Recently, in an effort to stand out from the rest, many parents in the world are trying to give their child an unusual name. Russian mothers and fathers are no exception.
Passion for non-standard names began in the days of the USSR. For example, after the victory in World War II, people began to call the kids patriotically: Pofistal (Victor of fascism Joseph Stalin), Uryurvkos (Hurrah, Yura in space!), Ivis (I.V. Stalin), Izil (executor of Ilyich’s precepts), Stator ( Stalin triumphs).
In the 90s of the XX century in Russia there was also a surge of interest in unusual names, especially those with a foreign connotation. Instead of Mikhail, it was fashionable to call the child Michael or Michel, instead of Elizabeth - Louise, instead of Alexei - Alex, etc. After some time, the pro-Western version of Russian names gradually faded away.
In the "zero" fashion for Western names was replaced by a new trend: suddenly such names as Prokhor, Potap, Zakhar, Praskovya, Agafya began to gain popularity ... But the fantasy of Russian parents did not end there. When naming their children, they began to use names that had never been used before. We have collected the strangest and most unusual of them.
Patriotic names
In June 2010, the Ryazan family named the child after the political party - United Russia.
“My wife and I respect the largest party in our country,” said the baby’s father, Sergei Lapshin. – We believe that United Russia symbolizes political strength, strength, confidence in plans and goals. That's why we named our son that."
In the same family, a girl named Putin is growing up.
In 2011, in Omsk, the parents gave the newborn the name Medmiya, naming her in honor of the then President of Russia, and now Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
“We thought for a long time what to name our daughter. If there was a son, they would give him the name Dmitry. In the end, they tried to reduce “Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich” to an abbreviation,” the parents said in an interview with the Omskpress portal.
Perhaps in the future United Russia and Medmiya will find a common language with a boy from Khakassia named Vlapunal (stands for “Vladimir Putin is our leader”) and a girl Vyborina. The children were born on election day in 2007, for which they received such names.
Names from loyal fans
In Moscow, eight girls named Arya, named after the heroine of the Game of Thrones series, are registered.
The world-famous TV series Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, has inspired Russian parents to name their children after their favorite characters. Eight girls with the name Arya are registered in Moscow, and four in St. Petersburg. They were named, apparently, in honor of the heroine of the series Arya Stark, a brave girl with a difficult fate.
Interestingly, parents give their children the names of not only positive, but also negative characters. Yekaterinburg has its own Theon (Theon Greyjoy is a traitor according to the plot of the series), and Petyr and Varys (heroes of very dubious virtue) appeared in Chelyabinsk.
Another popular name in recent times is Cinderella. That was the name of the girls in Tula and Apsheronsk, as well as the boy in Kyiv.
Residents of Perm, Natalya and Konstantin Menshikov, went even further. They gave their newborn son the name Lucifer, which shocked not only the registry office workers, but also all their relatives, as well as representatives of the church.
“We are Satanists. Lucifer is a symbol of freedom of thought, pride and intellect. The society simply promoted the stereotype that Satanism is supposedly vandalism, listening to heavy music and drinking, but this is not so, ”the mother of the baby believes.
Title names
Some parents want their children to be head and shoulders above the rest from birth. Otherwise, how to explain that they call their sons Count, Lord and even Prince?
For some reason, such names are especially loved by parents from the Voronezh region. There, over the past few years, children with the names Tsar, Tsaritsa and Prince have been registered.
natural names
The most romantic mothers and fathers try to give their children "sublime" names. So appear: Dawn, Moon, Flower, Ocean, Sun, Rainbow, Dolphin and Dolphin, Cherry.
Geographic names
Why not name your child after a country or city? Many foreign parents have long taken note of this. For example, the American star Paris Hilton (if you translate her name into Russian, then this is Paris) or the son of Victoria and David Beckham - Brooklyn (in honor of the borough of New York). Our compatriots also decided not to lag behind.
