In the below Russian nomenology given Russian names of common Slavic origin, which were used long before the baptism of Russia. By the 18th and 19th centuries, Old Russian names were almost completely forgotten, replaced by Christian names imported from Byzantium, but some of them have been preserved and are currently used. They carry Slavic energy, Slavic roots.

In this Russian nomenology there are no Jewish, Greek and Roman (Latin) names that have already been adapted on the territory of Russia and are perceived as Russian. Jewish, Greek and Roman (Latin) names are the names of other egregors (names of non-Slavic origin).

This Russian name book includes original Russian and common Slavic names, as well as some names, the origin of which is controversial.

The Russian language belongs to the group of Slavic languages ​​of the Indo-European language family.

Accordion- storyteller, keeper of antiquity

Beloyar- bright, sunny

Belogor- sacred mountain, exalted

Bogdan- given by God

Bogolep- pleasing to the gods

Boris (Boray, Boril)- struggling

Borislav- glorious in the struggle, fighting for glory

Borim- fighting for peace

Borimir- fighting for peace (light)

Boyan- brave fighter

Branibor- formidable fighter

Branislav- getting glory in battles, strict, demanding

Bronislav- glorious weapon

Budimir- vigilant

Budislav- prudent

Buyan- violent, courageous

Vadimir- leader of the world

Valdai- lord

Vasilko- royal. This name was borne by several ancient Russian princes. The same root is the name of the flower - cornflower

Velimir– peaceful, peace-loving, healthy, good physique

Veligor- great, lofty

Velislav- attentive, sincere

Vitoslav- cheerful

Vlad- owning, okay

Vladimir- autonomous, independent

Vladislav- dominating, chief

Vlas- dominant

Volodar- ruler who owns

Vsevolod rich, affluent, lord of all

Vseslav- generous

Vratislav famous, famous, famous

Vyacheslav- prudent

Gleb- heavy, powerful

Gordey- proud, proud

Gordian- courageous, self-respecting

Gorimir- fabulous

Gorislav- sincere, living for the world

Gradimir- confident, persistent, creator

Gradislav- wise

Granislav- persistent, stubborn

Dobrogor- uplifting goodness

dobrodey- doing good

Dobromil- good-natured, kind

Dobromir- noble

Dobroslav- prudent, prudent

Dobrynya (Dobryn)- kind

Dragomil- precious

Dragomir- loved by all

Dragoslav- gifted

Zvenimir- famous, famous

Zvenislav- glorious, illustrious

Ivan- militant.

According to other sources, Ivan is a name of Jewish origin, meaning the mercy of God. Having acquired a sound pronunciation very far from the original source, it became a popular name in Russia and Europe, turning from Jokanaan (Heb.), John (Gr.) into Russian Ivan, French Jean, English John.

Igor- proud

According to other sources, Igor is a name of Scandinavian origin, the meaning is warlike.

Election- agile warrior

Izyaslav- smart, smart

Ladimir- bring peace of mind (peace)

Luchezar- bringing light

Lubomir- peaceful

Lute- severe, fierce

Lutobor- stern fighter (warrior)

Lutomir- strong, principled

Martin- waterfowl from the breed of gulls

Miloslav- friendly, kind

Miroslav- wise, bright head

Mlad- always young, younger

Mstislav- demanding, exacting

Olel- favourite

Oleg- amazing, from the kind of Magi, of high origin.

According to other sources, Oleg is a name of Scandinavian origin, the meaning is sacred.

Ostromir- strong, powerful

Ostroslav- funny, witty

Pereslav- most glorious

Polel- loving

Prov- ruler

Radomir- joyful, sunny, bright

Radoslav- wise

Razumnik- reasonable

Ratibor- fair, illustrious warrior

Ratimir- noble, well-born

Rostislav capable, gifted, talented

Rus- Russian

Svetogor- bright, lofty

Svetozar- bright, morning

Svyatobor- light, strong warrior

Svyatopolk- strong, durable, light

Svyatoslav- fair, wise

Slavy (Slavuta, Slavyata)- glorious

Smeyan- cheerful

Stavr– experienced

Stanimir- stately, decent, honest

Stanislav- practical, rational

Sudislav- balanced, thoughtful

Trezor (Trevzor)- clairvoyant

Tverdimir- devoted, stable, reliable

Tverdislav- strong, determined

Udal- remote

Shemyaka- strong-armed

Yar- furious

Yarobor- fierce, strong warrior

Jaromir- proactive, proactive, enterprising

Yaropolk- persistent, strong, determined

Yaroslav- persistent

Russians female names

Bogdan- given by God

blagoslav- virtuous, educated

Branislava- strict, demanding

Budimira- vigilant

Budislava- prudent

barbarian- militant

According to other sources, Barbara is a name of Greek origin, the meaning is savage, barbarian.

