious beauty;

• Election - chosen;

• Irina - ascended;

• Karina - brown-eyed;
• Beauty is beautiful;

• Lada - dear;
• Lagoda - sincere;
• Lebedyan - slender;
• Luchesara - radiant;
• Love is love, darling;
• Ljubodara - giving love;
• Lyudmila - dear to people, humane;

• Matryona - mature;
• Milada - dear to the goddess Lada;
• Milana - sweetheart;
• Militsa - sweet on the face;
• Milolika - sweet face;
• Milonega - sweet and gentle;
• Milorada - sweetheart with joy;
• Mironega - peaceful, gentle;
• Mlada - young, fine;

• Hope is hope;
• Nenaglyadya - beloved;
• Ogneslav - glorifying Fire;
• Olesya - forest;
• Olela - beloved;
• Polelya - loving;
• Poleva - field;
• Polina - balanced;
• Beautiful - beautiful;
• Charm - lovely;
• Suitability - comely;
• Radmila - caring and sweet;
• Radoslav - glorifying joy;
• Rogneda - abundant;
• Rosana - clean, fresh;
• Ruzhena - pink;
• Blush - ruddy;
• Rusava - fair-haired;

• Svetana - light;
• Svetolika - enlightened;
• Svetoyara - sunny;
• Sineoka - blue-eyed;
• Siyana - shining;
• Slavia - glorious;
• Smeyana - laughing;
• Humble - meek;
• Snezhana - white-haired;
• Stanislav - constantly glorious;
• Stojana - very courageous;

• Delight - delighting;
• Tsvetana - blooming, tender;
• Charusha - generous;
• Chernava - swarthy;
• Cheslava - glorious honor;
• Generous - generous;
• Jadwiga - nurse;
• Yana - courageous;
• Yarolika - sun-faced;
• Jaromira - bright and peaceful;
• Yaroslav - glorifying Yarila-sun.

Our ancestors attached special importance to names. Ancient people believed that the sounds of which they are composed have magical power received from the gods and mother nature herself. Old Slavonic names are a huge layer of our history and culture, which modern parents are increasingly turning to, hoping to find the most beautiful name for their beloved baby.

Alphabetical lists of the names of saints mentioned in modern calendars (monthly books) of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church:

1) "Orthodox Old Believer Church Calendar for 2017",

publication of the Metropolis of Moscow and All Russia of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, Rogozhsky settlement, 29),

cm. male names (A to K) male names (L to Z) female names (A to Z)

2) "Orthodox Old Believer Church Calendar for 2016",

co setter and editor-publisher Bishop Zosima Donskoy and Caucasian (Rostov-on-Don),

Alphabetical list of the names of saints from the calendar of the Russian Old Orthodox Church:

source documents - "Old Orthodox Church Calendar" (for 2009 and 2017), andbuilder of the Old Orthodox Patriarchy of Moscow and All Russia (Moscow, Novokuznetskaya st., 38),

Months of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church can be found, for example, on the site "Old Believers Mari Region"(http://maristarover.ru/), see link.

Months of the Old Orthodox Pomeranian Church(prepared by the Riga Pomor Epiphany Old Believer Community and the Union of Old Believer Parishes of Estonia, published annually on the Starover Pomorets website, Riga, http://starover-pomorec.eu/, see Monthly Book for 2016, Monthly Book for 2017

http://www.endzeli-starover.com/Monthly Angel Pomeranian Old Believer community (Old Orthodox Pomeranian Church of Latvia)

Which is correct: Old Believer or Old Believer? FROM Taroverians about themselves (sociolinguistic aspect).// The article was published in the journal "Vestnik RUDN", series "Theory of language. Semiotics. Semantics", 2012, No. 3, pp. 96-104 // Author N.V. Ivanova, Department of Russian Studies and Slavic Studies, Daugavpils University (Latvia) // An analysis of various points of view on the Old Believers is presented: official, recorded in the dictionaries of the Russian language; points of view of representatives of other faiths; viewsOld Believers on themselves, .

On the names of the Old Believers of the Urals and Siberia, as well as the descendants of immigrants to Canada and the USA.Many naming traditions were in Soviet years"carved with an ax" almost literally. A large array of names has moved into the category of " rare names”, and many Russian names are almost completely out of use. It turned out to be possible to search for the lost among the Old Believers of the Urals and Siberia, as well as among the descendants of immigrants to Canada and the USA - Russian Old Believers, Dukhobors (Doukhobors) and Molokans, who managed to preserve the heritage of their ancestors, adapting it to modern realities. We offer you an article by the famous linguist Nikitina Serafima Evgenievna “On the proper name in Russian confessional groups” (published in 2004) - be sure to learn something new for yourself! .

This link is the site of Russian Doukhobors in Canada "Dukhobor Genealogy Website": http://www.doukhobor.org/ (in the Doukhobor Names section you will find interesting material on the topic, and in particular, 1. Russian Male Names Among the Doukhobors, 2. Russian Female Names Among the Doukhobors , 3. English-Russian Name Cross-Index , 4. Russian-English Name Cross-Index , 5. Guide to Doukhobor Names & Naming Practices).

Names of the Old Believers of the Ural Cossack Host

The article "Namebook of the Old Believers-Priests of the Land of the Ural Cossack Army" was published in the journal "Onomastics Issues" (2009, No. 7, pp. 81-99, author Nazarov Alois Ilyich; journal website http://www.onomastics.ru/). The article presents the name of the Old Believers-priests of the land of the Ural Cossack army, extracted from several parish registers (1832-1837, 1841) of the Old Believer chapel in the city of Uralsk. Lists of male and female names of the Old Believers of the Ural Cossack army and the Orthodox of Petropavlovsk are given. Read here: abstract, article text.

The name of the Old Believer community on the territory of the Miory district of the Vitebsk region.

Iset Old Believer Names in Modern Linguistic Consciousness: Structure, Semantics, Pragmatics (Based on the First All-Russian Census of 1897). Kuznetsova Yanina Leonidovna. Abstract of the dissertation for the degree of candidate of philological sciences. Specialty 10.02.19 - the theory of language. The work was done at the Tyumen State University (Department of General Linguistics), Tyumen, 2006, .

Female anthroponymicon of the Old Believers of the Iset volost late XIX century. Author Kuznetsova Yanina Leonidovna. Published in the collection "Bulletin of the Tyumen state university. Socio-economic and legal research", Issue No. 7 / 2006, pp. 138-141, .

The structure and content of the holy calendar of the Old Believers of the Fedoseevsky consent. Author Alla Kamalova (Warmian-Mazury University, Olsztyn, Poland). Published in the collection "Orthodoxy in the Slavic world: history, culture, language", pp. 95-113. Publisher: Centrum badań europy wschodniej Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie, Olsztyn 2014. ISBN 978-83-61605-30-0. Electronic version of the article (pdf, 10 Mb) .

Anthroponymic space of the village of Verkhniy Uymon, Ust-Koksinsky district of the Altai Republic (on the example of proper names). The authorsT.N. Nikonova, L.I. Tolstykh, N.A. Kulikov. Published in the monograph "Communicative culture of the Old Believers Gorny Altai", pp. 138-141. Editorial and Publishing Department of the Gorno-Altai State University, 2014, 104 p. ISBN 978-5-91425-109-0, .

