Pagan names of the Slavs. Male and female Slavic names and their meaning

The name determines the fate of a person. This is the key to his inner self. after all, it was not without reason that in Rus' a person had two names, one - false, for everyone, and the other - secret, only for the person himself and his very close people. This tradition existed as a protection against unkind spirits and unkind people. Often the first Slavic name was deliberately unattractive (crooked, nekras, malice), for even greater protection from the unkind. After all, without having the key to the essence of man, it is much more difficult to do evil.

The ceremony of the second naming was carried out in adolescence, when the main character traits were formed. The name was given based on these traits.

Slavic names abounded in their diversity, there were groups of names:

1 names from the animal and plant world (pike, ruff, hare, wolf, eagle, walnut, borscht).
2 names in order of birth (first, second, Tretyak).
3 names of gods and goddesses (lada, Yarilo).
4 names according to human qualities (brave, Stoyan).
5 and the main group of names - two-basic (Svyatoslav, Dobrynya, Tikhomir, Ratibor, Yaropolk, Gostomysl, Velimudr, Vsevolod, Bogdan, Dobrogneva, Lyubomila, Miroljub, Svetozar) and their derivatives (Svyatosha, Dobrynya, tishilo, Ratisha, Putyata, Yarilka, Miloneg.
From the listed names, it is easy to trace the process of creating a derivative name: the second part is cut off from the two-base one and a suffix or ending is added (-neg, -lo, - that, - tka, - sha, - yata, -nya, - ka.

Example: Svyatoslav: holy sha = saint.

Of course, the names of people carry a significant part of the culture and traditions of the whole people. In Russia, with the advent of Christianity, Slavic names almost completely fell into oblivion. Lists of Slavic names banned by the church existed. Why this happened is not difficult to guess. One part of the names (lada, Yarilo) were the names of the Slavic gods, the owners of the second part were people who, even after the Christianization of Rus', tried to restore the cult and traditions (magicians, heroes. Today in Russia only 5% of children are called Slavic names, which certainly impoverishes and so meager Slavic culture.
People are losing their understanding of truly Russian names. The following not rare situation can serve as an example: the girl was named Gorislava. Neighbors, surprised at the unusual name, say: "They couldn't have called anything In Russian, Ira or Katya."

List of Slavic names.