In first place in popularity is the name Russia. So called girls in Kirov, Kemerovo, Voronezh region and Yamal. Moms and dads, who decided to give such a majestic name to their children, are sure that they are now waiting for a special mission that is important for the country.
Recently, the media wrote about a girl who was named Syria. The baby's father at the time when she was born was on a business trip in this country, so the mother decided to name her daughter that.
Among other "geographical" names of children there are: India, Parisians, Moscow, America, Sevastopol, Byzantium and the "trend" of the past year - Crimea.
Double names
Publication from Philip Kirkorov (@fkirkorov) Dec 7 2015 at 5:19 PST
Double names are also in vogue. For example, singer Philip Kirkorov named his daughter Alla Victoria. Other parents are even more imaginative. According to the data of the Russian registry offices, in 2014-2015 children were registered under the names: Salad-Lettuce, Luka-Happiness, Maxim-Moscow and Arkhip-Ural.
Why does a child need an unusual name
According to most moms and dads, they give their children unusual names out of the best of intentions. First of all, so that they attract attention and stand out from the crowd. However, surveys show that after a few years, about 10% of parents begin to regret their decision. This is due to the fact that the child begins to be ridiculed by peers.
Many people with unusual names, as adults, told how many negative emotions they had to endure because of this. It turns out that about 78% of children suffered from their name in their youth, and about 22% changed it to a more traditional one when they grew up.
Non-standard names may be banned
The Motherland party has drafted a bill that would ban giving children strange names - in particular, those containing numbers, symbols and profanity, as well as denoting ranks (for example, Earl, Princess or Queen). The authors of the project believe that such a measure will protect children from problems in communicating with peers.
This initiative was supported by the social psychologist Natalya Varskaya: “Children who are somehow different from the rest always cause ridicule, especially if a child named Tsar or Count does not match them with his behavior, upbringing, intelligence. You don’t need to expose your child to unnecessary stress and stress on the psyche, as a result, the child can begin to withdraw into himself and grow up with a vital attitude that all enemies are around.
At the moment, Russian parents are given complete freedom in choosing a name for the child, the only restriction is that it must consist only of letters, numbers are not allowed.
Choosing a name for your little princess is a pleasant and, at the same time, responsible process. Future parents, as well as grandparents, go through all the possible options before settling on any one. The name with which the girl comes into this world largely determines her character and future fate.
Over the name for a newborn baby sometimes you have to "sweat"Possible criteria for choosing a name for a girl
It can be very difficult to choose the best name for a daughter, especially when disagreements arise between mom and dad. Parents sort through the maximum number of options, paying attention to both fashionable and old ones.
First of all, they consider the beautiful Russian royal names that the Rurik girls were called - Ekaterina, Sofia, Anastasia, Anna, Alexandra, Elizabeth, Maria. They recall unusual old ones - Aglaya, Angelina, Lukerya, Evdokia, Iraida, Claudia, Marta, Pelageya. Each of the options has a unique origin and meaning.
Someone wants to name a newborn in memory of a loved one. In this case, it is worth remembering that it is not correct to name your child after a deceased relative. Consider interesting and rare names for girls. They are also chosen by value, according to the church calendar, according to the horoscope and the advice of an astrologer.
By name meaning
When naming a child, they look at the meaning of the name when they want to give certain features to his character. In addition, no one wants a letter code to have a bad meaning.
- Aglaya - "shining". Aglai are bright personalities, ideas and emotions literally gush out of them, they are always ahead and ready to lead their team behind them.
- Alexandra is a strong letter code, which means “strong-willed” in translation. Children profitably use their natural data, they know how to carefully hide emotions.
- Anastasia - "resurrected". Nastya's girls are kind and gentle, but with a strong character. Very dreamy nature.
- Angelina - "messenger". The name is gentle, the word "angel" is clearly read in it, but its owners are energetic and decisive.