Velimira- peaceful, peace-loving, healthy, good physique

Velislava- attentive, sincere

Faith- true

Vitoslav- healthy, cheerful

Vlada- possessive, fine

Vladislav- dominating, dominant

power- imperious

Vseslav- generous

Vyacheslav- prudent

Golub- tender

Gordeya- proud

Gorimira- magnificent

Gorislava- sincere, living for the world

Gradimira- confident, persistent, creative

Gradislava- wise

Granislava- persistent, stubborn

Daryona- donated

Darina- generous

Dobrava- kind, beautiful

dobrodeya- doing good

Dobromila- good-natured, kind

Dobromir- noble

Dobroslav- prudent, prudent

Dolyana- lucky

Dragomila- precious

Dragomir- loved by all

Dragoslava- gifted

Fun- amusing, funny

Sarina- morning light

Zvenimira- famous, famous

Zvenislav- glorious, illustrious

Zlata- golden. Zlata is the Slavic goddess of Dawn.

According to other sources, Zlata is a name of Slavic-Greek origin, the meaning is golden.

Izyaslav- smart, smart

Krasava- beautiful

Kupava- wealthy, prosperous

Lada- fine, slender, flexible. Lada - Slavic goddess of the moon, patroness of love and family happiness

Lelya- affectionate, tender, spring, young. Lelya - Slavic goddess of Youth

Luchesara- bringing light

Lyubava- darling

Love- love, darling

Lubomir- peaceful

Ludmila- nice to people

According to other sources, Lyudmila is a name of West Slavic origin, the meaning is dear to people.

Marya- charming (perhaps on behalf of Mar - the ancient Slavic goddess of black magic, the spirit of Death).

According to other sources, Marya comes from the Hebrew name Maria, the meaning is bitter or excellent.

Miloslava- friendly, kind

Miroslava- wise, bright head

Mlada- always young

Mstislav- demanding, exacting

Hope– reliable

Olelya- darling

Olga– amazing

According to other sources, Olga is a name of Scandinavian origin, the meaning is sacred.

Ostromir- strong, powerful

Ostroslava- funny, witty

Joy- Desirable, responsive, bringing joy

beautiful- beautiful, lovely

glad – bringing joy, sun

Radomira- joyful, sunny, bright

Radoslav- wise

Ratimira- noble, noble

Rostislav capable, gifted, talented

Russia- Russian

Svetlana- bright, shining

Slavia- wise

Smeyana- laughing, cheerful

Stanimira- stately, decent, honest

Stanislav- practical, rational

Sudislava- balanced, thoughtful

Tverdimir- devoted, stable, reliable

Tverdislav- strong, determined

Yara (Yarina)- sunny, furious, stubborn

Jaromira- active, active, enterprising

Yaroslav- persistent

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Many are sure that the names Nikolai, Anna, Peter, Alexander, Dmitry are ancient Russian. But the study of the origins of Russian history can lead to completely unexpected discoveries - our ancient ancestors, the ancient Slavs, had completely different names. With the adoption of Christianity, many historical ethnic names were lost. They were supplanted by Greek, Latin and Hebrew names. For example, the name Paul is of Latin origin, Catherine is of Greek, Mary is of Jewish origin. But some Russian names remained in circulation, gained a second life with the return of fashion for Slavic names. So, what are the original Russian names? What are they? What do they mean? What is their history?

joyful meaning

Most of the original Russian names can be recognized by three main features.

1. First, their meaning can be understood today. For example, Bogdan is God-given.
2. Secondly, most of the names of our ancestors had a bright, joyful, kind meaning. They believed that the name was able to determine the fate of a person, so they chose happy names for babies. For example, Lubomir is someone who loves the world.
3. Thirdly, most of the names of Slavic origin consisted of two stem roots. For example, Lyudmila, Miroslava, Dobronrav.

These are the three main features by which Slavic names can be distinguished from foreign ones.

"Light", "glory", "yar"

Some Slavic names have the basis "yar" in their composition. It comes from the name of the ancient Russian god of the sun - Yarilo, who personified life, joy, prosperity among the ancient Slavs.

Our distant ancestors were sure that the appearance of a particle of the name of God in the name of a child would bring him good luck, joy and a happy fate. Today, such names are again very popular. For example, Yaroslav has not left the top thirty most popular names in our country for the last 10 years.

The same applies to the name Vladislav. This is an ancient Slavic name. Many names in Russia had the root "glory" in their composition, for example, Svyatoslav, Miroslava. The presence of this root in the word was supposed to provide the child with fame and glory.

For many native Russian names, another common root is “light”, for example, Svetopolk, Svetoslava, Svetogor, Svetlana. The root means life, prosperity, rebirth.

"Peace", "God", "Love" and "Mil"

Many Russian Slavic names were based on the word "god" or "god". Most likely, our distant ancestors called their children this way in the hope that God will always be with them, will protect them.

For example, Bogomil, Bogolyub, Bozhedar, Bozhen. The name Bogdan, which is currently very popular, belongs to the same group of names.