Bazhen is a desired child, desired.
The names have the same meaning: Bazhai, Bazhan. Surnames arose from these names: Bazhanov, Bazhenov, Bazhutin.
Bazhen is a female form named after Bazhen.
Beloslav - from white - white, turn white and glory - praise.
Abbreviated names: belyay, belyan. Surnames arose from these names: Belov, Belyshev, Belyaev.
Beloslava is the female form named after Beloslav.
Short name: belyana.
Berimir - caring about the world.
Berislav - taking glory, taking care of glory.
Berislav is a female form named after Berislav.
Blessing - glorifying kindness.
Slavic names - 5 Blagoslav - the female form of the name Blagoslav.
Abbreviated names: blessings, blessings, blessings.
Fornication - dissolute, unprofitable.
One of the "Negative" names. From this name arose a surname: fornication. Historical figure: fornication - governor Yaropolk Svyatoslavich.
Bogdan is a child given by God.
The name has the same meaning: Bozhko. Surnames arose from these names: Bogdanin, Bogdanov, Bogdashkin, gods.
Bogdana is the female form of the name Bogdan.
Short name: Goddess.
Bogolyub - loving God.
From this name arose the surname: Bogolyubov.
Bogomil - dear to God.
The name has the same meaning: Bogumil.
Bozhidar - gifted by God.
Bozhidara is a female form named after Bozhidar.
Boleslav - famous.
Historical figure: Boleslav I - Polish king.
Boleslav is the female form named after Boleslav.
Borimir is a fighter for peace, a peacemaker.
Borislav is a fighter for glory.
Abbreviated names: Boris, Borya. Surnames arose from these names: Borin, Boriskin, Borisov, Borisikhin, Borichev, Borishchev. Historical personality: Boris Vseslavich of Polotsk - the prince of Polotsk, the ancestor of the Drutsk princes.
Borislav is a female form named after Borislav.
Borsch is one of the personalized names of the plant world.
In the literal translation: borscht - tops of plants. From this name came the surname Borshchev.
Boyan is a storyteller.
The name was formed from the verb: bayat - speak, tell, sing. The names have the same meaning: Bayan, button accordion. From these names came the surname: Bayanov. Legendary personality: songwriter - Boyan.
Boyana is the female form named after Boyan.
Bratislav - from brothers - to fight and glory - to praise.
Bratislava is the female form named after Bratislava.
Bronislav is a defender of glory, protecting glory.
The name has the same meaning: Branislav. Short name: Armor.
Bronislava is the female form named after Bronislav.
Bryachislav - from bryachi - to rattle and glory - to praise.
Historical personality: Bryachislav Izyaslavich - Prince of Polotsk.
Budimir is a peacemaker.
Surnames came from this name: Budilov, Budischev.
Velimir is a big world.
Velimira is a female form named after Velimir.
Velimudr - knowledgeable.
Velislav - great glory, the most glorious.
Velislav is a female form named after Velislav.
Abbreviated names: Velika, Velika, Velika.
Wenceslas - dedicated to glory, crowned with glory.
Wenceslas is the female form named after Wenceslas.
Faith - Faith, faithful.
Veselin - cheerful, cheerful.
Vesselina is a female form named after Veselin.
The name has the same meaning: cheerful.
Vladimir is the owner of the world.
The name has the same meaning: Volodimer. Surnames came from this name: Vladimirov, Vladimirsky, Volodimerov, Volodin, Volodichev. Historical personality: Vladimir I Svyatoslavich the red sun - Prince of Novgorod, Grand Duke of Kiev.
Vladimir is the female form named after Vladimir.
Vladislav - owning fame.
The name has the same meaning: Volodislav. Short name: Vlad. Historical personality: Volodislav - the son of Igor Rurikovich.
Vladislava is the female form named after Vladislav.
Short name: Vlad.
Vojislav is a glorious warrior.
Abbreviated names: voilo, warrior. Surnames came from these names: Voeikov, warriors, warriors. Historical personality: warrior Vasilievich - from the family of Yaroslavl princes.
Vojislava is a female form named after Vojislav.
The wolf is one of the personified names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: wolves.
Raven is one of the personified names of the animal world.
Surnames came from this name: Voronikhin, Ravens.
Vorotislav - returning glory.
Vsevolod is the ruler of the people, who owns everything.
From this name came the surnames: Vsevolodov, Vsevolozhsky. Historical personality: Vsevolod I Yaroslavich - Prince of Pereyaslavl, Chernigov, Grand Duke of Kiev.
Vsemil - beloved by all.
Vsemila is the female form named Vsemila.
Vseslav - all-glorifying, famous.
The name has the same meaning: seslav. From this name came the surname: Seslavin.
Historical personality: Vseslav Bryachislavich of Polotsk - Prince of Polotsk, Grand Duke of Kiev.
