Naming Traditions

   

     Hello, loyal readers of my blog, welcome back to my blog. In my previous article I discussed an article entitled "The Meaning of a Name" right? And in my second article I will still discuss the same theme, namely NAME but another title with before, this time the title of my second article is "Naming Tradition".

     Every nation must have a different naming tradition. Many uniqueness and distinctiveness of every nation. One of them is the Russian naming tradition that I will explain in this article. Russian names generally consist of 3 parts, namely: first name, middle name and surname. Middle names and surnames have been available since they were born. Therefore, parents only give 1 child their name.

                                *Russian People

     1. First Name

There are some of the most common and popular Russian names not only in the country but also in the World. One of the most common and popular names is Ivan, even the name is often used as a nickname to refer to Russian men.

     Other common and popular Russian male names include Vladimir, Dmitry, Boris, Igor, Nikolay, Sergey, Alexander, Roman, Mikhail and Viktor.

While the most common and popular female names include: Svetlana, Natalya, Anastasia, Tatyana, Lyudmila, Yulya and Ekaterina

     One of the peculiarities of Russian names is the diminutive form of their first name. Diminutive is a word that has little meaning, in this context what is meant is a little name or a favorite call. This favorite nickname or call is generally used in family and friendship circles, in an unofficial setting.

     Here's an example of a nickname or favorite call:

Aleksandr becomes Sasha, Sanya, Shurik, Shura, Aleksandrushka

Dmitrii becomes Dima, Mitya, Dimulya

Nataliya became Natasha, Nata, Talia, Natulia, Tashenka

Elena became Lena, Lenulia, Lenusia

     2. Middle Name

The Russian middle name is what is called patronomyc. Patronomyc is a component of names taken from the father's name. Giving a middle name taken from the name of this father is inseparable from the patriarchal culture of the thick Russian people.

     During the Ryurik Dynasty, the addition of -ich on "otchestvo" was only allowed by the nobility. Since the 19th century, after the abolition of slavery in Russia, it was only possible to use the common people.

     The naming system is as follows:

The male middle name ends with –ovich or –evich, for example: Sergey becomes Sergeyevich

The woman's middle name ends with –ovna or –evna, for example Sergey becomes Sergeyevna

 3. Family Name (Marga)

The Russian family name is very typical and is only similar to some Slavic families. The peculiarities of the Russian surname can be seen from the suffix of the name.

     Here's an example:

End with –ov, for example: Ivanov. For women to be Ivanova

End with –in, for example: Pushkin. For women to be Pushkina

End with -oi (or oy), for example: Tolstoi (Tolstoy). For women to become Tolstaia (Tolstaya)

End with –ii (or y), for example: Dostoevskii (Dostoevsky). For women to be Dostoevskaia (Dostoevskaya)

     Currently there are some parents in Russia who give their children first names with foreign names instead of Russian or Slavic names. However, they still use the naming system with 3 names consisting of first name, middle name (derived from father's name) and surname.

    So many historical traditions of giving someone a name in the country of Russia, Thank you for reading and hopefully useful.

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Meaning Of Name

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Hello guys, In my first post on this blog, I will explain the meaning of a Name.

Name Is the identity of every human being. without having a name, the human identity cannot be known, even the Prophet Muhammad advised his followers to respect children born with good names, because "Name Is Prayer".

Many people complained on behalf of their parents to them. the reasons are various, meaning bad, not worth listening to and others. But, to me that doesn't matter, because I know that every parent names his child with the best name choice, so I appreciate what my parents have given and I always remember the words of the Prophet Muhammad that "Name Is Prayer", so I always thinking positively on my behalf, maybe my parents gave me the name and prayer for me.

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This time I will explain my own name. CHANDRA SETIAWAN is an interesting name isn't it? maybe everyone can interpret my name as Faithful Friend? actually it's not that, maybe it's just a glimpse of the word SETIAWAN. CHANDRA means MOON and SETIAWAN which means FAITHFUL TO THE END. So, you can imagine the meaning is very interesting isn't it? THE FAITHFUL MOON ILLUMINATE TO THE END. he he he

Speaking long about names, at first glance in my mind, I want to give a name to my future child soon, even though it is still very long or very long because I am still in college and there is no intention to get married hehehe. it doesn't seem to matter to think about that, maybe for a while because I haven't discussed with my family with my future wife later hehehe, let's refer to his name. For my son, I will give the name FARREL PUTRA SETIAWAN, so it can be concluded that the FAITHFUL TREATMENT IS UP TO THE END. while for women will be named AZKIA PUTRI SETIAWAN. 

So, for those of you who have been given a name with your parents, be proud of that name because that is a prayer from parents given to you. and for those who will have children, name them as best they can and do not carelessly give names, because that is a prayer for them later.

That's all from me and thank you for reading.