The etymology of the name in certain language- it is always a process of research, knowledge of not only a specific linguistic unit, but also the history of a whole people. Thanks to changes in its structure, one can judge the changes that have taken place in the social and political system. This article discusses the issue of the origin of Belarusian names, changes in their morphology and the modern view of this lexical category.

Belarusian names in different periods

Consider the main historical periods, which influenced the emergence of new sources of lexemes and ways of their formation:

• Until the 14th century:

Most of them have come down to us thanks to the written sources of the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which completely included the entire current territory of Belarus. Due to the religious component (the majority of the population were Orthodox Christians) and installed language(on the territory of the Grand Duchy, the official language at that time was Western Russian written language) at that time the names were borrowed from the Orthodox calendar.

This period is characterized by a double name: according to pagan (Slavic) and according to Orthodox custom. Note that in some formally Christian families this is still done. For example, they call a child an unusual fashionable name, and according to the canons Orthodox Church his name is different: Senko (Semyon), Mikhailo (Mikhail), Fedko (Fedor).

Interestingly, there are many times fewer female Old Russian names than male ones. There are only a few independent of them, they were mainly formed from men. This situation is explained by the fact that the female population at that time had few rights and little participation in public life.

• XV-XVII century:

During this time period, the Lithuanian principality was united with the Kingdom of Poland, and Orthodoxy was gradually replaced by Catholicism, and the Western Russian dialect was replaced by Polish. The system of names in the Belarusian language is becoming more complicated: one more name is added to the previous two - now according to the Catholic canons. For example, "Athanasius" in Orthodox tradition looked like "Athanasius", in the Catholic - "Athanasius", among the people a person was called "Apanas / Panas".

• XX century:

During the Soviet era, citizens supported the fashion for new unusual names: this is how a whole generation of Vladlens and Aktsyabryn appeared. The heroes of serials and popular films could be taken as a basis.

Today, in the passport of a citizen of Belarus, the full name is indicated immediately in two languages, and in ordinary life most refuse to use names Belarusian origin and names his friends and relatives with the help of his Russian counterpart. Not so long ago, a law was passed on the possibility of assigning a double name, but so far this is relevant only for a couple of regions on the border with Poland.

We present to your attention the most popular Belarusian names of the last decade:

• Vladislav;
• Nikita;
• Artem;
• Daniel;
• Alesya;
• Anna.

Features of Catholic, Orthodox, Slavic borrowings

1. The Catholic forms of names were greatly influenced by the Polish language, which was the official language of the Commonwealth.
2. The old Belarusian names were influenced by Russian, which became the main one in office work in the 16th century, some of them acquired Russified versions. Belarusian names were written in Russian quite often. The moment of the formation of precisely folk forms is curious: for this, truncation or suffixes were used, for example, Konstantin - Kastus. The choice of a particular suffix depended on two factors - from social status and age named.
3. Slavic names on the basis of origin, they are divided into several groups: two-part (Svyatoslav), formed from participles (Nezhdan), names of gods (Veles), character traits(Brave). In the XIV century, nicknames and names that clearly reflect the nature of their bearer became the basis for the formation of surnames.

Eat whole list Belarusian names, in which it is customary to highlight them Slavic origin, is Love, Faith, Hope. In fact, these are duplicates of the Greek variants.

The meaning of Belarusian names is underestimated - these lexemes help to unravel the mysteries of the multitude historical events that took place several centuries ago, and to solve some of the global issues of world politics, based on the most valuable experience of hundreds of previous generations.

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Belarusian names

Belarusian male names

Belarusian names belong to the group of East Slavic names, they are similar to Russian and Ukrainian names.

Modern Belarusian names are divided into several groups:

Slavic names (Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, etc.)

Names from church calendar(Related religious tradition)

European names.

In a modern Belarusian passport, the name, patronymic and surname written in two languages. Belarusian and Russian names are replaced by the corresponding analogues: Alyaksey - Alexey.

The spelling of Belarusian names conveys the peculiarities of Belarusian pronunciation.

Belarusian alphabet uses the same characters as Russian, but there are differences:

To denote the sound "and" the letter is used і

Letter ў denotes a sound close to English w

Instead of a hard sign, ' is used.