Vseslav - the female form named after Vseslav.
Vtorak is the second son in the family.
The names have the same meaning: the second, the second. Surnames came from these names: vtorov, vtorushin.
Vyacheslav - the most glorious, the most glorious.
The name has the same meaning: Vatslav, Vysheslav. Surnames came from these names: Vysheslavtsev, Vyacheslavlev, Vyacheslavov. Historical personality: Vyacheslav Vladimirovich - Prince of Smolensk, Turov, Pereyaslavl, Vyshgorod, Grand Duke of Kiev.
Vyachko is a legendary person: Vyachko is the progenitor of the Vyatichi people.
Godoslav - the name also matters: godlav. Historical personality: godoslav - prince of the Bodrich - rarogs.
Dove - meek.
From this name came the surnames: golubin, golubushkin.
Much - skillful, capable.
From this name came the surname much.
Gorislav - fiery, burning in glory.
Gorislava is a female form named after Gorislav.
Gorynya - like a mountain, huge, indestructible.
Legendary personality: hero - mountaineer.
Gostemil - dear to another (guest.
From this name came the surname: Gostemilov.
Gostomysl - thinking about something else (guest.
Historical personality: Gostomysl - prince of Novgorod.
Gradimir - keeping the world.
Gradislav - guarding glory.
Gradislava is the female form named after Gradislav.
Granislav - improving glory.
Granislav is a female form named after Granislav.
Gremislav - famous.
Gudislav is a renowned musician trumpeting glory.
Short name: buzz. From these names came the surname: Gudimov.
Darren - donated.
Darena is the feminine form of the name Daren.
The names have the same meaning: Darina, gift.
Devyatko is the ninth son in the family.
From this name came the surnames: Devyatkin, Devyatkov, Devyatov.
Dobrognev.
Dobrolyub - kind and loving.
From this name came the surname: Dobrolyubov.
Dobromil - kind and sweet.
Dobromila is a female form named after Dobromil.
Dobromir is kind and peaceful.
Abbreviated names: Dobrynya, kindly. Surnames came from these names: Dobrynin, Dobryshin. Legendary personality: hero - Dobrynya.
Dobromir is the female form named after Dobromir.
Goodwill - kind and reasonable.
From this name came the surname: dobromyslov.
Dobroslav - glorifying kindness.
Dobroslav - female form named after Dobroslav.
Goodwill.
Domazhir -.
Domaslav - glorifying relatives.
Abbreviated name: domash - one's own, native. From this name came the surname: domashov.
Dragomir is more precious than the world.
Dragomir is a female form named after Dragomir.
Dubynya - similar to oak, indestructible.
Legendary personality: hero - dubynya.
Druzhina - comrade.
The common name has the same meaning: friend. Surnames came from these names: Druzhinin, friends, drunin.
Ruff -.
One of the personalized names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: Ershov.
The lark is one of the personified names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: larks.
Zhdan is a long-awaited child.
From this name came the surname: Zhdanov.
Zhdana - the female form of the name Zhdan.
Zhiznomir - living in the world.
Zhirovit.
Zhiroslav.
The hare is one of the personified names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: hares.
Zvenislava - announcer of glory.
Winter - harsh, merciless.
From this name came the surname: Zimin. Legendary personality: ataman winter from Razin's army.
Zlatomir - the golden world.
Zlatotsveta - golden-colored.
Short name: gold.
Malice is one of the "Negative" names.
Surnames originated from this name: Zlobin, Zlovidov, Zlydnev.
Izbygnev.
Izyaslav - who took glory.
Historical personality: Izyaslav Vladimirovich - Prince of Polotsk, the ancestor of the Polotsk princes.
Sincere - sincere.
The name has the same meaning: spark.
Spark - the feminine form of the name is sincere.
Istislav - glorifying the truth.
Istoma - languishing (possibly associated with difficult childbirth.
Surnames came from this name: Istomin, istomov.
Casimir - showing the world.
Casimir is the female form of Casimir.
Koschey - thin, bony.
From this name came the surnames: Koshcheev, Kashchenko.
Krasimir is beautiful and peaceful.
Krasimira is a female form named after Krasimir.
Short name: beauty.
Curve is one of the "Negative" names.
From these names came the surname: Krivov.
Lada - beloved, dear.
The name of the Slavic goddess of love, beauty and marriage.
Ladimir - getting along with the world.
Ladislav - glorifying the fret (love.
Swan is a personified name of the animal world.
The name has the same meaning: Lybid. From this name came the surname - Lebedev. Legendary personality: Lybid is the sister of the founders of the city of Kyiv.
Ludislav.
Luchezar - a luminous beam.
We love - beloved.
From this name came the surname: Lyubimov.
Love is beloved.