Grandfather Stepan, Martyan and Mamelfa, or Russian Old Believers in Bolivia / Full director's version of Sergei Yastrzhembsky's film "Grandfather Stepan, Martyan and Mamelfa, or Russian Old Believers in Bolivia", filmed in 2012 in Bolivia. Shown in 2013 on the channel "My Planet". The film is preceded by a conversation with Archpriest Leonty Pimenov (Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church). Watch on YouTube, time43 min. 25 sec. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMdgqMg5X28. Interview with S. Yastrzhembsky about this film -.

Russian Old Believers in Uruguay.According to Jewish law, a circumcision ceremony was performed on the baby on the eighth day after birth, while the baby was given a name. This rite was also performed on the incarnated "from the Holy Spirit and Mary the Virgin" incarnated Son of God, and He was called the name Jesus, which means Savior. The Lord, the Creator of the law, having performed the rite of circumcision, showed us an example of how to fulfill the Divine decrees. At the same time, the Lord accepted circumcision so that later no one could doubt that He was a true Man, i.e. truly embodied, and not ghostly, as some heretics taught. In the New Testament, the rite of circumcision gave way to the sacrament of Baptism. // From the ROCC calendar for January 14 (January 1, old style)

The split of the church in Russia occurred in the middle XVII century when, on the initiative of Patriarch Nikon, a church reform in order to bring Russian religious rites into line with Greek Orthodox traditions. But not everyone accepted the innovations, which gave rise to the Old Believers. The Old Believers still live according to their own laws, in particular, they name their children in a special way.

How were the Old Believers given names?

In the article “On Proper Names in Russian Confessional Groups”, Doctor of Philology, Chief Researcher of the Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR / RAS Nikitina notes: The basis of all local names are the Old Believer saints.

So, the names were given strictly according to the calendar: for boys during the first eight days, for girls - within eight days before or after the date of birth. Therefore, many Old Believers bore rare and almost forgotten names in our time, for example: Macarius, Procopius, Savvaty, Fevrusa, Ulita, Yermil, Glykeria, Kallistrat, Kornil, Sekletinya, Hermogenes, Fotinya. At the same time, in one family there could be several children with the same names - this was not forbidden.

Canonical and non-canonical forms

Ethnographer A.I. Nazarov in his work “Namebook of the Old Believers-Priests of the Land of the Ural Cossack Army” draws attention to the fact that both canonical and non-canonical spellings of individual names are found in the metric books of Old Believer settlements. The latter, for example, include such as Aftan, Anton, Gavrila, Efimy, Mikhaila, Stepan, Foky; Nastasya, Anisya, Daria, Arina, Ustina.

“Some names in the metric book for 1833 were found only in non-canonical form,” the researcher reports, “for example, male names Avinaliy, Anisim, Anufry, Arefiy, Cyril (Cyril), female names Alimpiada (Elimpiyada), Uliyana (Ulyana), Uliya (Ulyaniya). They correspond to the canonical forms Uvenaliy, Onesimus, Onufry, Aretha, Cyril; Olympias, Juliana, Juliana.

Interestingly, according to the canons of the Old Believers, the name Nikolai is found only in the form of Nikola, which existed before the so-called book right in the second half of the 17th century. According to sources, Archpriest Avvakum said about this: “Nicholas was among the Germans, and under the apostles there was a heretic, and there is no Nicholas anywhere among the saints.”

How have traditions changed?

According to S.E. Nikitina, although common names were often found in the Old Believer environment - Ivan, Maria, Peter, Anna, Vasily, Tatyana, Pavel, Natalya, along with them less common ones were also used - Savely, Evdokia, Karp, Efrosinya, Savvaty, Praskovya, Ulyana, Matryona, Pelageya, Akulina, Fedor, Mavra. Moreover, this happened already in the post-revolutionary period, as evidenced by the documentation stored in the village councils of some Old Believer villages in the Urals and Siberia.

Sometimes young people changed their names without permission: for example, Fedora became Faina, Akulina - Lina, Pelageya - Polina, Fotinya - Svetlana (translated from Greek). Adherents of the old faith condemned such behavior: “You can’t change the name for no reason: it is given according to the book (that is, according to the calendar) and has been tested for centuries.”

Only in the 60s of the twentieth century, the Old Believers began to call their children by more traditional names for us, although also available in the calendar - Andrei, Sergey, Anatoly, Ekaterina, Valentina, Galina.

Today, “Old Believer” names are found mainly among people from the Urals and Siberia, as well as among the descendants of the Old Believers who emigrated to the West after the revolution. Moreover, S.E. Nikitina notes: “The Old Believer names of the Old Believers in America are also striking in their unusualness. Here, for example, male names: Abraham, Onufry, Lavren, Nestor, Cyprian - they do not form diminutives. Such female names as Minadora, Feoktista also do not have diminutive forms. Those who have them do not always coincide with those familiar to us: Praskovya - Pan, Clement - Mitka, Evdokia - Kay (from the variant of Evdokey), Fetinya - Fet. AT recent times“American” names appear as diminutives: Sam (from Samuil), Sally (from Salome, the Russian version is Solonka), etc. ”

Old Russian and Slavic names in Russia, today

The main array of modern Russian names are the names of saints contained in Orthodox church calendars("saints"). Sometimes such names are called "calendar". By origin, they are all very different: ancient Greek, ancient Roman (Latin), Hebrew, Assyrian, ancient Egyptian, ancient Germanic, Scandinavian, Arabic. But over hundreds of years, these names have undergone complete assimilation in the Russian language environment and acquired completely Russian sound and form. Who's to say that Ivan or Marya are not Russian names?

As for the huge number of ancient Russian and Slavic names, only 20 names have survived to our time:Boris, Vera, Vladimir, Vladislav, Vsevolod, Vyacheslav, Izyaslav, Lyubov, Lyudmila, Militsa, Mstislav, Nadezhda, Rostislav, Svyatoslav, Yaropolk, Yaroslav, as well as Gleb, Igor, Olga and Oleg, who appeared in Russia along with the Varangians. And it should be noted that the named names were preserved only due to the fact that somehow miraculously got into Orthodox saints.

In recent years, interest in the names of our distant ancestors has grown and continues to grow (this is noted by registry offices throughout the country). Everything more newborns receive the names of Vlad, Darina, Miroslav, Milan, Stanislav, Jaromir, etc. We bring to your attention a list of the most attractive (euphonious and modern-looking) male and female common Slavic names.