The Slavs could not do without the kind and bright word "peace", with the help of it, primordially Russian male names: Jaromir, Dobromir, Velimir and others.

Forgotten names

In Russia, according to tradition, when a baby was born, he was not given a name. He was called by some nickname: Fool, Hare, Fox, Pyatak, Boy, and so on. Over time, when the child showed his character, he was called the appropriate and appropriate name for him.

It was quite common that children were called by the names of animals or plants: Grass, Hare, Wolf, Birch, Linden. In some families, children were named in order: First, Tretiak, Semak, Devyatko.

As you know, all primordially Russian names in the distant past were permeated with the features of ancient paganism and people's faith in the forces of fate and nature. It was paganism that gave life to many names that were dedicated to the ancient Slavic gods: Yaromil, Lada, Veleslav, Yaroslav. Of course, most of these names have now sunk into oblivion and are forgotten. For example, Vyshan, Istr, Zvenets, Dorozh, Brave and others.

History of Russian names

Paganism gave way to Christianity and Ancient Russia new names came: Scandinavian, Latin, Greek, Jewish.

For example, the great Kyiv prince Vladimir after baptism became Vasily. Many of us consider this name to be a primordially Russian male name, but it came to us from Byzantium.

With the planting of the Christian religion and the suppression of paganism, names came into Slavic culture that had a deep meaning: Elena (bright), George (farmer), Victor (winner), Tatiana (organizer), Alexei (defender), Nikita (winner), Eugene ( noble), Sophia (wise), Andrei (courageous).

Thus, the Russian names Peter, Tatyana, Nikolai, Alexander, Yulia, familiar to our ears, are not native Russian, they were brought into our culture from other languages.

Some ancient Slavic names were fanned by the Orthodox tradition and were given to the child at baptism, so they were given a second birth, and they did not sink into oblivion: Yaropolk, Yaroslav, Lyubov, Svyatoslav, Lyudmila. It should be noted that they are very popular today.

All native Russian names that originated in Slavic culture, have a good meaning, are clear to us at the present time:

• Vladimir is the one who owns the world;
• Svyatoslav - possessing sacred glory;
• Lyudmila - dear to all people;
• Yaroslav - glorifying Yarila (Slavic god of the Sun);
• Vsevolod - who owns everything;
• Gold is gold.

List of native Russian names

Many modern parents turn to the origins of Russian, more precisely, Slavic culture, recalling interesting, harmonious and wonderful names. Parents call their children old Slavic names that are filled with deep meaning and meaning. Here, for example, is a list of Slavic male names that are still popular today: Borislav, Branislav, Velislav, Vladimir, Vladislav, Vsevolod, Vseslav, Dobromir, Dobromil, Ivan, Igor, Lubomir, Miloslav, Miroslav, Mlad, Mstislav, Oleg, Radoslav, Rostislav, Rus, Svetozar, Svyatoslav, Stanislav, Yaroslav.

Original Russian female names: Blagoslava, Branislava, Barbara, Velislava, Vera, Vlad, Vladislava, Vlasta, Vyacheslava, Darina, Dobromila, Dobroslava, Zabava, Zarina, Kupava, Lada, Lelya, Love, Zvenislava, Zlata, Ludmila, Marya, Miloslava , Miroslava, Mlada, Mstislava, Nadezhda, Rada, Radoslav, Rosava, Rostislav, Svetlana, Snezhana, Stanislav, Yaroslav.

Instead of a conclusion

Due to complex historical processes, it is currently difficult to give an exact definition of what "originally Russian names" are. We consider many names to be Russian, but they are not, as they came to us along with Christianity.

The history of names, like the history of the country, began much earlier. In those ancient times, the name of a person was a sign, his characteristic and a talisman. It could tell a lot about the owner, characterizing his status, level of position in society, character traits, his external characteristics and even occupation. Most likely, the names of our ancestors would be perceived in our time as nicknames. They are unaccustomed to our hearing. For example, Chernysh, Brave, Curly, Annoyance, Beautiful, Frost, Winter, Love, Fool, but at the same time, they can tell a lot about their owners.

But there are also such ancient names that are popular today. In addition, with the emergence of fashion for old names and traditions, Slavic and native Russian names sound more and more often in our time.

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Men are different. If some are very decent in nature, then others like to beat around the bush. Women, especially when they are in love, love with their ears, so it is very easy to lead us into the candy-bouquet period when we do not see the obvious.

Often men hang the same noodles on our ears.

We give a kind of cheat sheet on which men's phrases you should pay close attention so as not to be deceived.

1. "I'm only looking for a serious relationship"

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It is commendable if this is true, but often men say this for a red word in order to quickly take possession of a woman. At the beginning of a relationship, look more at the actions of the boyfriend. They speak louder than any words.

2. "When I saw you, I immediately understood - you are the one I have been looking for all my life"

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Another phrase from the lexicon of a pick-up artist. Of course, you are a wonderful woman, but how did he manage to see it? It happens that people live for years and learn something new about each other every day, and then a fleeting acquaintance, and already fate? Take your time, take a closer look at it.