The name has the same meaning: Lyubava. Surnames came from these names: Lyubavin, favorites, Lyubavin, Lyubin, Lyubushin, lyubin.
Lyubomila - beloved, dear.
Lubomir is a loving world.
Lubomir is a female form named after Lubomir.
Curiosity - loving to think.
Lyuboslav - loving glory.
Lyudmil is dear to people.
Ludmila is the female form named after Ludmila.
Historical personality: Ludmila - Czech princess.
Mal - small, younger.
The name has the same meaning: small, Mladen. Surnames came from these names: Maleev, Malenkov, Maltsov, Malyshev. Historical personality: small - Drevlyansky prince.
Malusha is the female form of the name Mal.
The name has the same meaning: young. From these names came the surname: Malushin. Historical personality: Malusha is the wife of Syatoslav Igorevich, the mother of Vladimir Svyatoslavich.
Mechislav - glorifying sword.
Milan is cute.
The name has the same meaning: Milen. Surnames originated from these names: Milanov, Milenov.
Milana is the feminine form of Milan.
The names have the same meaning: milava, Milada, Milena, Milica, mind. From these names came the surname: milavin. Historical personality: umila - the daughter of Gostomysl.
Milovan - caressing, caring.
Milorad - sweet and joyful.
From this name came the surname: Miloradovich.
Miloslav - nicely glorifying.
Short name: Miloneg.
Miloslava is the female form named after Miloslav.
Peaceful - peace-loving.
From this name came the surname: Mirolyubov.
Miroslav - glorifying the world.
Miroslava is a female form named after Miroslav.
Molchan - taciturn, silent.
From this name came the surname: Molchanov.
Mstislav - glorifying revenge.
Historical personality: Mstislav Vladimirovich - Prince of Tmutorakan, Grand Duke of Kiev.
Mstislava is a female form named after Mstislav.
Hope is hope.
The name has the same meaning: hope.
Nevzor is one of the "Negative" names.
From this name came the surname Nevzorov.
Nekras is one of the "Negative" names.
From this name came the surname: Nekrasov.
Nekras is the feminine form of the name Nekras.
The eagle is one of the personified names of the animal world.
From this name came the surname: Orlov.
The eighth is the eighth child in the family.
The name has the same meaning: ocmusha. Surnames originated from these names: Osmanov, Osmerkin, Osmov.
Ostromir.
Peredslava - the name Predslava also matters. Historical personality: Predslava - wife of Svyatoslav Igorevich, mother of Yaropolk Svyatoslavich.
Peresvet - very light.
Historical personality: Peresvet - a warrior of the Battle of Kulikovo.
Putimir is reasonable and peaceful.
Putislav - praising reasonably.
The name has the same meaning: Putyata. Surnames originated from these names: Putilov, Putilin, Putin, Putyatin. Historical personality: Putyata - Kyiv governor.
Radigost - caring for another (guest.
Radimir - caring about the world.
The name has the same meaning: Radomir. Short name: Radim. Surnames originated from these names: Radilov, Radimov, Radishchev. Legendary personality: Radim is the progenitor of the Radimichi.
Radimira is a female form named after Radimir.
The name has the same meaning: Radomira.
Radislav - caring about glory.
The name has the same meaning: Radoslav.
Radislava is the female form of Imney Radislav.
Radmila is caring and sweet.
Radosveta - sanctifying with joy.
Joy is joy, happiness.
The name has the same meaning: glad.
Razumnik - reasonable, reasonable.
From this name came the surname: Razin. Historical personality: Razumnik is a student of Cyril and Methodius.
Ratibor is a defender.
Ratmir is the defender of the world.
Rodislav is a glorifying family.
Rostislav - growing glory.
Historical personality: Rostislav Vladimirovich - Prince of Rostov, Vladimir - Volynsky; Tmutarakan; the ancestor of the princes of Galicia and Volyn. Rostislava is a female form named after Rostislav. Sbyslava Svetislav - glorifying light. The name has the same meaning: Svetoslav. Svetislava is a female form named after Svetislav. Svetlan - bright, pure soul. Svetlana is the female form named after Svetlana. Svetovid - seeing light, perspicacious. The name has the same meaning: sventovid. The name of a West Slavic god. Svetozar - illuminating with light. Svetozara is a female form named after Svetozar. The name has the same meaning: Svetlozara. Svyatogor - indestructible holiness. Legendary personality: Svyatogor is an epic hero. Svyatopolk is the leader of the sacred army. Historical personality: Svyatopolk I Yaropolkovich - Grand Duke of Kiev. Svyatoslav - sacred glory. Short name: saint. Historical personality: Svyatoslav I Igorevich - Prince of Novgorod and Grand Duke of Kiev. Svyatoslav - female form named after Svyatoslav. Slavomir - peace glorifier. Nightingale - personified.