Belarusian male names

Abacum

Averky

Avyaryan

Agapon

Adam

Adryyan

Azar

Ales

Alizar

Albert

Algerd

Alexander

alyaxey

Ambrose

Amos

Amyalyan

Anan

Anastas

Anatole

Andronik

Andrey

Anikey

Anisim

Anis

Antanin

Anton

Anuprey

Antsip

Apalinar

Apanas

Arkadz

aron

Arsen

Arthur

Archip

Artsyom

Arrest

Astap

August

Augustin

Aўdakim

Aўdzei

Auction

Aўlas

Aurel

Aўsey

Ahram

Bagdan

Baguslav

bazyl

Balyaslav

Banifatsy

Barys

Baryslav

Bautramey

Benedict

Bernard

Bernardyn

Branislav

Brachyslav

Vavila

Vadzim

Valery

Valiantsin

Vanifat

Varlam

Bartholomew

Vasil

Wenceslas

Veniyamin

Venyadzikt

Viktar

Viktaryn

Visaryon

Vital

Vitaut

Vosip

Vyshaslav

Vyachaslav

Galaction

Garasim

Gardzey

Gardzislav

Genadz

Genryk

George

Geranim

Gervas

Hermann

Hypalitis

Gleb

Grygor

Gury

Davyd

Dalmat

Daminik

Danat

Danila

Darafey

Dasitheus

Daumont

Dmitry

Jam'yan

Dzyamid

Dzyanis

Elizar

Elisha

Yemyalyan

Eramey

Eranim

Erafei

Evdakim

Zasim

Zakhar

Zіnovіy

Zygmunt

Zyanon

Ivan

Igar

Ignat

Іzyaslav

Ilaryyon

Ilyary

Ilya

Inakent

Іpalіt

Iryney

Isai

Isak

Kazimir

Kalinik

Kalistrat

Kamil

Candrat

Kanstancin

Carp

Kastus

Kasyan

Kashpar

Kipriyan

Kiryk

Kiryl

Claudziy

Klim

conan

Christian

Kryshtaf

Xaver

Xenaphon

Kuzma

Kupryyan

Lazar

Lauryn

Leanard

Leanid

Lukyan

Luke

Ludwik

Lavon

Madest

Maisei

Makar

Maxim

Maximilyan

Manuel

Mark

Markel

Markian

Mar "yan

Mechyslav

Mikalai

Mikita

Miraslav

Miron

Mitrafan

Mikhail

Mikhei

MScislav

Myalent

Myafodziy

Navum

Nazar

Nestar

Nіkadym

Nikan

Nicanor

Nichypar

Paul

Palikarp

Pamfil

Pankrat

panzelaimon

parfen

Parfir

Patap

Pafnutiy

Pahom

Peter

Pilip

Piman

Pitsirym

Plato

Prakop

Pratas

Prokhar

Pyatro

Ragwalod

Radaslav

Radzivon

Radzim

Raman

Rassislav

Rafal

Robert

Ruslan

Ryhor

Ryszard

Sava

Savacey

Salamon

Samson

Sachron

Sviryd

Sviatapolk

Sviataslav

Sevastyan

Severyan

Sevyaryn

Seraphim

Cedar

Strength

Sylvan

Sylvester

Spirydon

Stanislav

sciapan

Simon

Syavir

sergey

Tadzei

Taras

Theaktyst

Todar

Tryfan

Uladzimir

Uladzislav

Ulas

Ulyan

Urban

Usevalad

Uscin

Usyaslav

Fabian

Fadzey

Fama

Faust

Faustyn

Feakstist

Feafan

Theafil

Fedar

Felix

Felitsyyan

Filaret

Filimon

Flaryyan

Fotsij

Fyadot

Fyadul

Hadzei

Halimon

Harlam

Kharyton

Hvedar

Khvilip

Hvyados

Khvyadot

Chrol

Hrysanf

Chrystafor

Christian

Yagor

Yakant

Yakim

Yakub

Yalisey

Yamalyan

Januar

Yarapolk

Yaraslav

Yaronim

Yarema

Yaugen

I'm a lamp

Yaўsey

Yaўstah

Yakhim

Yaўtsikhіy

Traditional Belarusian male names

Ales- forest guard

Anastas- resurrected

Aponas- immortal

bazyl- regal

Vasil- royal, cornflower

gryn

Dorash

Kastus- constant

Les- forest guard

Mikola- winner

Mikhas

Oles- forest guard

Panas- immortal

stay- constantly glorious

Yuras- farmer

Yalisey

Jan- grace of God

Janus

Yarmola

Yaroma

Yas- grace of God

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Surnames Slavic peoples basically similar to each other lexical composition root. The difference can be a change in the ending or suffix. The history of origin on the territory of modern Belarus is peculiar and interesting. Learn how to distinguish a person with Belarusian roots.