3. "We will always be together"

Too arrogant, reckless and hasty. How many ladies has he said that to, I wonder? Here you don’t know how the day will turn out tomorrow, but he throws such serious phrases after a couple of days of dating.

4. "Before you, all women were somehow not like that, but you..."

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The very fact of comparison with another woman is already ugly behavior on his part. Most likely, he is an ordinary womanizer. A smart man, even if he makes a comparison in your favor, will not voice this.

5. "I want a baby from you"

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This phrase is dreamed of by many women who are in a serious relationship. But if you are familiar with just nothing? Perhaps this is one of the tricks to get a woman as soon as possible.

How do you observe that men still deceive us? Tell us in the comments!

The information in this article is for informational purposes only and does not replace the advice of a certified specialist.

Maria, Anna, Peter, Nikolai, Alexander, Andrey, Dmitry - we are sure that these familiar names were born in Ancient Russia and have always been primordially Russian.

However, an etymological digression to the origins of Russian history can lead to unexpected discoveries - the ancient Slavs had completely different names. Perhaps, due to complex historical processes, it is not easy today to give an exact definition of primordially Russian names.

Many names that we consider Russian are not - they came to Russia along with Christianity.
However, the history of the country, like the history of primordial Russian names, began much earlier ...
In those distant centuries in Russia, the name of a person was his peculiar sign, or apt characteristic.
It could tell a lot about a person, reflecting his social status, level of position in the family, certain character traits, his external signs and even his profession.
Perhaps the names of distant ancestors would be perceived in our time as nicknames, but the customs of the ancient Slavs gave them the full status of names.
These names, often unaccustomed to our ears, could say a lot about their owners - listen to the expressive sound of the names
Brave, Chernysh, Clever, Curly, Peasant, Annoyance, Dobrava, Beautiful, Bogdan, Love, Frost, Winter and even ... Fool.
Often children were called names that came out of the animal and plant world - Wolf, Grass, Vetka, Hare, Cow, and in large families the names sometimes came from numerals (First and First, Tretiak, Chetverunya, Semak, Pyatak, Nine).
These names of our distant ancestors were permeated with the poetry of ancient paganism and the boundless faith of people in the forces of nature and fate.
The pagan religion gave life to the names dedicated to the ancient deities of the Slavs - Yaroslav (Yarilu glorifying), Yaromil, Veleslav, Lada.
However, over time, the pagan religion gave way to Christianity, and new names came to Ancient Russia, brought by the Scandinavian Varangians and having Byzantine, ancient Greek and Jewish roots.
In particular, the Great Kyiv Prince Volodymyr, after his baptism in Constantinople, began to be called Vasily.
This name, which most of us consider primordially Russian, became one of the first Christian names on Russian soil.
Simultaneously with the planting of Christianity and the suppression of the pagan faith, the names came to the Slavs that have come down to our days, and which, in turn, had a deep meaning.
- Elena (bright), Victor (winner), George (farmer), Tatyana (organizer), Nikita (winner), Sophia (wise), Eugene (noble), Alexei (defender), Andrey (courageous).
Thus, the familiar Russian names Tatyana, Peter, Maria, Nikolai, Alexander were not originally Russian, but turned out to be brought from other languages ​​and cultures.
However, the original Russian names, fanned by Orthodox traditions and given to the child at baptism, such
like Olga, Igor, Oleg, Lyubov, Yaroslav, Svyatoslav, Yaropolk, were popular with the ancient Slavs and have survived to this day, having received their second birth.
Nowadays, with the advent of fashion for old names, names, Russian Orthodox names sound more and more.
Originally Russian names, born in Slavic culture, have good meanings that are understandable to each of us:
Vladimir - who owns the world, Lyudmila - dear to people, Svyatoslav - sacred glory, Vsevolod - who owns everything, Militsa - dear, Bogdan - given by God, Zlata - golden, Yaroslav - glorifying Yarila.
Today we turn to the origins of Russian history, remembering the wonderful names of the ancient Slavs who became part of it.
Increasingly, young parents call their children sonorous Slavic names, filled with deep meaning and promising our children good destinies.

How many Russian people in Russia have a native Russian or Slavic name

The most attractive and infinitely interesting word for a person is his name. But many know practically nothing about the meaning of Russian and Slavic names. Moreover, they do not know, with minor exceptions, the Russian and Slavic names themselves. Artificially created leapfrog reigns in this issue for many centuries.

Take any dictionary-reference book of the so-called "Russian names" - and you will find almost one percent Russian there. The names now commonly used are Elena, Irina, Anna, Raisa, Viktor, Semyon, Ilya, Benjamin, Nikolai, Peter, Pavel, Sergey, Andrei, Alexei, Alexander, Dmitry - not Russian.