Old Russian names sound very beautiful, they are melodic and harmonious. All female Slavic names can be divided into several types, the most common of which were:

Dibasic. In such names, we can very often see the root - Slav Miroslav, Yaroslav. But he was not always present, for example, there are two-basic names Svetozar and Lyubomil.

Based on participles - Zhdana.

Taken from the surrounding world of plants and animals.

Reflecting the personality traits of a person.

Derived from the names of the gods.

Special names, so they usually called princely children.

The rite of naming itself was carried out at the temple, the sorcerer did it. During the ritual, the former name-nickname was washed away from the child, and then a new one was given. It is noteworthy that the rites for boys and girls were different: for example, the name was “washed away” from the boy in the river, and from the girl in the lake. That is, stagnant or flowing water was needed.

Under certain circumstances, the name could be changed. Most often this happened when a new name was assigned to a person, among the people. The situation is about the same as we have with nicknames.

Slavic names of boys by date of birth. What were the boys called in Rus'?

Our ancestors, the Slavs, were strong and beautiful people. Rus' was famous for its heroes, and their names were bright. We learn about this from folk tales, epics. The poem "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" presents us with a number of wonderful heroes with memorable names.

Choosing a Slavic name for a boy, our ancestors paid special attention to its meaning. It had to necessarily reflect the character traits of the future man, warrior or successor of the clan - grandfather, father. The names of men differed from the names of the peoples of other countries in their connection with the forces of Nature, gods and family.

Slavic names for boys were chosen by parents depending on the type of employment, in honor of glorious ancestors, based on the qualities of the child's character.

For example, Dobrynya is kind,

Vsevolod - who owns everything,

Rodomir is the carrier of the world and many others.

The sons were named after the pagan gods: the name Jaromir consists of two roots - Yarilo (the god of the sun) and the world.

There were names indicating the order of the birth of a child in the family: Pervusha, Vtorak, Tretyak.

The most common group is represented by two main names: Bogdan, Vsevolod, Svetozar, Svyatoslav, Ratibor, Tikhomir, Yaropolk.

There were names associated with mythical characters, representatives of flora and fauna, natural phenomena: Brave, Pike, Hare, Yarilo, Lada.

From school years, we all know that the Russian language belongs to the eastern branch of the Slavic group of the Indo-European language family. And what place do the Proto-Slavic, Old Slavonic and Old Russian languages occupy in the genealogical classification?

1. Proto-Slavic (aka common Slavic, Proto-Slavic base language) is the oldest in this series. It was formed as a result of the unification and development of a group of dialects of the Proto-Indo-European language approximately in the second - the middle of the first millennium BC. Proto-Slavic is the ancestor of all Slavic languages and is hypothetically restored on the basis of their comparative historical study. Modern Slavic languages have a lot in common with each other; by comparing them and other related languages, linguists restore the appearance of the words of the ancestor language. At the same time, all reconstructed words are of a conjectural nature, since the Proto-Slavic language is not recorded in written monuments. Not a single book or inscription has been preserved in which it would be reflected.

It is customary to write the restored Proto-Slavic words in Latin letters and put an asterisk in front. This asterisk indicates that the word has been reconstructed. Examples:

*golva - head, *zemja - earth, *mogti - able (verb).

The Proto-Slavic language was spoken by the tribes named in the writings of European historians of the 6th century as Antes, Wends and Sklavins.

The fact that all Slavs once had a single language is also said in the oldest Russian chronicle - "The Tale of Bygone Years".

Specialists in the field of comparative historical linguistics have long paid attention to the significant similarity of the Slavic and Baltic languages (Latvian and Lithuanian languages have survived from this group to this day). The fact of similarity is explained in different ways, and scientists have not yet come to a consensus. One of the hypotheses suggests that the Proto-Balto-Slavic (Proto-Slavonic) language first emerged from the Proto-Indo-European language, which later split into Proto-Baltic and Proto-Slavic. Other researchers believe that Proto-Slavic was formed directly from Proto-Indo-European, but for a long time developed in close proximity to the Proto-Baltic language.

The Proto-Slavic language existed for a long time (according to various estimates, from one to two thousand years). As a result of the extensive settlement of Slavic tribes and the increasing isolation of their dialects, it broke up into separate languages, and the formation of the eastern, western and southern branches of the Slavic language group began. The collapse of the Proto-Slavic language, according to most scholars, occurred in the 5th-7th centuries AD.

2. The Old Russian language, also known as East Slavic, was formed as a result of this collapse. The language of the East Slavic tribes, the language of Kievan Rus ... It existed until the XIV century and became the direct "parent" of the Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian languages, i.e. the entire eastern branch of the Slavic language group.

Sometimes people who have just begun to study the history of the Russian language confuse Old Russian with Old Slavonic, consider these terms to be synonymous. But such an opinion is erroneous. Old Russian and Old Slavonic are different languages, although they are related to each other.

3. Old Church Slavonic belongs to the southern branch, and not to the eastern; it is closer to Bulgarian and Macedonian than to Russian. It is a bookish language, dead from the very beginning of its history.