- Anna - one of the names of the royal family, translated as "brave". Ani is principled, accurate, patient.
- Catherine - means "chaste". Katya grow up intellectually developed and purposeful, able to achieve success.
- Iraida - in translation - "heroine". Iraids are active and proud. Such people in life achieve everything they want.
- Claudia - "stubborn". Perseverance is the main character trait of Klava, and this helps her a lot in life.
- Mary means "serenity". An affectionate nature that wants to warm and protect everyone around.
- Martha - "noble". A young lady with a rare and beautiful name grows up calm, balanced and caring.
- Sophia (Sofia) - means "reasonable, wise." Girls with this name usually have a rich inner world. In life they are lucky and happy.
According to the church calendar
The method of choosing a name according to the Saints is popular. It is believed that a child named according to the church calendar is under the protection of his guardian angel from the first days of life. A Saint's day is celebrated daily. It remains to choose one of them.
The most beautiful church female names for a daughter have Slavic, Greek and Hebrew roots. It is also worth finding information about why a person was canonized as a Saint. With a difficult choice, they look at the adjacent dates and the entire month.
Winter
- In December, daughters are named after the Saints: Anna, Anastasia, Barbara, Catherine, Zoe, Kira, Lily, Margarita, Mary, Tamara, Tatiana, Ulyana, Yulia.
- In January, the name day of Arina, Anastasia, Antonina, Agnia, Vasilisa, Barbara, Eugenia, Maria, Melania, Irina, Xenia, Tatyana, Ulyana, Emilia, Yulia. Daughters born in January have a strong character. The name given according to the Saints is able to soften it and endow the girl with tenderness.
- In February, Agnia, Anna, Alexandra, Alevtina, Arina, Vasilisa, Vera, Zoya, Ekaterina, Inna, Christina, Sofia have Angel Day. Just as in the case of the January daughters, the name of the Saint will soften their unbending winter character.
It is believed that the names according to the holy calendar protect the child throughout his life. Spring
- March Saints: Anna, Arina, Barbara, Galina, Daria, Kira, Maria, Marianna, Marina, Nadezhda, Olga, Ulyana, Juliana, Julia. Girls born in the first month of spring are often gentle and indecisive, but at the same time, talented and charming.
- In April, in the church calendar, the name day of Saints Anastasia, Anna, Barbara, Daria, Larisa, Lydia, Nika, Praskovya, Sofia. Children born in April are successful and talented.
- May princesses according to the Saints can be called: Valeria, Zhanna, Zoya, John, Tamara, Faina, Fedor, Elsa, Julia.
Summer
- The June ones are called - Alena, Vera, Elena, Zinaida, Lilia, Susanna, Juliana.
- In July, the days of the Saints - Agrippina, Valentina, Dinara, Lucia, Margarita, Rimma, Tatiana, Yana.
- In August - Angela, Angelina, Anna, Anfisa, Daria, Eva, II, Melica, Xenia, Nonna.
Girls born in the autumn season of the family are friendly and easy to communicate with. Autumn
Autumn children are diligent, diligent and strive for excellence:
- In September, the name day of Alena, Vasilisa, Elena, Lyudmila, Martha, Oksana, Regina, Seraphim, Sofia, Fekla, Elsa.
- In October - Ariadne, Arina, Vera, Veronica, Virineya, Dora, Elizabeth, Zlata, Marianne, Polina, Tatiana, Fevronia.
- In November - Arina, Anna, Alexandra, Glykeria, Elizabeth, Martha, Matrona, Neonilla, Nina, Olga, Stephanie.
The list of beautiful Orthodox names can be continued for a long time. It can be obtained at the church where the parents are going to baptize the child. The lists may differ depending on the monastery in which they were compiled.
Horoscope
Some parents turn to astrology and horoscopes to choose a name. In this case, there is also food for thought, since several options are suitable for each sign of the zodiac at once - simple and not very. The following are beautiful modern names according to the signs of the zodiac.