Belarusian names and surnames

Belarus belongs to the group of Slavic peoples, whose ancient ancestral roots are closely intertwined. The neighboring states of Belarus had a great influence on family formations. Representatives of Ukrainian, Russian, Lithuanian, Polish communities mixed their ancestral path, creating families. Belarusian names are not much different from other East Slavic ones. Common names: Olesya, Alesya, Yana, Oksana, Alena, Vasil, Andrey, Ostap, Taras. More detailed list, sorted alphabetically, can be found in any dictionary.

Belarusian "nicknames" were formed by using a certain ending or suffix. Among the population, one can find derivatives from the Russian direction (Petrov - Petrovich), Ukrainian (Shmatko - Shmatkevich), Muslim (Akhmet - Akhmatovich), Jewish (Adam - Adamovich). The names have changed over the centuries. The sound that has come down to our days could take different forms several centuries ago (Gonchar - Goncharenko - Goncharenok).

Belarusian surnames - endings

Modern endings of Belarusian surnames can be different, it all depends on the roots of origin from which they had to be formed. Here is a list of the most recognizable Belarusian surnames ending in:

• -evich, -ovich, -ivich, -lich (Savinich, Yashkevich, Karpovich, Smolich);
• based on Russian -ov, -ev (Oreshnikov - Areshnikov, Ryabkov - Rabkov);
• -sky, -sky (Neizvitsky, Tsybulsky, Polyansky);
• -enok, -onok (Kovalenok, Zaboronok, Savenok);
• -ko consonant with Ukrainian (Popko, Vasko, Voronko, Shchurko);
• -ok (Snopok, Zhdanok, Volchok);
• -enya (Kravchenya, Kovalenya, Deshchenya);
• -uk, -yuk (Abramchuk, Martynyuk);
• -ik (Yakimchik, Novik, Emelyanchik);
• -ets (Borisovets, Malets).

Declination of Belarusian surnames

The possible declension of Belarusian surnames depends on the ending. In most cases, according to the rules for writing the used case, the last letters will change:

• Remizovich: in male version will change (absence of Taras Remizovich), in the feminine it will remain the same (absence of Anna Remizovich).
• Music - no Music.
• With the ending -o remains unchanged (Golovko, Shevchenko).

Origin of Belarusian surnames

The very first ancient family changes among Belarusians began to appear among wealthy representatives of the nobility and merchant family in the 14th-15th century. The serfs belonging to one or another house, which they served, wore the same common noun "nicknames". Boyar Kozlovsky, all the peasants were called Kozlovsky: this meant that they serve and are related to one owner.

The ending -ich indicated a noble origin (Toganovich, Khodkevich). The origin of Belarusian surnames was greatly influenced by the name of the area where the people lived (the village of Berezy - Berezovsky), who at that time had the dominant power on the territory of modern Belarus. A derivative on behalf of the father could give a chain to the whole subsequent generation - AleksandrOvich, Vasilevsky.

Most of medieval Belarusian names have come down to us from written sources from the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, written in - a state that arose as an amalgamation of Slavic and Lithuanian tribes and included the territories of modern Lithuania, Belarus, central and western Ukraine and western regions of the European part of Russia.

The official language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the so-called. Western Russian written language(V scientific literature it is also known as Old Belorussian, Old Ukrainian or South Russian). The majority of the population was Orthodox, so the names of the ancestors of modern Belarusians, appearing in written sources, mainly borrowed from the Orthodox calendar:

"And there were lighters: Prince Mikhailo Vasilievich, and Pan Nemira, headman of Litsky, and Pan Bogush, and Pan Fedko, the edge, and Pan Senko, sub-chancellor." (1436, ).

As you can see, three out of five "witnesses" (witnesses) wear Orthodox names: Mikhailo (Mikhail), Fedko (Fyodor) And Senko (Semyon). (Note that only Prince Mikhailo is named with the full (church) name; and the names "Pana Fedka" and "Pana Senka" are recorded in the so-called folk (colloquial) form). Other witnesses are mentioned under pagan names ( Nemira And Bogush), which corresponds to the custom of double naming common among Eastern Slavs(cm. Old Russian names). This custom lasted quite a long time and died out only by the 16th-17th centuries.