List of male names (Old Russian-Varangian-Slavic):

• Bazhen (desired child, rootbag-; bug- wish)
• Bogdan, DanGod-given),
• Bogumil (dear to God; God loves him),
• Boguslav (born to the glory of God; praising God),
• Boleslav (more fame, more glorious),
• Boris, Borislavfight, fight + glory),
• Bronislav (defend, protect + glory),
• Budimir (will be, will come + peace),
• Velimir, Velislavveli = great, big),
• Wenceslas (crown = more, more),
• Vlad,
• Vladimir,
• Vladislav,
• Vojislav (fight for glory),
• Vratislav (return, return + glory),
• Vsevolod,
• Vseslav,
• Vysheslav, Vyacheslavhigher, higher, crown- synonyms, meaning more, more),
• Gleb (Varangian name),
• Gostislav (guest = guest: nice guest),
• Gradislav (),
• Gremislav,
• Goodwill (good thoughts),
• Dobroslav (good fame),
• Dobrynya (kind, good person),
• Dragoslav,
• Zhdan (the one who was waiting; long awaited),
• Zvenislav,
• Zlatoslav,
• Igor (Varangian name),
• Izyaslav (seize- take: “take the glory”, “take the glory”),
• Casimir (kaz, tell= show, instruct, preach + peace),
• Ladimir, Ladislav (wordfretmeans harmony, harmony, beauty),
• love (Darling), Lubomir (loves the world),
• Mechislav (sword, i.e. weapon + glory),
• Milan, Milen, Milorad, Miloslav, Milos,
• Miroslav,
• Mstislav (place= revenge, revenge on enemies + glory),
• Nechay (did not expect, did not wait),
• Oleg (Varangian name),
• Radan, Radim, Radmir, Radovan, Radoslav,
• Ratibor (army- army, war,boron- fight, fight
• Ratmir,
• Rostislav (increase, multiply + glory),
• Rurik (Varangian name),
• Svyatopolk, Svyatoslav and Svetoslav (“holiness” and “light” are synonyms, in reality this is one name),
• Stanimir (there will be peace, there will be peace),
• Stanislav (become glorious, become glorious),
• Stoyan,
• Sudislav (court+ glory),
• Tverdoslav, Tverdislav,
• Tvorimir,
• Tikhomir,
• Cheslav (honor, honor + glory),
• Jaromir, Yaropolk, Yaroslav (yar, yar =Spring;ardent =red, hot, hot, furious)

Notes:

one). All the above Old Russian-Varangian-Slavic names (from Bazhen to Yaroslav) really existed, and this is confirmed by historical documents (see the works of Moroshkin M.Ya. and Tupikov N.M.). And the name Ruslan, for example, only seems to be Slavic and ancient, in fact it has oriental origin and age not exceeding 200 years.

2). Elementglory, glorymeans not only "glory" (as evidence of honor and respect), but also "to be called, named, reputed, to be known."

3). Rootglad-in Slavic names like Radoslav and Milorad means not onlyrejoice, but alsoplease(that is, to bake, care for, contribute).

four). For our ancestors, the names Svyatoslav and Svetoslav were identical, since the wordslightandholiness, light colouredandSt

5). Patronymics from Slavic names are formed as a short form - Yaroslavich, Yaroslavna; Dobrynich, Dobrynichna; Svyatoslavich, Svyatoslavna, and "long" - Stanislavovich, Stanislavovna, Mstislavovich, Mstislavovna.

6). NamesBoris, Vladimir, Vladislav, Vsevolod, Vyacheslav, Gleb, Igor, Izyaslav, Mstislav, Oleg, Rostislav, Svyatoslav, Yaropolk, Yaroslav are the names of Orthodox saints, therefore they can be both passport and godparents. If you want to name the boy any other name from the above list (Velemir, Dobrynya, Zhdan, Ratmir, Stanislav, Jaromir, etc.), then keep in mind that for baptism you will need to prepare another name - “calendar” ( that is, contained in the Orthodox "saints").

List of female names (Old Russian-Varangian-Slavic):

• Bazhen (desired, desired child, frombash, bash- wish)
• Bela (i.e.white),
• Beloslav (white and glorious),
• Bogdana, Danagiven by God),
• Bogumila (dear to God; God loves her),
• Boguslav (born to the glory of God; praising God),
• Bozena (God's; given by God; belongs to God),
• Boleslav (more glory, more glorious),
• Borislav (fight, fight + glory),
• Bronislava (defend, protect + glory),
• Wanda (value unknown),
• Velislav (veli = great, big),
• Wenceslas (crown = more, more),
• Vlada (having power, domineering), Vladimir, Vladislav (having glory, having glory),
• Power, Power,
• Vojislava (fight for glory),
• Vratislav (return, return + glory),
• Vsemila (everyone dear),
• Vseslav,
• Vysheslav (abovemeans more, more)
• Gostislava (guest = guest),
• Gradislava (grad = city, castle, fortress),
• Darina (from the wordgift, gift),
• Dobrava (from the wordgood),
• Dobromila,
• Dobronega (kindness + tenderness, gentleness),
• Dobroslav,
• Dragomira,
• Dragoslava,
• Zhdana (the one you were waiting for; long awaited),
• Zvenislav,
• Zlata, Zlatoslava,
• Willow (name of a tree, shrub),
• Inga (mistress, Varangian name),
• Casimir (kaz, tell= show, tell)
• Kalina (name of a tree, shrub),
• Ladislava (wordfretmeansconcord, harmony, beauty),
• Lyubava,
• Lubomir,
• Ludmila,
• Raspberries (named berries),
• Mechislava (sword, i.e. weapons +glory),
• Mila, Milava, Milana, Milena, Milica,
• Milolika,
• Miloslava,
• Mira, Miroslava,
• Mlada, Mladena,
• Mstislav (revenge, revenge on enemies + glory),
• Hope,
• Nejdana (came unexpectedly),
• Olga (from the VarangianHelga),
• Predslava (ahead + glory),
• beautiful,
• Pribyslav (arrive, increase, multiply + fame),
• Glad (see also Ariadne),
• Radmila,
• Radoslav,
• Rogneda (from the VarangianRagnhild - advice before the battle),
• Rostislav (increase, multiply + fame),
• Ruzhena (rose flower- flower),
• Sbyslava (come true + glory),
• Svyatoslav and Svetoslav (“holiness” and “light” are synonyms, in reality this is one name),
• Severina (from the wordnorth, but also from the Christian male name Severin),
• Glory,
• Slavomir,
• Stanislav,
• Sudislava (judgment + glory),
• Tverdislav, Tverdoslav,
• Tsvetana (blooming, flower),
• Cheslava (honor + glory),
• Yara (yar, yaro = spring; spring, hot),
• Yarmila (hot, ardent + sweet, beloved),
• Jaromira (yar + world \u003d ardent and hot, but peaceful, peaceful),
• Yaroslav (yar, yaro = spring; ardent = red, hot, hot, furious)

Notes:

one). All the above Old Russian-Varangian-Slavic names (from Bazhena to Yaroslav) really existed, and this is confirmed by historical documents (see the works of Moroshkin M.Ya. and Tupikov N.M. And such names as Lada, Ruslana, Svetlana and Snezhana only seem ancient, in fact, these are "artificial" names with an age not exceeding 150-200 years.

2). Regarding the elementglory, glory, then it means not only "glory" (as evidence of universal respect), but also "to be called, named, reputed, to be known."

3). RootGlad-in Slavic names like Radmila, Radoslava means not onlyrejoice, but alsoplease(i.e. to bake, care for, contribute to); rootPower-meanshomeland, fatherland.

four). Our ancestors had the same names Svyatoslav and Svetoslav, since the wordslightandholiness, light colouredandStexpress the same meaning - "pure, unstained."

