"What do you call a boat, so it will float" - a famous phrase from a popular Soviet animated series, of course, has no direct relation to the naming of children. Still, people - this is not some inanimate object, silent and limp. However, throughout the history of mankind a name that was given to man, often wore a certain meaning, which was to influence his fate. In our times, this understanding of the name is regaining popularity, so you can hear more often of cases where parents do not wish to name their offspring standard, Alexandria or Anastasia, and gave some rare and unusual name.

Rare names: good or bad?

The main issue faced by parents in this case, this question of how comfortable the child will feel with an unusual name in modern society .  Indeed, in the children's collective person does not meet the generally accepted standards, often becomes a black sheep, if not a pariah, the object of ridicule, which, of course, can not affect positively on his self-esteem .  On the other hand, it is not devoid of reason and the position of the famous Russian actor, director, writer and priest ROC Ivan Ohlobystina that the question of journalists, was not afraid if he is for the future of children, when he gave them rare by today's names (Anfisa, Evdokia, Barbara, John Basil and Sawa), said that there is no name, to which sophisticated children's imagination could not think of insulting teaser .  In this special, not commonplace name, according Ohlobystina since childhood teaches the child to believe that he is independent and no one else like personality .  So the issue of choosing a name importantly - a sense of proportion .  You can pick up a beautiful and uncommon name, and not to fall into the absurd and not reinvent the wheel, with the curve, and two hundred for the seventh time .  The more that the existing stock in the treasury of world culture allows you to select names for every taste and for any life circumstances .

Let us remember them ...

You have to understand: it is only the last hundred years have been a time of active imyaslozheniya, whereas previous history contains a large number of once common but now half-forgotten names .  For example, in Russia until the beginning of the XX century it used a huge reservoir existed since ancient names, which are then mainly because of its low origin had been forgotten .  And here there are two groups of names: first, not so numerous, refers to the native Slavic name, which after the Baptism of Rus' were used less and less active and that to this day, when grown fashion on primordial, Slavic, pre-Christian, have come in limited quantities .  Yes, we all know names like Vadim Boris Bogdan, Vladimir and Svetlana, Love and others, but the forgotten Slavic names much more: Boleslav, Veselin, blue, Dobroslav, Milorad, Nezhdana, Tsvetana, and a lot of Radimir other .  The second, larger group, linked to the thousand-year history of Christianity in Russia, when Russian language is actively penetrated the Greek, Latin, Middle Eastern, Hebrew, and other names were transformed, reacted with Slavic .  With the establishment of Soviet power considerable part of these names directly related to church life was forgotten, intentionally or unintentionally, since irrelevance .  In modern Russia, which is experiencing a surge of interest in Orthodoxy, the so-called church names included in the list of traditional names, anoint with the baptism of infants, were in the spotlight .  Of course, while it is not observed, and it is unlikely there will be a barrage of name of children Vincent, Varsonofy, Hermogenes, Varlaam, Anatolia (Anatolia as a girl's name), Euphrosyne, Pimen, or houris, but the Christmas names lately there are more .

Meanwhile, the historical, traditional names, temporarily forgotten, much more familiar and harmonious than the fruit of imagination of parents, a kind of remake, whose appearance is due to a whim or by specific social conditions .  So, still there are people whose parents are in the first decades of Soviet power were actively involved in the process of inventing new names .  Here for understanding the meaning is necessary to know the context: that Oktiabrina named after the October Revolution of 1917, Vladlen is dedicated to Vladimir Lenin, Persostrat appeared in honor of the first Soviet stratospheric balloon, Dazdraperma recalls the celebration of Spring and Labour (Long live May 1), Lagshmivar and Oyushminald - about Arctic research Schmidt (Schmidt's camp in the Arctic and Otto Schmidt on the ice, respectively), and Kukutsapol is a living testimony of the principle of "corn - the queen of the fields" .  You do not need to think that this eccentricity, resembling great nonsense, differed only in the Soviet people .  For example, today's Hollywood stars what a little behind those who called the daughter, say, Lunacharoy .  The daughter of actors Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger is the name of the Republic of Ireland, Gary Oldman rightly refers to the son Gulliver, Gwyneth Paltrow affectionately calls daughter Apple (Apple), and actress Shannon Sossamon made his son a great service, calling it Audio Science (translated as "Audio Science ") .  So, perhaps, Vladlen - it's not a bad option name ...

Alexander Babitsky

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