Old Church Slavonic was created in the middle of the 9th century as a language into which Greek liturgical books were translated for the Slavs. It is based on one of the Macedonian dialects of the ancient Bulgarian language. This dialect was spoken by the Slavic population in the vicinity of Thessalonica, the hometown of Cyril and Methodius. As we all remember, these brothers were preachers, inventors of the Slavic alphabet and translators of Greek church books into the Slavic language. Cyril knew the Thessalonica dialect well, so he used it for translation. But it cannot be said that the Old Church Slavonic language is a simple record of this dialect. No, as a result of the activities of Cyril, Methodius and their followers, in fact, a new Slavic language arose. Bookish, literary processed, reflecting many achievements of the highly developed Greek language. Thanks to this, Old Church Slavonic already in the earliest texts known to us has a very rich vocabulary, developed syntax, and well-developed style.

It was used as the language of the church by various Slavic peoples and inevitably absorbed some features of their native, living languages. These local varieties of Old Church Slavonic are called Church Slavonic in one form or another. So, we can talk about Church Slavonic texts written in Russian, Serbian, Moravian-Czech and other versions.

Over time, secular texts in Old Church Slavonic also began to appear, but still its main sphere is liturgical.

Old Church Slavonic has had a significant influence on many Slavic languages. In addition, it is of particular value to researchers in the field of comparative historical linguistics, since it is the earliest Slavic language recorded in written monuments.

A simplified diagram of the origin of the Slavic languages is shown in the figure.

Below are the list of Slavic male names:

Slavic male names starting with the letter B:

Bazhen - desired, dear
Belogor - related to the heights of the spirit
Beloslav - white, praise
Belovolod - a just ruler
Belozar - enlightened
Belomir - pure in thoughts
Belotur - light force
Bogdan - given by the gods
Bogorod - related to the gods
Bogumil - pleasing to the gods
Bogumir - the bearer of the world
Boeslav - glorious in battle
Bozheslav - glorifying the gods
Boleslav - Bol - (more) and Slav - (glory)
Boris - fight, fight
Borislav - fight, fight
Borimir - fight, fight
Boripolk is the winner
Boyan is a fighter
Blagomir - bringing good
Blagoslav - good, glory
Blagoyar - fair
Bratislava - fight
Bratimir - striving for peace
Bretislav (Breslav) - who gained fame
Bronislav - protect, protect
Budimir - wake up - (wake up) and peace - (peace)
Budislav - wake up - (wake up) and glory - (glory)
Bueslav - assertive
Burislav - indestructible, like a storm

Slavic male names starting with the letter B:

Vasilko - royal
Vaclav - famous
Vedagor - in charge
Vedamir (Vedomir) - in charge
Vedislav - glorifying knowledge
Velimir - led - (great, big) and peace - (peace, peaceful)
Veleslav - led - (great, big) and glory - (glory)
Velibor - ready for accomplishments
Wenceslas - famous
Vitoslav - family glory
Vladimir - vlad - (to own, power) and the world (peaceful), owning the world
Vladislav - owner of glory
Vlastislav - who owns the world
Voibor - victorious in battle
Vojislav - a glorious warrior
Voisvet - fighting for justice
Vsevolod - everything - (all) and volod - (to own); owning everything
Vsemil - dear to everyone, everything - (all) and mil - (cute)
Vseslav - all - (all) and glory - (glory), all glory
Vysheslav - higher - (height, high) and glory - (glory)
Vyacheslav - more - (more) and glory - (glory)

Slavic male names starting with the letter G:

Godimir - useful to people
Godislav - useful to people
Gorisvet - clear
Gorislav - burn - (burn) and glory - (glory)
Gostislav - hospitable
Gostimir - caring
Gostomysl - guest - (guest) and thought - (think, thought)
Gradimir - creator of the world
Gremislav - famous

Slavic male names starting with the letter D:

Dalebor - a participant in military campaigns
Danislav - given for glory
Daniyar - given to shine
Daromir - giving peace
Daromysl - thinking, thinking
Divislav - amazing
Dobran - giving good
Dobrovit - life-loving
Dobroslav - good - (kind, good) and glory - (glory), good glory
Dobrynya - kind, good
Dragovit - appreciating life
Dragoljub - kind, beloved
Dragomir - drag - (precious) and peace - (peaceful)
Dragorad - joyful

Along with Slavic names, it is worth paying attention to Russian male names. Perhaps among them lies a wonderful name for your baby.

Female names of Slavic origin for the most part have been lost for centuries. The most popular of them have come down to us.

Vladislav - owning glory. Vladislav may not have strong health, get sick a lot. But at the same time, the girl will have a very strong spirit, a core. It can show humility, especially to a beloved man, but still remain unconvinced.