5). NamesFaith, Love, Lyudmila, Militsa, Nadezhda, Olga are the names of Orthodox saints, so they can be both passport and godparents. If you want to name the girl any other name from the above list (Bozhena, Vlasta, Zlata, Inga, Miroslava, Radmila, Yaroslava, etc.), then keep in mind that for baptism you need to prepare one more name - “calendar” (that is, contained in the Orthodox "saints").

For other materials on this topic, see the section

The name determines the fate of a person. This is the key to his inner self. after all, it was not without reason that in Russia a person had two names, one - false, for everyone, and the other - secret, only for the person himself and his very close people. This tradition existed as a protection against unkind spirits and unkind people. Often the first Slavic name was deliberately unattractive (crooked, nekras, malice), for even greater protection from the unkind. After all, without having the key to the essence of man, it is much more difficult to do evil.
. The ceremony of the second naming was carried out in adolescence, when the main character traits were formed. The name was given based on these traits.

Slavic names abounded in their diversity, there were groups of names:

1 names from animal and flora(pike, ruff, hare, wolf, eagle, walnut, borscht).
2 names in order of birth (first, second, Tretyak).
3 names of gods and goddesses (lada, Yarilo).
4 names by human qualities(brave, Stoyan).
5 and the main group of names - two-basic (Svyatoslav, Dobrynya, Tikhomir, Ratibor, Yaropolk, Gostomysl, Velimudr, Vsevolod, Bogdan, Dobrogneva, Lyubomila, Miroljub, Svetozar) and their derivatives (Svyatosha, Dobrynya, tishilo, Ratisha, Putyata, Yarilka, Miloneg.
From the listed names, it is easy to trace the process of creating a derivative name: the second part is cut off from the two-base one and a suffix or ending is added (-neg, -lo, - that, - tka, - sha, - yata, -nya, - ka.

Example: Svyatoslav: holy sha = saint.

Of course, the names of people carry a significant part of the culture and traditions of the whole people. In Russia, with the advent of Christianity, Slavic names almost completely fell into oblivion. Lists of Slavic names banned by the church existed. Why this happened is not difficult to guess. One part of the names (lada, Yarilo) were the names of the Slavic gods, the owners of the second part were people who, even after the Christianization of Russia, tried to restore the cult and traditions (magicians, heroes. Today in Russia only 5% of children are called Slavic names, which certainly impoverishes and so meager Slavic culture.
People are losing their understanding of truly Russian names. The following not rare situation can serve as an example: the girl was named Gorislava. Neighbors wondering unusual name they say: "Couldn't have called anything In Russian Ira or Katya".

List of Slavic names.