Sometimes when choosing a name, they are guided by astrological principles. - The sign Aries corresponds to the maiden names Alice, Alla, Raya.
- Taurus is called Angela, Diana, Maya, Monica.
- Gemini women have sonorous names - Aksinya, Albina, Yvette, Clara, Taisiya, Eliza.
- Cancer girls are very impressionable people. The names of Bogdan, Lolita, Melania are suitable for them.
- The majestic Lions are called accordingly - Aurora, Ilona, Emma.
- The names Constance, Regina, Linda are suitable for the feminine Virgo.
- Charming Libra - Veronica, Zlata, Love, Milena, Pelageya, Snezhana.
- Owners of a changeable character, born under the sign of Scorpio, are called Louise, Martha, Elina.
- Sagittarians are called Zhanna, Marianna, Fekla.
- Capricorns - Barbara, Kira, Renata.
- The Aquarius girl is given the name Ilona or Aelita.
- Pisces - Amelia, Eve.
Other criteria
By time of year:
- trying to balance the winter atmosphere, they call their daughters sunny and warm names - Svetlana, Lyudmila, Natalya;
- in the spring, daughters are called more harshly - Irina, Victoria, Ruslana;
- summer children can be called Margarita, Valeria, Antonina;
- autumn - Yesenia, Zlata, Vera, Olesya.
When parents want to highlight a girl, they give her a rare name. When mom and dad want to single out their child so that his name is the only one in kindergarten and school, in Russia they give rare and beautiful, sometimes forgotten, old feminine names - Ophelia, Valencia, Dominica. When replacing one letter in the traditional name, new unusual options are obtained: Alesya, Daria, Olena.
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- Nastasya.
TOP of the most popular female names of recent years in Russia
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- Sofia;
- Alice;
- Pauline;
- Arina;
- Victoria;
- Valeria;
- Elizabeth;
- Karina;
- Milena;
- Maria.
Great options for naming your baby, but very common these days.
Rare and beautiful Russian names
Turning to the origins, you can remember Russian names, beautiful and old, and choose an unusual name for a girl. They are old and have a history.
Each of them stores a letter code with meaning:
- Bozhena;
- Olympics;
- Veroslav;
- August;
- Zlatislav;
- Ariadne;
- Lubomir;
- Neonilla;
- Pelagia;
- Praskovya;
- Stanislav;
- Kaleria.
Unusual international names
There are many beautiful female names that sound almost the same in all languages. These names are international: Adeline, Alexandra, Anna, Adriana, Agata, Agnes, Amalia, Diana, Evangelina, Isabella, Ilona, Clara, Liana, Linda, Laura, Marianne, Mia, Roxana, Sabrina, Stella, Evelina, Ella.
When choosing a name, you must also look at how it will be combined with the surname and patronymic
The list is, of course, not complete. There are still a lot of options. When choosing a name for your daughter from the list of international ones, you should think about its combination with the surname and patronymic. For example, combinations like Stepanova Adriana Petrovna do not sound very harmonious.
How better not to name a girl?
The name of the daughter, first of all, must correspond to the nationality and religion. Calling a Russian girl, for example, a Muslim name would be strange.
It is important that it fits the surname and patronymic. It is better to choose a short name for a long surname and patronymic. For example, Ikonnikova Kira Stanislavovna is easier to pronounce than Ikonnikova Alexandra Stanislavovna.
The future woman will have to bear the name all her life. Perhaps the daughter will become a teacher, educator or director of a large company, and she will often be called by her first name and patronymic. The task of parents is to make sure that the sound does not hurt the ear and is not difficult to pronounce.
It is good when there is a full and abbreviated form of the name. Parents will definitely want to call the child affectionately, therefore, before giving a name, they come up with diminutive forms for him.
