There is a huge number of beautiful Russianfemale names. Our culture has evolved over many centuries and was not isolated from the outside world. Therefore, along with the native Russian there are female names of foreign origin. They are usually associated with historical events that took place in Russia.
Over time, some names remain popular,and some disappear from use and are gradually forgotten, and then revived again. The fashion for various names is very changeable. The article will discuss the beautiful Russian female names that are popular in modern times, their origin and history.
Many names are not truly Russian in origin. Most of them are borrowed from the Greek language during the spread of Christianity.
Until this period, the names of our ancestors reflectedvarious qualities and characteristics of people, their advantages and disadvantages, in addition, they talked about the order of birth of children in the family. Such names as Birch, First, Small, Cherry, Lisa were common and fashionable in those times.
With the spread of Christianity, all oldRussian female names were gradually supplanted and replaced by church names that came to us from Byzantium. Among them were both Greek and Roman, Syriac, Hebrew and Egyptian, each of which had a specific meaning in its own language.
Around the 19th century, the Old Russian names were almost forgotten, and the Christian ones to a large extent acquired the sound we were accustomed to.
After the October Revolution, steelcommon names that were associated with the new ideology: Revmira (revolution of the world), Diamar (dialectical materialism), Elektrin. Names associated with the names of flowers have become fashionable: Astra, Rose, Lily.
After the 30s such familiar ones came into use.Russian female names like Maria, Natalya, Svetlana, that is, those closest to the Russian people. But this absolutely did not mean a return to church names, most of which remained unclaimed by the new nation.
With the advent of Christianity, Greek, Roman, Hebrew nominal forms came to us. Thus, female Russian names have the most diverse origins. Here are the most common ones:
Names determine the character and fate of a personthat is why in ancient times the choice of a name for a child was a sacred ritual, which was called “reproach”. In modern times, it is almost forgotten. There is such a rule: the rougher the female name sounds, the stronger, courageous and tough the character of the woman will be, and those names that are dominated by vowels often endow their owners with tenderness and softness.
Russian female names, like other nations, have a certain meaning. The most popular female names are: Tatyana, Alexandra, Elizaveta, Daria, Anna, Elena.
Interesting and Russian female modern names:Julia, Valeria, Evgenia, Victoria, Polina, Vasilisa, Polina, Veronika, Miroslav. It is their parents who most often choose for their daughters at the present time.
Female Slavic names are simple, understandable, which is why they are very popular, such as Yaroslav, Svetlana, Miroslav, Milolika.
Recently, parents began to choose fordaughters Slavic names that were very rare. Many want to emphasize the individuality of the child, others - to give their daughter certain character traits, and still others - to protect the baby (the Old Slavic names have strong energy). The most beautiful female names of Slavic origin are Miroslav, Snezhana, Lyudmila, Yarin, Zlata, Lyubov, Milena, Lyubomila, Milan, Vladislav.
Russian female names use a certainpopular outside the country. Some short forms of our names became full-fledged in other states. For example, the names Natasha, Sasha, Tanya are very often found in Brazilian and American society. In Russia itself, they prefer to name their daughters according to a centuries-old tradition - they choose either Christian or Old Slavonic names. Parents prefer beautiful sonorous forms, such as Lada, Milena, Bogdana, Lyubava.
Universal Russian names are Faith, Love, Hope. You can call the baby, focusing on the time of year when she was born, for example, Snezhana, Zlata, Augustine, Maya.
You can choose a name from the list of the most popular: Love, Barbara, Hope, Maria, Victoria, Catherine, Vera, Elizabeth, Anastasia, Polina, Anna, Daria, Veronika, Sofia.
Names that do not have Russian roots, but have firmly taken root in our culture and are perceived by many as Russians: Vasilisa, Darin, Pelageya, Yesenia, Ustinya.
The name can be an ornament of a woman, andinfluence her character by giving him tough strengths. That is why one should responsibly approach the choice of a beautiful, melodic and original version.