Bazhen is a desired child, desired.
The names have the same meaning: Bazhai, Bazhan. Surnames arose from these names: Bazhanov, Bazhenov, Bazhutin.
Bazhen is a female form named after Bazhen.
Beloslav - from white - white, turn white and glory - praise.
Abbreviated names: belyay, belyan. Surnames arose from these names: Belov, Belyshev, Belyaev.
Beloslava is the female form named after Beloslav.
Short name: belyana.
Berimir - caring about the world.
Berislav - taking glory, taking care of glory.
Berislav is a female form named after Berislav.
Blessing - glorifying kindness.
Slavic names - 5 Blagoslav - the female form of the name Blagoslav.
Abbreviated names: blessings, blessings, blessings.
Fornication - dissolute, unprofitable.
One of the "Negative" names. From this name arose a surname: fornication. Historical figure: fornication - governor Yaropolk Svyatoslavich.
Bogdan is a child given by God.
The name has the same meaning: Bozhko. Surnames arose from these names: Bogdanin, Bogdanov, Bogdashkin, gods.
Bogdana is the female form of the name Bogdan.
Short name: Goddess.
Bogolyub - loving God.
From this name arose the surname: Bogolyubov.
Bogomil - dear to God.
The name has the same meaning: Bogumil.
Bozidar - gifted by God.
Bozhidara is a female form named after Bozhidar.
Boleslav - famous.
Historical figure: Boleslav I - Polish king.
Boleslav is the female form named after Boleslav.
Borimir is a fighter for peace, a peacemaker.
Borislav is a fighter for glory.
Abbreviated names: Boris, Borya. Surnames arose from these names: Borin, Boriskin, Borisov, Borisikhin, Borichev, Borishchev. Historical personality: Boris Vseslavich of Polotsk - the prince of Polotsk, the ancestor of the Drutsk princes.
Borislav is a female form named after Borislav.
Borsch is one of the personalized names of the plant world.
In the literal translation: borscht - tops of plants. From this name came the surname Borshchev.
Boyan is a storyteller.
The name was formed from the verb: bayat - speak, tell, sing. The names have the same meaning: Bayan, button accordion. From these names came the surname: Bayanov. Legendary personality: songwriter - Boyan.
Boyana is the female form named after Boyan.
Bratislav - from brothers - to fight and glory - to praise.
Bratislava is the female form named after Bratislava.
Bronislav is a defender of glory, protecting glory.
The name has the same meaning: Branislav. Short name: Armor.
Bronislava is the female form named after Bronislav.
Bryachislav - from bryachi - to rattle and glory - to praise.
Historical personality: Bryachislav Izyaslavich - Prince of Polotsk.
Budimir is a peacemaker.
Surnames came from this name: Budilov, Budischev.
Velimir is a big world.
Velimira is a female form named after Velimir.
Velimudr - knowledgeable.
Velislav - great glory, the most glorious.
Velislav is a female form named after Velislav.
Abbreviated names: Velika, Velika, Velika.
Wenceslas - dedicated to glory, crowned with glory.
Wenceslas is the female form named after Wenceslas.
Faith - Faith, faithful.
Veselin - cheerful, cheerful.
Vesselina is a female form named after Veselin.
The name has the same meaning: cheerful.
Vladimir is the owner of the world.
The name has the same meaning: Volodimer. Surnames came from this name: Vladimirov, Vladimirsky, Volodimerov, Volodin, Volodichev. Historical personality: Vladimir I Svyatoslavich the red sun - Prince of Novgorod, Grand Duke Kyiv.
Vladimir is the female form named after Vladimir.
Vladislav - possessing glory.
The name has the same meaning: Volodislav. Short name: Vlad. Historical personality: Volodislav - the son of Igor Rurikovich.
Vladislava is the female form named after Vladislav.
Short name: Vlad.
Vojislav is a glorious warrior.
Abbreviated names: voilo, warrior. Surnames came from these names: Voeikov, warriors, warriors. Historical personality: warrior Vasilievich - from the family of Yaroslavl princes.
Vojislava is a female form named after Vojislav.
The wolf is one of the personified names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: wolves.
Raven is one of the personified names of the animal world.
Surnames came from this name: Voronikhin, Ravens.
Vorotislav - returning glory.
Vsevolod is the ruler of the people, who owns everything.
From this name came the surnames: Vsevolodov, Vsevolozhsky. Historical personality: Vsevolod I Yaroslavich - Prince of Pereyaslavl, Chernigov, Grand Duke of Kyiv.
Vsemil - beloved by all.
Vsemila is the female form named Vsemila.
Vseslav - all-glorifying, famous.
The name has the same meaning: seslav. From this name came the surname: Seslavin.
Historical personality: Vseslav Bryachislavich of Polotsk - Prince of Polotsk, Grand Duke of Kyiv.
Vseslav - the female form named after Vseslav.
Vtorak is the second son in the family.
The names have the same meaning: the second, the second. Surnames came from these names: vtorov, vtorushin.
Vyacheslav - the most glorious, the most glorious.
The name has the same meaning: Vatslav, Vysheslav. Surnames came from these names: Vysheslavtsev, Vyacheslavlev, Vyacheslavov. Historical personality: Vyacheslav Vladimirovich - Prince of Smolensk, Turov, Pereyaslavl, Vyshgorod, Grand Duke of Kyiv.
Vyachko is a legendary person: Vyachko is the progenitor of the Vyatichi people.
Godoslav - the name also matters: godlav. Historical personality: godoslav - prince of the Bodrich - rarogs.
Dove - meek.
From this name came the surnames: golubin, golubushkin.
Much - skillful, capable.
From this name came the surname much.
Gorislav - fiery, burning in glory.
Gorislava is a female form named after Gorislav.
Gorynya - like a mountain, huge, indestructible.
Legendary personality: hero - mountaineer.
Gostemil - dear to another (guest.
From this name came the surname: Gostemilov.
Gostomysl - thinking about something else (guest.
Historical personality: Gostomysl - prince of Novgorod.
Gradimir - keeping the world.
Gradislav - guarding glory.
Gradislava is the female form named after Gradislav.
Granislav - improving glory.
Granislav is a female form named after Granislav.
Gremislav - famous.
Gudislav is a renowned musician trumpeting glory.
Short name: buzz. From these names came the surname: Gudimov.
Darren - donated.
Darena is the feminine form of the name Daren.
The names have the same meaning: Darina, gift.
Devyatko is the ninth son in the family.
From this name came the surnames: Devyatkin, Devyatkov, Devyatov.
Dobrognev.
Dobrolyub - kind and loving.
From this name came the surname: Dobrolyubov.
Dobromil - kind and sweet.
Dobromila is a female form named after Dobromil.
Dobromir is kind and peaceful.
Abbreviated names: Dobrynya, kindly. Surnames came from these names: Dobrynin, Dobryshin. Legendary personality: hero - Dobrynya.
Dobromir is the female form named after Dobromir.
Goodwill - kind and reasonable.
From this name came the surname: dobromyslov.
Dobroslav - glorifying kindness.
Dobroslav - female form named after Dobroslav.
Goodwill.
Domazhir -.
Domaslav - glorifying relatives.
Abbreviated name: domash - one's own, native. From this name came the surname: domashov.
Dragomir is more precious than the world.
Dragomir is a female form named after Dragomir.
Dubynya - similar to oak, indestructible.
Legendary personality: hero - dubynya.
Druzhina - comrade.
It also matters common name: friend. Surnames originated from these names: Druzhinin, friends, drunin.
Ruff -.
One of the personalized names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: Ershov.
The lark is one of the personified names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: larks.
Zhdan is a long-awaited child.
From this name came the surname: Zhdanov.
Zhdana - the female form of the name Zhdan.
Zhiznomir - living in the world.
Zhirovit.
Zhiroslav.
The hare is one of the personified names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: hares.
Zvenislava - announcer of glory.
Winter is harsh, merciless.
From this name came the surname: Zimin. Legendary personality: ataman winter from Razin's army.
Zlatomir - the golden world.
Zlatotsveta - golden-colored.
Short name: gold.
Malice is one of the "Negative" names.
Surnames originated from this name: Zlobin, Zlovidov, Zlydnev.
Izbygnev.
Izyaslav - who took glory.
Historical personality: Izyaslav Vladimirovich - Prince of Polotsk, the ancestor of the Polotsk princes.
Sincere - sincere.
The name has the same meaning: spark.
Spark - the feminine form of the name is sincere.
Istislav - glorifying the truth.
Istoma - languishing (possibly associated with difficult childbirth.
Surnames came from this name: Istomin, istomov.
Casimir - showing the world.
Casimir is the female form of Casimir.
Koschey - thin, bony.
From this name came the surnames: Koshcheev, Kashchenko.
Krasimir is beautiful and peaceful.
Krasimira is a female form named after Krasimir.
Short name: beauty.
Curve is one of the "Negative" names.
From these names came the surname: Krivov.
Lada - beloved, dear.
Name Slavic goddess love, beauty and marriage.
Ladimir - getting along with the world.
Ladislav - glorifying the fret (love.
Swan is a personified name of the animal world.
The name has the same meaning: Lybid. From this name came the surname - Lebedev. Legendary personality: Lybid is the sister of the founders of the city of Kyiv.
Ludislav.
Luchezar - a luminous beam.
We love - beloved.
From this name came the surname: Lyubimov.
Love is beloved.
The name has the same meaning: Lyubava. Surnames originated from these names: Lyubavin, favorites, Lyubavin, Lyubin, Lyubushin, lyubin.
Lyubomila - beloved, dear.
Lubomir is a loving world.
Lubomira is a female form named after Lubomir.
Curiosity - loving to think.
Lyuboslav - loving glory.
Lyudmil is dear to people.
Ludmila is the female form named after Ludmila.
Historical personality: Ludmila - Czech princess.
Mal - small, younger.
The name has the same meaning: small, Mladen. Surnames came from these names: Maleev, Malenkov, Maltsov, Malyshev. Historical personality: small - Drevlyansky prince.
Malusha is the female form of the name Mal.
The name has the same meaning: young. From these names came the surname: Malushin. Historical personality: Malusha is the wife of Syatoslav Igorevich, the mother of Vladimir Svyatoslavich.
Mechislav - glorifying sword.
Milan is cute.
The name has the same meaning: Milen. Surnames originated from these names: Milanov, Milenov.
Milana is the feminine form of Milan.
The names have the same meaning: milava, Milada, Milena, Milica, smart. From these names came the surname: milavin. Historical personality: umila - the daughter of Gostomysl.
Milovan - caressing, caring.
Milorad - sweet and joyful.
From this name came the surname: Miloradovich.
Miloslav - nicely glorifying.
Short name: Miloneg.
Miloslava is the female form named after Miloslav.
Peaceful - peace-loving.
From this name came the surname: Mirolyubov.
Miroslav - glorifying the world.
Miroslava is a female form named after Miroslav.
Molchan - taciturn, silent.
From this name came the surname: Molchanov.
Mstislav - glorifying revenge.
Historical personality: Mstislav Vladimirovich - Prince of Tmutorakan, Grand Duke of Kyiv.
Mstislava is a female form named after Mstislav.
Hope is hope.
The name has the same meaning: hope.
Nevzor is one of the "Negative" names.
From this name came the surname Nevzorov.
Nekras is one of the "Negative" names.
From this name came the surname: Nekrasov.
Nekras is the feminine form of the name Nekras.
The eagle is one of the personified names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: Orlov.
The eighth is the eighth child in the family.
The name has the same meaning: ocmusha. Surnames originated from these names: Osmanov, Osmerkin, Osmov.
Ostromir.
Peredslava - the name Predslava also matters. Historical personality: Predslava - wife of Svyatoslav Igorevich, mother of Yaropolk Svyatoslavich.
Peresvet - very bright.
Historical personality: Peresvet - a warrior of the Battle of Kulikovo.
Putimir is reasonable and peaceful.
Putislav - praising reasonably.
The name has the same meaning: Putyata. Surnames originated from these names: Putilov, Putilin, Putin, Putyatin. Historical personality: Putyata - Kyiv governor.
Radigost - caring for another (guest.
Radimir - caring about the world.
The name has the same meaning: Radomir. Short name: Radim. Surnames originated from these names: Radilov, Radimov, Radishchev. Legendary personality: Radim is the progenitor of the Radimichi.
Radimira is a female form named after Radimir.
The name has the same meaning: Radomira.
Radislav - caring about glory.
The name has the same meaning: Radoslav.
Radislava is the female form of Imney Radislav.
Radmila is caring and sweet.
Radosveta - sanctifying with joy.
Joy is joy, happiness.
The name has the same meaning: glad.
Razumnik - reasonable, reasonable.
From this name came the surname: Razin. Historical personality: Razumnik is a student of Cyril and Methodius.
Ratibor is a defender.
Ratmir is the defender of the world.
Rodislav is a glorifying family.
Rostislav - growing glory.
Historical personality: Rostislav Vladimirovich - Prince of Rostov, Vladimir - Volynsky; Tmutarakan; the ancestor of the princes of Galicia and Volyn. Rostislava is a female form named after Rostislav. Sbyslava Svetislav - glorifying light. The name has the same meaning: Svetoslav. Svetislava is a female form named after Svetislav. Svetlan - bright, pure soul. Svetlana is the female form named after Svetlana. Svetovid - seeing light, perspicacious. The name has the same meaning: sventovid. The name of a West Slavic god. Svetozar - illuminating with light. Svetozara is a female form named after Svetozar. The name has the same meaning: Svetlozara. Svyatogor - indestructible holiness. Legendary personality: Svyatogor - epic hero. Svyatopolk is the leader of the sacred army. Historical figure: Svyatopolk I Yaropolkovich - Grand Duke of Kyiv. Svyatoslav - sacred glory. Short name: saint. Historical personality: Svyatoslav I Igorevich - Prince of Novgorod and Grand Duke of Kyiv. Svyatoslav - female form named after Svyatoslav. Slavomir - peace glorifier. Nightingale - personified.