Clinical and perinatal psychologist, graduated from the Moscow Institute of Perinatal and Reproductive Psychology and Volgograd State Medical University with a degree in Clinical Psychology
In Russia, however, as in other countries, there are people who are not quite normal in their head, who are lucky to have children, but not lucky with their minds. And it would be nice if their quirks would only affect themselves - children also suffer. First of all, because they are given the most ridiculous names. It is difficult not to doubt the adequacy of such parents.
The most unusual and stupid name of all that I came across on the Internet was given to a boy from Moscow. His name is BOC rVF 260602, which stands for "a biological object of a person of the Voronin-Frolov family, born on 06/26/2002".
Another crazy mother from the Moscow region named her son Reduksin in honor of the drug, thanks to which she was able to lose weight and meet her husband.
And football fans went crazy about the coach of the Russian national team Guus Hiddink and named their sons in his honor -Gus. Imagine that a person's name is Gus Evgenievich Gorodnikov or Gus Vyacheslavovich Khmelev. These are all real people!
Here is a list of the weirdest baby names I've been able to collect:
Russia - two people with this name are registered in the Russian Federation
Joy
Dolphin
Lily of the valley Skachedub
Lucifer
Angel
Aladdin
Lemon
Christ
Georgius
Christamrirados
Irkut
Tutankhamun - this name was given to a girl in Rostov
Crimea
Syria
Snow Maiden
Privatization - a child with an unusual name from Nizhny Tagil
Mister is a stupid name from a crazy parent
Ogneslav
Jeremy the Patron
Luka Happiness Summerset Ocean is all one ridiculous human name
Prahlada - and with a grammatical error - through "A"
Viagra - a girl from the city of Korolev
Porof is a shame to Russian football
Vlapunal — Vladimir Putin is our leader
Soup is generally a strange stupid name
Lengenmir - Lenin - the genius of the world
Leninid - Leninist ideas
Lorierik – Lenin, October Revolution, Industrialization, Electrification, Radiofication and Communism
Leundezh - Lenin is dead, but his work lives on
Pofistal - The winner of fascism Joseph Stalin
Pyatvchet - Five-year plan in four years!
Valterpezhekosma - Valentina Tereshkova - the first female cosmonaut
Vilor - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin organizer of the revolution
Lunio - Lenin died, but the ideas remained
Startrazav - Stalin's Tractor Plant
Dazdraperma - long live the first of May
Dazdrasmygda - long live the bond between town and country
Dotnara - Daughter of the working people
Dazvemir - Long live the world revolution
Perkosrak - First space rocket
Oyushminald - Otto Yulievich Schmidt on an ice floe
Kukutsapol - corn - the queen of the fields
Stalin - with an emphasis on the second syllable
Perkosrak - First space rocket
Pofistal - The winner of fascism Joseph Stalin
Pyatvchet - Five-year plan at four years
Uryurvkos - Hooray, Yura in space
Chelnaldina - Chelyuskin on an ice floe
Wilan — V. I. Lenin and the Academy of Sciences
Yaslenik - I'm with Lenin and Krupskaya
Fortunately, on May 1, 2017, a law came into force in Russia that will allow at least a little, but to limit eccentric parents, preventing them from using the most unusual, strange and ridiculous names in Russia. Numbers and any characters other than a hyphen are now prohibited in a person's name. Also, the government completely banned the use of swear words and swear words for this.
Hi all! I wonder if many married ladies wear engagement/wedding rings?
I wore, probably, the first month. I can't stand it - some kind of yellow, wide. And for me, all these attributes do not mean anything.
Moreover, I can’t remember if my friends, acquaintances wear these attributes. Never paid attention.
To live well!
Our city is just now hosting an annual trade show, which is easier to call just a fair. By the way. The most cozy and familiar Russian fair has German roots and comes from Jahr-year and Markt-market, bazaar.
I invite you to walk around the German province in the rain, where are we without it
This announcement in the children's pavilion made my day_ "Please. Don't forget to pick up the kids!"