Polina is captivating. Polina knows no equal in her excellent sense of humor and the ability to see the positive even in very unpleasant situations.

Miloslava is sweet and glorious. Calm, even a little meek, Miloslava has influence on others. With her, everything stabilizes, people feel harmony and tranquility.

Yaroslav - bright, sunny, glorious. Yaroslava's girls are lively, active, restless. In childhood, they will incite other guys to all sorts of adventures, at a more mature age they can lead people. Yaroslav loves children, and therefore will become a caring and wise mother.

Names in Old Church Slavonic. Slavic Names

The material below, in the opinion of the editors, deserves attention and may seem interesting to someone. The article reflects the author's opinion on the history of Slavic names and does not coincide with the opinion of the site editors.

Most modern names were borrowed in the 9th-13th centuries along with Christianity. These foreign names were declared "correct", "real" and listed in the "saints". After the planting of Christianity in Rus', it was allowed to give names only through the church, at baptism. Despite the fact that these names have been given for almost a millennium, they still remain alien to our people: after all, they arose on foreign soil and were artificially transplanted to Slavic land. The now familiar names Ivan, Semyon, Mikhail - were just as unusual for the hearing of our ancestors, as the names Matomba, Nghuru-Nghoro and others now sound for us.
However, it was dangerous to argue with the church (until the 14th century, they could be burned at the stake for a baked pancake, and in the 16th century they were burned for such a trifle as reading foreign books), so our poor great-great-grandmothers and great-great-grandfathers, diligently pronouncing outlandish names, distorted them beyond recognition . So Jochanaan turned into John, and then into Ivan. Shimon became Semyon, and Iulina became Ulyana. So later the Russians changed the German surname Kos von Dalen into Kozlodavlev, and Pogenkampf into Pogankin. The people forcibly converted to Christianity were hard to part with their Slavic names, therefore in the annals and decrees one can often find such references as “Boyarin Theodore, called the Road”, “... by the name of Miloneg, Peter by baptism”, etc. From the 17th century, Slavic names begin to lose their meaning, turning into nicknames, until they finally disappear from use.
Many names have come down to us thanks to nicknames (surnames).
Vorobyov, for example, received such a surname not at all because his great-great-grandmother sinned with a sparrow, but because Vorobyov's real ancestor bore the personal name Sparrow.
The same applies to other "animal", "bird" and "fish" surnames. Some readers reproached me for not separating names from nicknames, leaving “offensive” names, like, what if someone calls their son Fool or Stupid? If this suddenly happens, then it will be fair, because do not expect a good tribe from a bad seed. As for nicknames, where is the line that separates a name from a nickname? Red wolf (Rudolf) - is it a nickname or a name? Is the second one a name or a nickname? More like a nickname, although this is the real name - Vtorishka Semyonov. However, I must warn the reader that not all sources that I used have earned my full confidence. Therefore, act according to the saying: trust, but verify.
In ancient times, the real name was given to a person by a sorcerer upon reaching the age of majority, according to his services to the family: Fireman, Ratibor, Yaroslav, etc. “Because many people come to the sorcerers and sorcerers ... After all, sorcerers and sorcerers, writing demonic (i.e. Slavic, - V.K.) names, give them to ordinary people, commanding them to wear such names ...” (A. Afanasiev. The poetic views of the Slavs ... vol. III, p. 431) Those who did not prove themselves in any way remained with the names they received in childhood: Nezhdan (an unexpected child), Budilko, Plaksa (hence the surname Plaksin), Nenash (name, which was given to protect against evil spirits: spirits will come, bring damage to the child, and he is “not ours”). “The first generations and times of mankind ... until a certain time I give my children their names, like a father and mother deign to do: either from the gaze and nature, or from a thing, or from a parable. Likewise, before their baptism, the Slovenes also give the names of their children: Bogdan, Bozhen, First, Second, Love, and such is the other. The essence of goodness is the same."
Over time, the bad or good meaning of many names was forgotten, they began to be given because that was the name of the father or grandfather, whose name really corresponded to some of their quality.
But, in the end, the names from the “saints”, which zealous churchmen forced to call children, won. And it happened in this way: “The mother was given a choice of any of the three that she wants to choose: Mokkiya, Sossia, or name the child in the name of the martyr Khozdazat. “No,” the deceased thought, “the names are all like that.” To please her, they unfolded the calendar elsewhere; three names came out again: Trifilius, Dula and Varakhasy. “This is the punishment,” the old woman said, “what are all the names; Indeed, I have never heard of such a thing. Let it be Varadat or Varukh, otherwise Tryfgshiy and Varakhasy. They also turned the page - they came out: Pavsikahy and Vakhtisy. “Well, I already see,” said the old woman, “that, apparently, such is his fate. If so, let it be better to call him like his father. The father was Akaki, so let the son be Akaki"

Old Slavic names for girls are mostly beautiful and sweet-sounding. No wonder some parents want to reward their daughters with them.