Old Russian names they sound very beautiful, they are melodic and euphonious. All female Slavic names can be divided into several types, the most common of which were:

Dibasic. In such names, we can very often see the root - Slav Miroslav, Yaroslav. But he was not always present, for example, there are two-basic names Svetozar and Lyubomil.

Based on participles - Zhdana.

Taken from the surrounding world of plants and animals.

reflective personal qualities person.

Derived from the names of the gods.

Special names, so they usually called princely children.

The rite of naming itself was carried out at the temple, the sorcerer did it. During the ritual, the former name-nickname was washed away from the child, and then a new one was given. It is noteworthy that the rites for boys and girls were different: for example, the name was “washed away” from the boy in the river, and from the girl in the lake. That is, stagnant or flowing water was needed.

Under certain circumstances, the name could be changed. Most often this happened when a new name was assigned to a person, among the people. The situation is about the same as we have with nicknames.

Slavic names of boys by date of birth. What were the boys called in Russia?

Our ancestors, the Slavs, were strong and beautiful people. Russia was famous for its heroes, and their names were bright. We learn about this from folk tales, epics. The poem "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" presents us with a number of beautiful heroes with memorable names.

Choosing a Slavic name for a boy, our ancestors paid special attention to its meaning. It had to necessarily reflect the character traits of the future man, warrior or successor of the clan - grandfather, father. The names of men differed from the names of the peoples of other countries in their connection with the forces of Nature, gods and family.

Slavic names for boys were chosen by parents depending on the type of employment, in honor of glorious ancestors, based on the qualities of the child's character.

For example, Dobrynya is kind,

Vsevolod - who owns everything,

Rodomir is the carrier of the world and many others.

The sons were named after the pagan gods: the name Jaromir consists of two roots - Yarilo (the god of the sun) and the world.

There were names indicating the order of the birth of a child in the family: Pervusha, Vtorak, Tretiak.

The most common group is represented by two-basic names: Bogdan, Vsevolod, Svetozar, Svyatoslav, Ratibor, Tikhomir, Yaropolk.

There were names associated with mythical characters representatives of flora and fauna, natural phenomena: Brave, Pike, Hare, Yarilo, Lada.

From school years, we all know that the Russian language belongs to the eastern branch Slavic group Indo-European language family. And what place do the Proto-Slavic, Old Slavonic and Old Russian languages ​​occupy in the genealogical classification?

1. Proto-Slavic (aka common Slavic, Proto-Slavic base language) is the oldest in this series. It was formed as a result of the unification and development of a group of dialects of the Proto-Indo-European language approximately in the second - the middle of the first millennium BC. Proto-Slavic is the ancestor of all Slavic languages and is hypothetically restored on the basis of their comparative historical study. Modern Slavic languages ​​have a lot in common with each other; by comparing them and others related languages linguists restore the appearance of the words of the ancestor language. At the same time, all reconstructed words are of a conjectural nature, since the Proto-Slavic language is not recorded in written monuments. Not a single book or inscription has been preserved in which it would be reflected.

Restored Proto-Slavic words are usually written down with Latin letters and put an asterisk in front. This asterisk indicates that the word has been reconstructed. Examples:

*golva - head, *zemja - earth, *mogti - able (verb).

The Proto-Slavic language was spoken by the tribes named in the writings of European historians of the 6th century as Ants, Wends and Sklavins.

The fact that all Slavs once had a single language is also said in the oldest Russian chronicle - "The Tale of Bygone Years".

Specialists in the field of comparative historical linguistics have long paid attention to the significant similarity of the Slavic and Baltic languages ​​​​(Latvian and Lithuanian). The fact of similarity is explained in different ways, and scientists have not yet come to a consensus. One of the hypotheses suggests that the Proto-Balto-Slavic (Proto-Slavonic) language first emerged from the Proto-Indo-European language, which later split into Proto-Baltic and Proto-Slavic. Other researchers believe that Proto-Slavic was formed directly from Proto-Indo-European, but for a long time developed in close proximity to the Proto-Baltic language.

Proto-Slavic language existed long time(according to various estimates, from one to two thousand years). As a result of the extensive settlement of Slavic tribes and the increasing isolation of their dialects, it broke up into separate languages, and the formation of the eastern, western and southern branches of the Slavic language group began. The collapse of the Proto-Slavic language, according to most scholars, occurred in the 5th-7th centuries AD.

2. The Old Russian language, also known as East Slavic, was formed as a result of this collapse. The language of the East Slavic tribes, language Kievan Rus... It existed until the XIV century and became the immediate "parent" of the Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian languages, i.e. the entire eastern branch of the Slavic language group.

Sometimes people who have just begun to study the history of the Russian language confuse Old Russian with Old Slavonic, consider these terms to be synonymous. But such an opinion is erroneous. Old Russian and Old Slavonic - different languages, although related to each other.

3. Old Church Slavonic belongs to the southern branch, and not to the eastern; it is closer to Bulgarian and Macedonian than to Russian. It is a bookish language, dead from the very beginning of its history.