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It's about mother-in-law and sister-in-law. I was very tired of annoying visits to our dacha without an invitation and living there for a month or two. It would be nice if we had common points of contact, there was something to talk about or at least some kindred relationship, but everything is deaf there.
The mother-in-law comes as if to her home, hangs up her towels, plants and digs trees at her own discretion, brings some odorous fertilizers, in general, everything is "as I like it." You can’t leave a child with her, there is no trust, since she is “wonderful” - she can leave a five-year-old child alone at home, and go away on business herself, I haven’t heard about hygiene: hands with nails are always black, she doesn’t wash her hands after the toilet, all the dishes after her in greasy and sticky spots. It's so nasty girls!
According to the first, I tried to build a respectful relationship: I invited me to the house, set the table, gave expensive wine to drink, but in a conversation I heard that the cutlets were a little dry and I myself was still that bitch! And I decided that we should not sit at the same table with her. It can be seen that I cannot save my family, no matter how much I would like to. I'm not ready for such impudent visits to my country house.
We live in the city in my apartment: me, husband, 5-year-old daughter. The husband built the house. I want to hear opinions on what I can do in this situation so that I no longer get upset. I can’t sleep for two nights. He doesn’t call and doesn’t even pick up the phone when his husband calls him).
I am not interested in being a poor relative, especially since I have a good position and I earn normally. I can theoretically rent a dacha in the suburbs myself, but it's so insulting that I generally do everything myself. And I myself take the child to the sea, because he is sorry for the money - there is a village, And now they have occupied it.
Next week, the sister-in-law sends her children to us .. So that they live there for another month .. I will tell you that the house is not made of rubber, and we all won’t fit there even if I step over my disgust to the slovenliness of my mother-in-law ...
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Sasha and Dasha met as students, were friends for 4 years, got married. She said that you shouldn’t get married right away, so who would listen ((
The problem was Dasha. More precisely, not a problem, a person just had to be allowed to live independently, and only then build his family. Her mother has big, big bells and whistles, she crushed Dasha when Sasha introduced us to her, the first impression is a thin, thin sprout that is just emerging from the ground. She would have to live at least a year without her mother, just one, but love is carrots, they ran to the registry office.
After the wedding, they combined the premarital, bought a three-ruble note in a new building, got pregnant, that's like live and be happy. After the birth, a paragraph began ((((Sasha from a family with the model "dad is a breadwinner, mom is a keeper of the hearth", and mom's Dasha, who transferred her own cockroaches to her daughter's family life, instead of helping, a daily lecture that a good wife has her husband's dirty socks are washed on the same day and for the husband there should always be the first, second and compote. Sasha's brain was inserted, he began to actively help Dasha and the mother-in-law began to come only in his presence, but it was too late,
It ended sadly. When Andryushka was 9 months old, Dasha had a breakdown. At the next scandal, she jumped out of the house in one dressing gown at 3 o'clock in the morning and left. Thanks to her friend, she took her away, but I had to call an ambulance, emergency hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital. Dasha stayed in the PND for almost half a year, was discharged, and never returned to her family. She moved to a metropolis, got a job, after 2 years she got married a second time, gave birth to a daughter. She was widowed during pregnancy, inherited her husband's business, now everything is in order with her. She began to communicate with her son as soon as she was discharged from the hospital.
Sasha also got married. Nadia is a little older, her first marriage broke up due to her infertility, she was purposefully looking for a man with children. She accepted Andryushka as her own, adopted a common one.
When Sasha filed for a divorce, she said that determine the place of residence of the child with you, but again, who would listen ((
Andryushka is happy with everything, he calls both mothers. He is almost 7 and is going to school this year. There is mother Nadia, who is always with him, father and adored younger brother, father and mother promise to buy a sister. And mother-holiday Dasha, who takes her to her place for the weekend and on all sorts of trips to the seas and oceans, plus her beloved little sister too.