After the unification of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Kingdom of Poland, the Western Russian language began to be replaced by Polish, and Orthodoxy by Catholicism. Names from the Catholic calendar begin to penetrate into the Belarusian name book. As a result, starting from the 17th century, as many as three naming systems function in parallel in Belarus: canonical names of the Orthodox spectrum, canonical names from the Catholic calendar and folk (colloquial) forms of names:

Vikentsiy - Vintsent - Vintsuk
Athanasius - Atanasius - Apanas/Panas

The Polish language left its mark on Catholic names, as official language Commonwealth, into Orthodox - Russian, which became the main language of office work in Poland after the partition of Poland Belarusian lands. Belarusian language was practically ousted from official use, so the actual Belarusian forms of names were often replaced by Polonized or Russified variants:

“I’m all at home, and all the helpers are in May, the head of the house is Yazep, and the priest and the pan were called Yuzaf. And the Vaiskov pisar of the Russian tsarist army recorded and called me Vosip albo Osip - who is it ... ”( Fedar Jankowski, “Tsezka”).
(“Everyone at home, and all my relatives, are called Yazep, and the priest and pan were called Yuzaf. And the military clerk in Russian tsarist army wrote down and my name was Vosip or Osip - whoever ... ")

folk forms Belarusians had a great variety of names. Many of them were formed from church (canonical) names with the help of suffixes or truncation: Konstantin-Kastus, Alexander-Ales, Alelka (Olelko),Alekhna (Alekhno,Olekhno). At the same time, short or suffixal forms were perceived in folk life as complete full names(something similar was observed in the Ukrainian nomenology).

The set of suffixes with which the names were formed was very extensive and depended on the age and social status of the person named:

"Mothers, as you know, pick the best for their children affectionate names or, in other words, they form these names from baptismal ones according to the laws of the language and accepted customs. So, Anton will be - Antsik, Yury - Yurtsik, Michal - Mis, Mystsik, etc.<…>

When trousers were already put on the boy and he had already become a man, then in order to more strongly indicate this change in his life, he is no longer called Yurtsik, Petryk, Antsik, he is no longer Sissy, and the worker<…>, and his name is already more suitable: Pyatruk, Alguk, Yurka, etc. This is the form of the names of the so-called. pastoral state.

But now the boy has grown up, he is no longer a shepherd, but an adult guy. Then either he rubbed himself in, or, perhaps, someone introduced him to a male or female company, to a party or to a game. For a girl's company, such a form of names as Alguk, Pyatruk is clearly not suitable, and in the end old custom requires a polite, amiable tone in the relations of young people among themselves. And so, in this area, Alguks themselves turn into Algeevs, Pyatruks into Pyatrusey, Yurki into Yurasey.<…>

Finally, the time comes to get married: the transition "from boys to male glory." At this point, God himself ordered Ignas, Mis, Kastus to turn into Ignat, Michal, Kastus, etc.<…>But time is running. The children have grown up. Michal, Ignat and Petra married their sons.

Daughter-in-law coming to new family, tries to be polite, courteous with everyone - and, first of all, with her husband's parents. And so Zmitser becomes Zmitrash, Butramey - Butrym, etc. And not only in the family circle, but also among the neighbors.

Thus, in the Kryvsky (Belarusian) name list there are forms of names: for a child - Antsik, Petrik; for a teenager - Yanuk, Bavtruk, for a guy - Kastus, Yuras, for a man - Butrym, for an old man - Mikhaila, Yarash, Astash. Vatslav Lastovski, "Kryўska-Belarusian name" (1918).

Subsequently, many of these suffixal forms were lost: the same Lastovsky noted that many variants of names, especially female ones, had not actually met by that time.

In 2009 in Minsk the most popular names for newborns were:

Of the traditional Belarusian names, the most popular are Alesya And Yana.

A few years ago, Belarusian legislation allowed giving children double names(previously this was allowed only if one of the parents is a foreigner). However, this opportunity is rarely used, the only exception being the Grodno and Brest regions, where many Catholics live (http://www.racyja.com/news/naviny/sotsyum/23732.html).

Rules for the pronunciation of Belarusian names

The Belarusian spelling is based on the phonetic principle ("I write what I hear"). Therefore, the spelling of names conveys the peculiarities of the Belarusian pronunciation: yakanye (transition of pre-stressed e V I: Yagor - cf. Russian Egor ), akanye ( A instead of pre-shock O: Aleg - cf. Russian Oleg ) etc.