It comes to the point that, for example, in the dictionary “Slavic Mythology from A to Z” (published under the patronage of N.I. Tolstoy), one of the characters in Slavic mythology is declared ... Judas (an extensive article is devoted to him). Truly, everything is upside down! Those who read this dictionary - do you really think that Judas is originally a Slavic character?

The ancient Egyptians believed that the name is closely related to personality. The nameless being could not be presented to the gods. In the pre-Christian world, where all the phenomena of nature were deified, everything inhabiting it, all things, not a single created thing existed without a name.

A person who had no name, from the point of view of divine powers, was in a worse position than the most insignificant inanimate object. The perpetuation of the name of the father (grandfather, closest relatives) is the first filial and tribal duty. And the maintenance of the tombs in good condition, which made it possible to read the names of those who lie in them, was considered one of the most laudable deeds in ancient Egypt.

The name of a person is eternal. It is no coincidence that we commemorate by name even those who died a very long time ago, those (ancestors) about whom we remember almost nothing, except for the name. The Upanishads say: “When a person dies, what does not leave him? - name. Truly, the name is infinite ... with its help, he acquires an infinite world.

God created people by dividing them into tribes and nationalities; each people created by God kept and guarded the core of their culture, their beliefs, the inviolability of the genetic code of their kind-tribe.

One of the strong protective means against any foreign invasion that changes the genetic apparatus, destroys the foundations and integrity of consciousness, was a national naming, calling people with words from their native language. Even the words of the “lowest” series, paradoxically, protected the clan and people from the loss of self-consciousness, and therefore from death, not to mention the sublime, full of energy, strength, spiritually binding names, which were many.

What are these cherished Slavic and Russian names? Here are not only the famous Vladimir, Svyatoslav, Boris, Vladislav, Vsevolod, Vyacheslav, Gleb, Mstislav, Rostislav, Yuri, Yaropolk, Svetlana, Lyudmila, but also the names excommunicated from us by Christianity; now they are like “unknown countries” - names that we now read almost as foreign ones: Borislav, Boyan, Bryachislav, Bogumir, Bravlin, Burivoy, Vratislav, Vyshan, Vratimir, Vseslav, Vysheslav, Godimir, Gostyata, Gostomysl, Gremislav, Dabrogez, Daksha, Dorozh, Daroslav, Der-zhikray, Dobrava, Dobrovit, Dobromir, Dobroslav, Dragomir, Druzhina, Eruslan, Zhdan, Zhdanimir, Zhdislav, Zavid, Zvanimir, Zvenets, Zvenislav, Zemomysl, Zoremir, Istr, Mstislav, Source, Spark, Istoma, Izbava, Kolovrat, Kresimir, Krepimir and many others that you will find in this Dictionary. These names, for the most part, have a fairly clear semantics and familiar structure.

In Ancient Russia there was a culture of the name. It was customary for the common people for up to a year, three or seven years (in different regions of the Slavic-Russian world there are traditions) to hide the name of the child from evil forces, evil spirits, the evil eye, death, since it is a kind of code: who owns it, he has influence on the bearer of the name. Remember: knowing the name made it possible to create conspiracies, to induce damage. And the baby with his still not strong soul and consciousness was not able to resist evil, to protect himself.

Therefore, for the time being, children were called "temporary" names: First, Tretyak, Kid, Boy, Man, Smaller, Big, Baba (looks like a grandmother), Grandfather (looks like a grandfather), Seed; Nezvan, Zvan, Zhdan, Nezhdan, Found, Income - depending on the circumstances of birth; Screamer, Gorlan, Silent, Nozzle, Budilko, Crybaby, Sleeper, Talker, Piven, Nightingale, Cuckoo - depending on the behavior of the baby; Kraden, Purchased, Nenash, Not good, Nekras - deceptive names; Death, Mara, Marya, Vuk, Wolf, Bear - deceptive names to frighten evil spirits, etc.

During the ceremony of the first hair cutting in a year, three, seven years, a person was given a new, permanent name. By this time, he had already managed to somehow show himself, his character, and the name of the ancestor received the appropriate one: if he was warlike - the name of the ancestor-hero, if kind and affectionate - the name is peaceful, gentle, loving. At the same time, a special sacred ritual of cleansing the child with the fire of a fire or furnace took place. The ritual was performed by one of older women kind. Remember fairy tales for children, where Baba Yaga (ancestor) on a wooden shovel for baking bread “bakes” a child, three times for a moment sticking it into a huge oven? They reflect an ancient ritual. Alas, due to the gradual demonization of national images by the Christianized consciousness, Baba Yaga now appears to us as an ugly evil sorceress.

It happened that the name was also changed upon reaching adulthood, entering military age, upon transition to the Magi, upon recovery from a serious illness or other rescue from the clutches of death. But sometimes “temporary” names for some reason remained with a person forever, sometimes even with a new name, as a clarification: Thin Skomorokh, Subota Oster, Seven Nalivaiko. There were cases when a person had three names: First Dobrynya, called Chernobrovets ...