The problem is - Dasha decided that Andryushka should be taken away. Sasha and her family live in a small town, she lives in the regional center and wants to send her to a good school. Sasha, of course, categorically does not want to give up his son.
Sane people, while everything is quiet and peaceful, but the scandal is brewing.
The question is what is best for the child? Leave dad in the family or give it to mom, where will there be more opportunities for education?
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I have a friend, in December she underwent a complex paid operation, she was on sick leave for a long time. She went to work in April, and after 1.5 months they were sent on unpaid leave. She found a new job from 1.07. But apparently it is difficult to live financially, although she does not complain and does not ask.
Her parents did not offer her financial assistance, although they have such an opportunity. She has both a grandmother and a grandfather, and a sister, and aunts and uncles and their children (cousins). Everyone lives normally. Although if a friend asked, she would be helped. I offered her help, she thanked and said that she would probably apply in July, because. The first salary will be in August.
Moreover, yesterday she met her ex-husband and he also proposed to her, knowing about her difficulties (they have normal relations). She didn't take it, she also left it as a last resort. We chatted with a friend about this topic. But this just a pretty good example of this It's not about a friend and her family.
Do your relatives offer help without your request? Do you yourself offer help to your relatives without their request? In what situations?
148December 18 is the Day of Civil Registry Office Workers. Lovely ladies not only announce the creation of new families under the march of Mendelssohn, but also daily do more routine work: register deaths, adoptions and births of new children.
This year, more than 101 thousand babies were born in the capital, in the past 134.5 thousand, in 2011 - 125 thousand. Most often, parents chose such names for their sons as: Artem, Alexander, Maxim, Ivan, Mikhail, and for girls - Sofia (Sofya), Maria, Anastasia, Daria, Anna. But from year to year there are also parents who want their heirs to bear such a name that no one in kindergarten, class, school, institute will certainly have ... What specifically encourages them to do this, they probably themselves don't really know, but the fact remains.
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The Moscow registry office "RG" spoke about the most unusual names registered in Moscow since 1998. So, the boys were called Dmitry-Amethyst, Matvey-Rainbow, Nikolai-Nikita-Nil, Count, Dar, Ivan-Kolovrat, Mercury, Kantogor-Egor, March, Christamrirados, Prince, Prince, Cosmos, Angel, Wind, Will, Dolphin, Yaroslav-Lyutobor, Ilya Bogodar, Casper Beloved, Arkhip-Ural, Jeremy Patron, Kit, Luke-Happiness, Summerset Ocean, Monono Nikita, Ogneslav, Buddha-Alexander, Master, Peace.
The girls were given the following non-trivial names: Pleasure, Polina-Polina, Golub, April, Cherry, India, Princess Daniella, Rosiyana, Russia, Zarya-Zaryanitsa, Moon, Lyalya, Angel Maria, Lunalika, Princess Angelina, Alyosha-Kaprina, Oceana, Joy , Alena-Flower, Dolphin, Fox, Radostina, Sofia-Sun.
As explained in the press service of the department, there is no fashion or tendency to be fond of unusual names in Moscow. From one to 12 facts of non-standard names are registered annually. According to the head of the registry office of Moscow, Irina Muravyova, most often an exotic name is expecting a child in a family where one of the parents is a foreigner.
For the love of "VIA Gre"
Residents of the Moscow region are less inventive with non-standard names. So, according to the statistics of the last three years of the registry office in the Moscow region, the boys were called: Anikei, Ion, Ermak, Lukilianne, Hoan, Altair, Andre, Prince, Yakub, Jason, Julius, Daniel. Girls: Zemfira, Cassandra, Esther, Zabava, Kupava, Ustina, Avdotya, Consuelo, Birch, Cassiopeia, Madonna, Roksolana, Raspberry, Mercedes, Bagheera.