Old Church Slavonic was created in the middle of the 9th century as a language into which Greek was translated for the Slavs. liturgical books. It is based on one of the Macedonian dialects of the ancient Bulgarian language. This dialect was spoken by the Slavic population in the vicinity of Thessalonica, hometown Cyril and Methodius. As we all remember, these brothers were preachers, inventors of the Slavic alphabet and translators of Greek church books into the Slavic language. Cyril knew the Thessalonica dialect well, so he used it for translation. But it cannot be said that the Old Church Slavonic language is a simple record of this dialect. No, as a result of the activities of Cyril, Methodius and their followers, in fact, a new Slavic language arose. Bookish, literary processed, reflecting many achievements of the highly developed Greek language. Thanks to this, Old Church Slavonic already in the earliest texts known to us has a very rich vocabulary, developed syntax, and well-developed style.

It was used as the language of the church by various Slavic peoples and inevitably absorbed some features of their native, living languages. These local varieties of Old Church Slavonic are called Church Slavonic in one form or another. So, we can talk about Church Slavonic texts written in Russian, Serbian, Moravian-Czech and other versions.

Over time, secular texts in Old Church Slavonic also began to appear, but still its main sphere is liturgical.

Old Church Slavonic has had a significant influence on many Slavic languages. In addition, it is of particular value to researchers in the field of comparative historical linguistics, since it is the earliest Slavic language recorded in written monuments.

A simplified diagram of the origin of the Slavic languages ​​is shown in the figure.

Below are the list of Slavic male names:

Slavic male names starting with the letter B:

Bazhen - desired, dear
Belogor - related to the heights of the spirit
Beloslav - white, praise
Belovolod - a just ruler
Belozar - enlightened
Belomir - pure in thoughts
Belotur - light force
Bogdan - given by the gods
Bogorod - related to the gods
Bogumil - pleasing to the gods
Bogumir - bringing peace
Boeslav - glorious in battle
Bozheslav - glorifying the gods
Boleslav - Bol - (more) and Slav - (glory)
Boris - fight, fight
Borislav - fight, fight
Borimir - fight, fight
Boripolk is the winner
Boyan is a fighter
Blagomir - bringing good
Blagoslav - good, glory
Blagoyar - fair
Bratislava - fight
Bratimir - striving for peace
Bretislav (Breslav) - who gained fame
Bronislav - protect, protect
Budimir - wake up - (wake up) and peace - (peace)
Budislav - wake up - (wake up) and glory - (glory)
Bueslav - assertive
Burislav - indestructible, like a storm

Slavic male names starting with the letter B:

Vasilko - royal
Vaclav - famous
Vedagor - in charge
Vedamir (Vedomir) - in charge
Vedislav - glorifying knowledge
Velimir - led - (great, big) and peace - (peace, peaceful)
Veleslav - led - (great, big) and glory - (glory)
Velibor - ready for the challenge
Wenceslas - famous
Vitoslav - family glory
Vladimir - vlad - (to own, power) and the world (peaceful), owning the world
Vladislav - owner of glory
Vlastislav - who owns the world
Voibor - victorious in battle
Vojislav - a glorious warrior
Voisvet - fighting for justice
Vsevolod - everything - (all) and volod - (to own); owning everything
Vsemil - dear to everyone, everything - (all) and mil - (cute)
Vseslav - all - (all) and glory - (glory), all glory
Vysheslav - higher - (height, high) and glory - (glory)
Vyacheslav - more - (more) and glory - (glory)

Slavic male names starting with the letter G:

Godimir - useful to people
Godislav - useful to people
Gorisvet - clear
Gorislav - burn - (burn) and glory - (glory)
Gostislav - hospitable
Gostimir - caring
Gostomysl - guest - (guest) and thought - (think, thought)
Gradimir - creator of the world
Gremislav - famous

Slavic male names starting with the letter D:

Dalebor - a participant in military campaigns
Danislav - given for glory
Daniyar - given to shine
Daromir - giving peace
Daromysl - thinking, thinking
Divislav - amazing
Dobran - giving good
Dobrovit - life-loving
Dobroslav - good - (kind, good) and glory - (glory), good glory
Dobrynya - kind, good
Dragovit - appreciating life
Dragoljub - kind, beloved
Dragomir - drag - (precious) and peace - (peaceful)
Dragorad - joyful

Along with Slavic names, it is worth paying attention to Russian male names. Perhaps among them lies wonderful name for your baby.

Female names of Slavic origin for the most part have been lost for centuries. The most popular of them have come down to us.

Vladislav - owning glory. Vladislav may not have strong health, get sick a lot. But at the same time the girl will have a very strong spirit, rod. It can show humility, especially to a beloved man, but still remain unconvinced.

Polina is captivating. Polina has no equal in her excellent sense of humor and the ability to see the positive even in very unpleasant situations.

Miloslava is sweet and glorious. Calm, even a little meek, Miloslava has influence on others. With her, everything stabilizes, people feel harmony and tranquility.

Yaroslav - bright, sunny, glorious. Yaroslava's girls are lively, active, restless. In childhood, they will incite other guys to all sorts of adventures, at a more mature age they can lead people. Yaroslav loves children, and therefore will become a caring and wise mother.

Names in Old Church Slavonic. Slavic Names

The material below, in the opinion of the editors, deserves attention and may seem interesting to someone. The article reflects the author's opinion on the history of Slavic names and does not coincide with the opinion of the site editors.