They changed the names of those who married in old age (who married more than four times, as having exceeded the "legal" number of marriages for one life). A mystical meaning was invested in the renaming: a different name - a different fate.

There were also certain restrictions. It was impossible to duplicate the name of those living in the house (therefore, they often turned to the names of grandfathers and great-grandfathers). They avoided assigning the name of a dead child to a born one. More often they gave the “grandfather” a name, since it was believed that a person chooses fate through a generation. Later - in the Middle Ages and in the 18th-19th centuries - they called children with paternal names.

Everything changed with the accession of Christianity in Russia: chronicles and literary monuments were copied or destroyed, national names were aggressively forced out. Dead (for the most part) names from dead languages ​​(Hebrew, Ancient Greek, Latin) that belonged to Christian martyrs and prophets poured into Russia: Nathanael, Eustropia, Agafangel, Malachi, Iliria, Glyceria, Mastridia, Yehudiel, Misail, etc. (look at the list of names included in the pre-revolutionary church calendar). Alien names were declared correct, and paternal nicknames were declared incorrect.

Slavic natural names began to be called "impious", "heretical", "pagan", "demonic", "satanic", "wolf", etc. The ancestors of the Russian people, parents, the history of the family and people, their consciousness, traditions were relegated to an indefinitely distant plan. The church calendar - "saints" - included less than two dozen Slavic names, while there were hundreds of alien ones - Jewish, Greek, Roman ...

Old Russian, Old Slavic names, with their ancient, common Indo-European roots (each of them, being a target mantra, had a special sacred meaning, pronouncing it entailed specific consequences on a subtle, mystical level), were replaced by Byzantine and Jewish ones, bearing a different essence and fate.

Judge for yourself: was it necessary (and if necessary, then to whom and why) the native historical names Bogsha, Bohun, Bohunka, Bogush, God, Bogdan, Bozhedar, Bogolep, the meaning of which is completely clear, should be changed to the same meaning of the Jewish names Ananias, Varakhii , Elezar, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Joachim, John, Joel, Malachi, Manuel, Misail, Michael, Micah, Nathanael; or, respectively, in Greek - Ambrose, Diodorus, Diodotus, Dorotheus, Dositheus, Hierotheus, Matthew, Minsitheus, Timothy, Theagenes, Theognis, Theognos, Theodore, Theodorite, Theodosius, Theodotus, Theodochus, Theoktirist, Theoktist, Theona, Theopemitus, Theoprepius , Theotirikt, Theotekan, Theophilus, Thespesius, Christopher (all the examples of "foreign" names listed are borrowed from pre-revolutionary "clerics")?

Is it any wonder that, despite the efforts of the church, many of these names - sound monsters - were not accepted by the people. The change was purely ideological. Its goal is the destruction of Russian and Slavic names as part of national identity.

The ideologists of Christianity wrote that the translated name (the same meaning, but in a foreign language) "loses its power in charms." Having ceased to enchant us with the powerful richness of native harmonies and attract us with a clear transparent meaning, the name ceases to be the “Word of Power”, turns into a cold sign of conventionality, officialdom, which does not carry anything native, dear to the heart.

These purely mechanical names can just as well be replaced by camp numbers (and now - a tax code or a plastic card code), which has happened (and is happening!) In millions and millions of cases. Impersonal people became even more impersonal and appeared before God “in the bright expanse of the sky” as strangers (other names) or nameless victims of the forces of destruction.

It was impossible to choose a church name, it was “set” depending on the birthday. At the same time, the “establishment” of the name was perceived as something fatal and therefore could bring happiness, and more often (the name of the martyr) - misfortune to the named.

It turned out like Gogol in the story “The Overcoat”: “The parent was given a choice of any of three ...: Mokiya, Sossia, or name the child in the name of the martyr Khozdazat. "No," thought the dead woman, the names are all like that. To please her, they unfolded the calendar elsewhere; three names came out again: Trifilly, Dula and Varakhisy, “This is a punishment,” the old woman said, “what all the names are; I really never heard such ones. Let it be Varadat or Varukh, otherwise Trifilly and Varakhisy.” They also turned the page and came out: Pavsikaky and Vakhtisy ... "If so, it would be better to call him like his father. The father was Akaki, so let the son be Akaki." Thus, Akaky Akakievich happened.

The poor woman, downtrodden by the foreignness implanted by the interventionists, decided to return to a long tradition. However, in the 19th century, this soil was already contaminated, paternal and grandfather's Slavic-Russian names were trampled down even earlier, uprooted from the memory and consciousness of subsequent generations of descendants, and Akaki Akakievich became double, and if we recall "the third name is in the space of the sky", then and a triple martyr on this Earth, which Gogol showed with all the power of his talent.

The name is very informative. It speaks of the tasks and capabilities of a person, is the protection of its carrier, part of its biological and astral code. A name can inspire a person and move him to great deeds, or it can make him suffer, suffer.