The Belarusian alphabet uses the same symbols as Russian, and in most cases the letters stand for the same sounds as in Russian. However, there are also differences:

To denote the sound "and" the letter is used і ;
- letter ў (short, non-syllable) denotes a sound close to English w;
- an apostrophe (') is used instead of a solid sign.

Note that in addition to official rules spellings adopted in the Republic of Belarus, there is also an alternative spelling (the so-called tarashkevitsa, or "classical spelling"), used before the 1933 Belarusian spelling reform. To date, Tarashkevitsa is mainly used by representatives of the Belarusian diaspora outside the CIS, as well as some nationally oriented print publications and web resources.

About the list of names posted on this site

The list includes the names of the Orthodox and Catholic spectrum, their folk (colloquial) forms, as well as some foreign names that became popular in the 20th century. Also given various options spelling of names (considering tarashkevitsa: Natallia-Natalia), diminutive forms, ecclesiastical canonical variants for names present in Orthodox saints(according to the Russian Orthodox Church calendar), romanized for the form of names included in the Catholic calendar, as well as information about the meaning and origin of the name.

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Belarusian names

Belarusian female names

Belarusian names belong to the group of East Slavic names, they are similar to Russian and Ukrainian names.

The modern Belarusian name book includes several groups of names:

Slavic names (Belarusian, Russian, Polish, etc.)

Names from the church calendar (associated with religious tradition)

European names.

In a modern Belarusian passport, the name, patronymic and surname are written in two languages. Belarusian and Russian names are replaced by the corresponding analogues: Mary – Maria, Victoria - Victoria.

Of the traditional Belarusian names, the most popular are the names Alesya, Alena And Yana.

The spelling of Belarusian names conveys the peculiarities of Belarusian pronunciation.

Belarusian alphabet uses the same characters as Russian, but there are differences:

To denote the sound "and" the letter is used і

Letter ў denotes a sound close to English w

Instead of a hard sign, ' is used.

Belarusian female names

Agapa

Aglaida

Agniya

Agrypina

Adelaide

Akilina

Aksinnya

Alla

Alyona

Alesya

Alimpiyada

Alina

Alice

Albina

Alzhbeta

Alexandra

Anastasia

Angelina

Angela

Anzhelika

Anissia

Anna

Antanina

Anthony

Anfisa

Aryyadna

Augustine

augusta

Augustine

Audience

Bagdan

Balyaslava

Barbara

Branislava

Valery

Valiantsina

Wanda

barbarian

Vasilina

Vasilisa

Faith

Veranika

Viktaryn

Victoria

Vialeta

Volga

Vuliana

Galina

Ganna

Gardzislava

Helena

Glafira

Glyceria

Grazhyna

Grypina

Daminika

Danuta

Darafeya

Dar "I

Dziana

Blast furnace

Elizabeth

Evdakia

Eupraxia

Euphrasinnia

Jean

Zinaida

Zinovia

Iryna

Kazimir

Kaleria

Camila

Kanstantsia

Karalina

Katsyaryna

Kira

Clara

Claudzia

Kryscina

Xenia

Larysa

Lidziya

Lina

Looker "I

Any

Ludvika

Lyudmila

Magda

Magdalena

Makryna

Malanya

Margaryta

Markela

Martha

Marcina

Maryna

Mary

Mar "yana

Matron

Maura

Melentina

Mechyslava

Miraslava

Mikhalina

Nastassia

Natallia

Nika

Nina

Nona

Palina

Paraskeva

Paula

paulina

Pelagia

Praskoya

Pruzyn

Pulcheria

Ragneda

glad

Radaslava

Raina

Raisa

Ruja

Ruzhana

Rufina

Safiya

Svyatlana

Seraphim

Stanislav

Stephania

Suzana

Scyapanida

Tadora

Taisiya

Tamara

Tazzyana

Teklya

Teresa

Uladzislava

Ulyana

Austin

Faina

Facinnia

Flaryyan

Fyadora

Fyadossia

Fiaronnya

Kharytsina

Hvyador

Hvyadossya

Khrystsina

Yadviga

Janina

Yarmila

Yaўgeniya

Yalampiya

Yaўhimiya

Traditional Belarusian female names

Alesya- forest, protector

Alyona- beautiful, torch

Aryn- peaceful

Lesya- forest, protector

Olesya– forest

Ulada

Yana- grace of God

Yarina- sunny, fierce

Yarina- peaceful

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