Russian Given Names - Slavic Names, D Browka, S Awomir, Ludmila, Daria, Lubomir, Galina, Vladislav, Sviatoslav, Vladimir, Mira, Milorad, Czeslaw (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Slavic names, D browka, S awomir, Ludmila, Daria, Lubomir, Galina, Vladislav, Sviatoslav, Vladimir, Mira, Milorad, Czeslaw, Milosz, Rostislav, Milan, Dalibor, Danilo, Krasimir, Vojtech, Vlastimil, Jaromir, Radomir, Vladan, Boleslav, Radoslav, Branislav, Miroslav, Slavena, Vsevolod, Mstislav, Vitomir, Sava, Dobromir, Sobieslaw, Ludomir, Dobromil, Bratislav, Velimir, Kvetoslav, Stanimir, Stanislava, Radmila, Godzimir, S awoj, Sambor, Inna, Bo idar, Bo ena, Jaroslav, Ctibor, Gniewomir, Vojislav, Volodymyr, Kalina, Grischa, Budimir, Ratimir, Pribislav, Ratibor, Milomir, Vadim, Sasho. Excerpt: Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most popular in Slavic countries such as Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, and others. In pre-Christian traditions, a child younger than 7-10 years old would bear a "subtitutional name" (e.g. Niemoj "not mine," Nielub "not loved"), whose purpose was to decrease the apparent importance of a child and protect him or her from the curiosity of evil powers. This practice probably derived from the existence of a high fatality rate for young children at that time. A child who survived 7-10 years was worthy of care and was granted adult status and a new adult name during the ritual of a first haircut. Generally traditional names were dominant until Slavic nations converted to Christianity (e.g. the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church). For instance, the Council of Trent (1545-63) decided that every Catholic should have a Christian name instead of native one. Names in Poland After ban of use native non-Christian names (ordered by Council of Trent), Polish nobility (especially Protestants) tried to preserve traditional names, such as Zbigniew and Jaros aw. Ordinary people, however, tended to ch...