"Pseudonyms" of the martyrs of the Christian International flooded the Russian land. The choice of these "pseudonyms" created a whole nation-martyr - from serfdom to Soviet camps, decossackization, dispossession of kulaks, depeasantization. A wave of martyrdom swept over the church itself (once eradicating Russia with "fire and sword", often destroying their bearers along with the names): thousands of priests were killed, churches were destroyed or turned into warehouses, and colonies of prisoners were placed in monasteries (as it was, for example, in Solovki, in Suzdal, where the grave of Prince Pozharsky) or, at best, orphanages.

In the minds of the descendants of the heroes, to whom God gave the most extensive land in the world, the thought was introduced: we must repeat the path of the martyrs, to be slaves. As a result, people turned out to be slaves, but not God's, but slaves of the international that flooded Russia - and far from being only Christian. Before the revolution, there was an ironic saying: my mother is a Turk, my father is a Greek, and I am a Russian.

The name - thin-woven matter - carries fateful patterns. There are examples of how in Christian Russia the names of martyrs found their bearers. The life of the common people, which did not fall into the annals, is difficult to trace over generations, and the names of princes, kings and their fates are known.

For some time, among the royal names, the name John (in Russian - Ivan) turned out to be popular. Ivan the Terrible himself was an orphan, barely survived. His son Ivan was killed (not everyone believes in the story of the murder of a reasonable and suitable heir to the throne by the king). Ivan - the son of Marina Mniszek, nicknamed "the crow", was hanged five years old.

The brother of Peter I, Ivan Alekseevich, co-ruler on the throne, was forgotten and disappeared. The infant Tsar Ivan Antonovich reigned for only a few days, and when, as a result of a palace coup, Elizaveta Petrovna was on the throne, the infant was sent to the fortress, where he was later killed. The kings of the heirs were no longer called Johns. ...

Peter I, they assume, did not die a natural death. His grandson, a teenager Peter II, suddenly died, allegedly from a cold. Peter III, who reigned for about three years, was deposed by Catherine II and later killed. The tsars did not call their heirs Peter anymore.

With Aleksei, after the father of Peter I, misfortunes also occurred: the son of Peter I, Alexei, called his “grandfather name” and brought up by conservative boyars, was executed by his father. And two centuries later, Nicholas II named his son Alexei. His death (together with his family) was the death of the entire dynasty...

Alexander I, who defeated the European International and banned Freemasonry, either died, or secretly went into the world and disappeared. Alexander II the Liberator is killed by terrorists. Alexander III, a reasonable and intelligent ruler, died a mysterious death in the prime of life.

The monstrous deaths and murders of Andrei Bogolyubsky, Tsarevich Dmitry, Paul I once and for all discouraged the kings from calling their heirs Andrei, Dmitry, Pavel.

The replacement of native names did not happen immediately. Long time(until the 14th, and in some cases - until the 17th century), Russians were also given "grandfather" names and nicknames, defined as "worldly", "Russian", "princely" ("princely"), "natural", "born" ( “by nature”), “named” (“prominent”, “recommended”, “called”, “named”, “verbal”, “that is to say”), - and Christian, or “prayer”.

The people resisted Christianization, parting with natural names hard, but then it was dangerous to argue with the church.

Natural names were used everywhere, and alien Christian ones - in business papers, state letters, indicated at death, so that it was possible to commemorate the dead in church. But from the written monuments it is clear that even in the 13th-14th centuries they were also commemorated by natural Russian names. Communication with the dead was carried out with the help of "calls" and a memorial meal. The Church, being unable to eradicate these pre-Christian customs, adopted them and now uses them as its own. At the same time, Christians condemned folk commemorations:

In childhood, many read Pushkin's "The Tale of Tsar Saltan ...". Not meeting in life the name Saltan, exotic for the 20th century, many thought that it was also a fairy tale. But in the XV-XVII centuries, dozens of Saltans lived in the south-west of Russia. Pushkin did not study history from modern textbooks.

We were sure: non-Russian names - Ratmir, Ratman, Nesmeyana, Milonega ... And Ivan - we were convinced - a Jewish name (from "John"). At the same time, Jews do not call their children Ivans for some reason. And the Russians, who, according to the holy calendar, fell out with John, willingly dissembled, replacing an alien combination of sounds with their native ancient “Ivan” (a common Indo-European version of “Van”). Vani, Vanyusha - are ubiquitous in Russia. There were entire villages - hundreds of Ivanov, but not John.

Maria is a Hebrew name. But the Slavs had their own similar: Mara, Marya, Mor - “death”. The Slavs gave the kids (before the first tonsure) and deceptive "protective" names: Death, Marya, Wolf, Vuk ...