In the registry office of the city of Korolev near Moscow, an unusual name is registered - Viagra. Happy parents - the driver Nikolay and the housewife Anastasia explain their choice by three reasons. The first of them is the beauty and originality of the name, the second - the drug of the same name contributed to the long-awaited conception of a child, and the third reason is a long-standing love for the VIA Gra group.
In the Russian registry offices in the last three years, such names as Zhuzha, Tulip, Salad Lettuce, Millionera, Air traffic controller have been registered. By the way, people abroad are also good at fiction. So, according to the American Pension Fund, every year hundreds and thousands of children with unusual names are registered in the United States: Eros, Charisma, Lancelot, Lexus, Fantasia and even the Messiah. So, over the past two years, more than 1,000 Messiahs have been registered.
The right to change
However, psychologists say: children with unusual names can have a lot of problems in adulthood. Especially if the associations that an unusual name evokes from outsiders do not correspond to the personal qualities of the child. After all, the more unusual the name, the more it attracts the attention of outsiders. Therefore, from childhood, such a child will feel his unusualness, difference from others. This, of course, will leave a very deep imprint on the psyche. Not every child and not every adult can withstand increased attention to his person.
But if the young Prince or the graduate of the Angel-Mary school do not want to continue their life path with such names, they have the right to change them. Until the age of 14, this is done through an appeal to the guardianship and guardianship authorities, after 14 years - through the registry office, but with written permission from the parents. Well, after the age of majority, that is, 18 years old, a young man has the right to independently come to the registry office, write an application and change his name. This year, by the way, 6455 people used this right, last year - 8320, the year before - 7834.
In the name of the revolution
After the October Revolution in Soviet Russia, it was fashionable for children to give the most unimaginable names. In the dictionary of Russian personal names, authored by Nikandr Petrovsky (the name, by the way, is also not the most common), you can find the following popular names of that era: Electrification, Revolution, Decree, Bow, Tractor, Algebrina, Turbine, Diesel, Drezina.
It used to be that girls were called Dazdraperma (from the slogan "Long live the First of May"), Revdit - ("Child of the Revolution"), Pofistal - ("Winner of Fascism Joseph Stalin") and even Perkosrak ("First space rocket").
But among the strange revolutionary names there were those that then took root and they were called babies for a long time afterwards. For example, Vladlen (abbreviated as Vladimir Lenin), Ninel (the same Lenin, only in reverse), Kim (Communist International of Youth).
The stars do it too
World celebrities are also not averse to inventing something like that.
So, in the family of football player David Beckham, one of the children was named Brooklyn in honor of the New York area. American rock musician Frank Zappa named his daughter Lunar Sputnik. The daughter of the famous film actress Gwyneth Paltrow received the uncomplicated name Apple, and David Bowie christened his son Zoe: it seemed to the singer a good consonance - Zoe Bowie. By the way, the son did not appreciate the violent creative imagination of his parent. Growing up, he replaced Zoe with a neutral Joe, which, they say, greatly upset his father.
Other Hollywood celebrities were no less original. Today, among the star children, there are such names as Dandelion (Dandelion), Pitches (Peach), Pixie (Fairy) and even Fifi Trixibel - a combination of sounds that cannot be translated.
Help "RG"
The longest name in the world is an Indian named Brahmatra. It consists of 1478 letters, which are a series of merged names of historical places, the names of famous diplomats, theologians, scientists, etc. It takes at least ten minutes to read it.
Compared to him, the full name of Miss S. Ellen Georgiana Ser-Lekken from Montana in the USA is mere trifles, only 598 letters. A lush set of names is not uncommon in Spain either. The famous artist Pablo Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomukeno Crispin Crispiano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz and Picasso.
And in France there lived a family deprived of a surname. Instead, she wore a set of numbers - 1792. And four sons in this family bore the names of the months of the year. Thus, in the passport and other documents it looked like this: January 1792, February 1792, March 1792 and April 1792. The last representative of this strange family, Mr March 1792, died in September 1904.