Most modern names were borrowed in the 9th-13th centuries along with Christianity. These foreign names were declared "correct", "real" and listed in the "saints". After the planting of Christianity in Russia, it was allowed to give names only through the church, at baptism. Despite the fact that these names have been given for almost a millennium, they still remain alien to our people: after all, they arose on foreign soil and were artificially transplanted to Slavic land. The now familiar names Ivan, Semyon, Mikhail - were just as unusual for the hearing of our ancestors, as the names Matomba, Nghuru-Nghoro and others now sound for us.
However, it was dangerous to argue with the church (until the 14th century, they could be burned at the stake for a baked pancake, and in the 16th century they were burned for such a trifle as reading foreign books), so our poor great-great-grandmothers and great-great-grandfathers, diligently pronouncing outlandish names, distorted them beyond recognition . So Jochanaan turned into John, and then into Ivan. Shimon became Semyon, and Iulina became Ulyana. So later the Russians changed the German surname Kos von Dalen into Kozlodavlev, and Pogenkampf into Pogankin. The people forcibly converted to Christianity were hard to part with their Slavic names, therefore in the annals and decrees one can often find such references as “Boyarin Theodore, called the Road”, “... by the name of Miloneg, Peter by baptism”, etc. From the 17th century, Slavic names begin to lose their meaning, turning into nicknames, until they finally disappear from use.
Many names have come down to us thanks to nicknames (surnames).
Vorobyov, for example, received such a surname not at all because his great-great-grandmother sinned with a sparrow, but because Vorobyov's real ancestor bore the personal name Sparrow.
The same applies to other "animal", "bird" and "fish" surnames. Some readers reproached me for not separating names from nicknames, leaving “offensive” names, like, what if someone calls their son Fool or Stupid? If this suddenly happens, then it will be fair, because do not expect a good tribe from a bad seed. As for nicknames, where is the line that separates a name from a nickname? Red wolf (Rudolf) - is it a nickname or a name? Is the second one a name or a nickname? More like a nickname, although this is the real name - Vtorishka Semyonov. However, I must warn the reader that not all sources that I used have earned my full confidence. Therefore, act according to the saying: trust, but verify.
In ancient times, the real name was given to a person by a sorcerer upon reaching the age of majority, according to his services to the family: Fireman, Ratibor, Yaroslav, etc. “Because many people come to the sorcerers and sorcerers ... After all, sorcerers and sorcerers, writing demonic (i.e. Slavic, - V.K.) names, give them to ordinary people, commanding them to wear such names ...” (A. Afanasiev. The poetic views of the Slavs ... vol. III, p. 431) Those who did not prove themselves in any way remained with the names they received in childhood: Nezhdan (an unexpected child), Budilko, Plaksa (hence the surname Plaksin), Nenash (name, which was given to protect against evil spirits: spirits will come, bring damage to the child, and he is “not ours”). “The first generations and times of mankind ... until a certain time I give my children their names, like a father and mother deign to do: either from the gaze and nature, or from a thing, or from a parable. Likewise, before their baptism, the Slovenes also give the names of their children: Bogdan, Bozhen, First, Second, Love, and such is the other. The essence of goodness is the same."
Over time, bad or good sense many names were forgotten, they began to be given because that was the name of the father or grandfather, whose name really corresponded to some of their quality.
But, in the end, the names from the “saints”, which zealous churchmen forced to call children, won. And it happened in this way: “The mother was given a choice of any of the three that she wants to choose: Mokkiya, Sossia, or name the child in the name of the martyr Khozdazat. “No,” the deceased thought, “the names are all like that.” To please her, they unfolded the calendar elsewhere; three names came out again: Trifilius, Dula and Varakhasy. “This is the punishment,” the old woman said, “what are all the names; Indeed, I have never heard of such a thing. Let it be Varadat or Varukh, otherwise Trifgshiy and Varakhasy. They also turned the page - they came out: Pavsikahy and Vakhtisy. “Well, I already see,” said the old woman, “that, apparently, such is his fate. If so, let it be better to call him like his father. The father was Akaki, so let the son be Akaki"

Old Slavic names for girls are mostly beautiful and sweet-sounding. No wonder some parents want to reward their daughters with them.

Names of this type are divided into several varieties:

1. Originating from the natural or plant world: Akulina - an eagle, Azalea - blooming, etc. Such names are recognized as symbolic, because the ancient Slavs loved and revered nature and everything connected with it.
2. Reflecting the character of the baby (Arsenia - courageous, Barbara - wild). The choice of names of this type should be approached very carefully and carefully, because many experts are sure that it is this type that determines the character and future fate of a person.
3. Derived from the names of deities (Lada - the deity of beauty, Mara - the goddess of the night). As in the case of the saints, such a name, according to the beliefs of the Slavs, brought the person named by him closer to the deity of the same name.
4. Dual-basic: Lyubomil, Svetozara, Svyatoslav, Yaroslav, Miroslav.

It is interesting. Since ancient times, the Slavs have formed the custom of naming newborn girls double names. Our ancestors were sure that the name is a secret key, and only its owner and no one else should own it. Therefore, the first name became publicly available to people, while the second was kept a strict secret. It was believed that in this way you can save the girl from the evil eye and the word. The first name, that for people, usually did not differ in beauty and pleasant sounding: Dobrogneva, Malice, etc. It was believed that the bearer of such a dissonant name was reliably protected from evil people. A girl received a second name when she reached a certain age, usually adolescence. It was much more harmonious than the first.

The tradition of double naming has gradually disappeared, many of the second, beautiful names are still popular today:

• Darina - giving;
• Dobrava - kind;
• Eupraxia - the creator of good deeds;
• Agnes - chaste;
• Agnia - pure;
• Ariadne - sleeping;
• Beatrice - blessing;
• Bogdana - given by God;
• Vasilisa - royal;
• Ada is an ornament.

Old Russian names. Naming with an old Russian name among the Slavs: Native Traditions

On the Ancient Russia the name had a special meaning among the Slavs. Ancestors believed: naming is fateful and affects the events in his life and the outcome of each of them, attracts good luck, gives strength, has a protective meaning. That is why the Slav had from three to twelve names, depending on the activity and time spent in Yavi.

Let's make a reservation right away - all the names given by people and Rod were Nicknames. Even now, the tradition has been preserved to call a person by any word that most accurately defines him to identify a person in society. All the ancient Russian names chosen by him and the Gods were True and sacred.

The meaning of the old Russian name and its role in the life of a Slav

The child received his first Slavic name immediately at birth or even long before it. It was given by the Father of the Family and had the property of binding to the Family, an instrument for the protection of the Elders of their Descendant. Through this name, all the rituals for feeding, cleansing, healing the child took place. Such old Russian names most often looked like a characteristic and a wish for those character traits or physical virtues that, in the opinion of the Parents, were needed or were already reflected in their sons and daughters. Milolika, Zabava, Bogodar, Svetomir - all these and many other old Russian names reflect the emotions and good message of the Elder Clan to their child.

The rite of the Slavic naming by the Native Gods was performed on children at the time they reached the age of twelve. A girl or a boy was accepted into the Family as its full-fledged members, came out from under full paternal protection, although they remained forever bound by the Roots of the Tree. This sacrament was performed using the Power and Knowledge of the priest. With the help of a special ritual and turning off the internal dialogue, turning to the Gods, he looked through the nascent character, fate and heard the name that the person was called from above.

This is Slavic, ancient Russian name was the most important thing for a boy or girl throughout his life, and was not subject to disclosure. It was reported by the priest tete-a-tete during the purification of the child in the river and initiation into the Family, and was further used only when communicating with the Gods or performing magical or egregorial rites for personal protection, health, strength, good luck. In the world, however, a person continued to call himself a communal name, a nickname by birth.

Separate Old Russian name was chosen or given to a person when he was initiated into any profession, when he began to engage in a certain direction: agriculture, architecture, cattle breeding and other artisan areas. The process of naming in this case, as a blessing and protection, granting prosperity and success, consisted in communicating with the Native Gods by oneself or with the help of a wise priest.

Priests also received unique Slavic names when they began serving the Pantheon. At the same time, the name itself often contained a root that reflected the essence and name of that Native God, whose patronage he chose. Often there were several Patrons, therefore, one sorcerer, priest or sorcerer also had several ancient Russian names. They served as an energy link between the worlds of Slavi. Reveal and Rule, allowed you to safely and freely perform rituals and ceremonies on temples with idols of the Family and Gods of Russia.

The same few personal Slavic names were given for ancient Russian warriors. The first is when deciding to protect their native land and family. The second and subsequent - before the decisive battles and campaigns. Each of these ancient Russian names contained a powerful information and energy message to the Gods, their support and protection in combat. For example, for the shield man, the inflexibility of the spirit, body and will was important; for a scout - a quiet tread and the ability to be invisible, fast, and for a governor - the ability to lead an army and draw up a wise plan of attack or defense.