It is very accurately noticed: the name can be "unbearably majestic" for "this time". The names of Ostromir, Osmomysl, Zemomysl, Derzhikray, Bravlin, Burivoy, Zvenislav, Mstislav, Kolovrat, Sudislav, Tvorimir now seem unbearably majestic. Next to them, jargon is inappropriate, primitivizing the Russian language, with the words “damn”, “dude”, “moron”, “cool” (and even worse!). It's another matter if you say: "Vitka, Syomka, Tyomka ... - dudes"; "Antoshka, let's go dig potatoes!"

Today, many Russians - alas! - have lost their intuition for native words, native names, not to mention the ancient meanings of native-root concepts. This was preceded and facilitated by the constant - from century to century - falsification of Russian and world history. The belligerent trampling by unified soles of everything original in all countries does not pass without a trace, and now the uniform, camouflage are presented as "universal values". And the name is part of the national consciousness (and a very subtle part!) And the fate of the people.

While using church calendar, it seems that few Slavic names have come down to us, but it is worth delving into the monuments of writing - chronicles, letters, contracts, bills of sale, birch bark letters and notes, inscriptions on coins, swords, spindle whorls, korchags, brothers, stones, crosses, etc. ., - as you can see the sea is spilled with a variety of names and nicknames of Russians and Slavs.

Recently, the craving of Russian people for primordially Slavic names has returned. Although so far there are not so many of them in the total number, only 5 percent.

A short list of ancient Russian and Slavic names

Original Russian names

Most of us are sure that the names Nikolai, Alexander, Dmitry, Peter, Anna are Old Russian. But the study of the origins of Slavic culture proves that our ancestors had completely different names. With the baptism of Russia, many original Russian names were lost, they were replaced by Greek, Latin and Jewish ones. For example, the name Paul is of Latin origin, Catherine is of Greek, Mary is of Jewish origin. But some Russian names remained in circulation, while others found a second life with the return of fashion for Slavic names. So what are the original Russian names?

Most of the original Russian names are "speaking", that is, their meaning is transparently clear. Like, for example, Bogdan - given by God. Also, the predominant part of the names of our ancestors had a positive, joyful, kind meaning. They believed that the name can determine the fate of a person, so they chose happy names for children. For example, Lubomir is someone who loves the world. Another distinguishing feature is that most names of Slavic origin consist of two base roots: Lyudmila, Miroslava, Dobronrav.

Some old Russian names have the particle "yar" in their composition (for example, Yaroslav). It comes from the name of the Slavic god of the sun - Yarilo, who personified life, joy, prosperity in the pagan religion. People believed that the appearance of a particle of the name of God in the child's name would bring him a happy fate. Actually, the name Yaroslav still remains quite popular in our country.

Names such as Vladislav Svyatoslav, Miroslava consist of the root "glory", which was also considered lucky. The presence of this particle in the name was supposed to provide the child with fame and glory.

In native Russian names, another common root is “light”: Svetogor, Svetozar, Svetlana. The root means life, prosperity, rebirth.

Many Slavic names are based on the word "god" or "god". Most likely, our distant ancestors called their children this way in the hope that God will always be with them, will protect them. For example, Bogomil, Bogolyub, Bozhedar, Bozhen. The name Bogdan, which is very popular today, belongs to the same group of names.

And the Slavs did not forget about the bright word “peace”, with the help of which some primordially Russian male names were formed: Jaromir, Dobromir, Velimir and others.

Paganism was replaced by Christianity and new names came to Ancient Russia: Scandinavian, Latin, Greek, Jewish. Grand Duke Vladimir after baptism became Vasily. This name is considered by many to be originally Russian, but it came to us from Byzantium.

With the advent of the Christian religion and the suppression of paganism, names came into Slavic culture that had a deep meaning: Elena (bright), George (farmer), Victor (winner), Tatiana (organizer), Alexei (defender), Nikita (winner), Eugene ( noble), Sophia (wise), Andrei (courageous), Irina (peace).

All the original Russian names that originated in Slavic culture have a good meaning, they are clear to us at the present time: Vladimir is the one who owns the world; Svyatoslav - possessing sacred glory; Lyudmila - dear to all people; Yaroslav - glorifying Yarila (Slavic god of the Sun); Vsevolod - who owns everything; Gold is gold.

And at the end of the article - a list of primordially Russian names that are popular today:

Male names: Borislav, Branislav, Velislav, Vladimir, Vladislav, Vsevolod, Vseslav, Dobromir, Dobromil, Ivan, Igor, Lubomir, Miloslav, Miroslav, Mlad, Mstislav, Oleg, Radoslav, Rostislav, Rus, Svetozar, Svyatoslav, Stanislav, Yaroslav .

Female names: Blagoslava, Branislava, Barbara, Velislava, Vera, Vlad, Vladislava, Vlasta, Vyacheslava, Darina, Dobromila, Dobroslava, Zabava, Zarina, Kupava, Lada, Lelya, Love, Zvenislava, Zlata, Lyudmila, Marya, Miloslava, Miroslava , Mlada, Mstislava, Nadezhda, Rada, Radoslav, Rosava, Rostislav, Svetlana, Snezhana, Stanislav, Yaroslav.