Names of this type are divided into several varieties:

Originating from the natural or plant world: Akulina - an eagle, Azalea - blooming, etc. Such names are recognized as symbolic, because the ancient Slavs loved and revered nature and everything connected with it.
Reflecting the character of the baby (Arsenia - courageous, Barbara - wild). The choice of names of this type should be approached very carefully and carefully, because many experts are sure that it is this type that determines the character and future fate of a person.
Derived from the names of deities (Lada - the deity of beauty, Mara - the goddess of the night). As in the case of the saints, such a name, according to the beliefs of the Slavs, brought the person named by him closer to the deity of the same name.
Dual-basic: Lyubomil, Svetozara, Svyatoslav, Yaroslav, Miroslav.

This is interesting. Since ancient times, the Slavs have formed the custom of naming newborn girls with double names. Our ancestors were sure that the name is a secret key, and only its owner and no one else should own it. Therefore, the first name became publicly available to people, while the second was kept a strict secret. It was believed that in this way you can save the girl from the evil eye and the word. The first name, that for people, usually did not differ in beauty and pleasant sounding: Dobrogneva, Malice, etc. It was believed that the bearer of such a dissonant name was reliably protected from evil people. A girl received a second name when she reached a certain age, usually adolescence. It was much more harmonious than the first.

The tradition of double naming has gradually disappeared, many of the second, beautiful names are still popular today:

Darina - giving;
Dobrava - kind;
Eupraxia - the creator of good deeds;
Agnes - chaste;
Agnia - pure;
Ariadne - sleeping;
Beatrice - blessing;
Bogdana - given by God;
Vasilisa - royal;
Ada is an ornament.

Old Russian names. Naming with an old Russian name among the Slavs: Native Traditions

In ancient Rus', the name had a special meaning among the Slavs. Ancestors believed: naming is fateful and affects the events in his life and the outcome of each of them, attracts good luck, gives strength, has a protective meaning. That is why the Slav had from three to twelve names, depending on the activity and time spent in Yavi.

Let's make a reservation right away - all the names given by people and Rod were Nicknames. Even now, the tradition has been preserved to call a person by any word that most accurately defines him to identify a person in society. All the ancient Russian names chosen by him and the Gods were True and sacred.

The meaning of the old Russian name and its role in the life of a Slav

The child received his first Slavic name immediately at birth or even long before it. It was given by the Father of the Family and had the property of binding to the Family, an instrument for the protection of the Elders of their Descendant. Through this name, all the rituals for feeding, cleansing, healing the child took place. Such old Russian names most often looked like a characteristic and a wish for those character traits or physical virtues that, in the opinion of the Parents, were needed or were already reflected in their sons and daughters. Milolika, Zabava, Bogodar, Svetomir - all these and many other old Russian names reflect the emotions and good message of the Elder Clan to their child.

The rite of the Slavic naming by the Native Gods was performed on children at the time they reached the age of twelve. A girl or a boy was accepted into the Genus as its full-fledged members, went out from under full paternal protection, although they remained forever bound by the Roots of the Tree. This sacrament was performed using the Power and Knowledge of the priest. With the help of a special ritual and turning off the internal dialogue, turning to the Gods, he looked through the nascent character, fate and heard the name that the person was called from above.

This Slavic, ancient Russian name was the most important for a boy or girl throughout his life, and was not subject to disclosure. It was communicated by the priest tete-a-tete during the purification of the child in the river and initiation into the Family, and was further used only when communicating with the Gods or performing magical or egregorial rites for personal protection, health, strength, good luck. In the world, however, a person continued to call himself a communal name, a nickname by birth.

A separate Old Russian name was chosen or given to a person when he was initiated into any profession, when he began to engage in a certain direction: agriculture, architecture, cattle breeding and other artisan areas. The process of naming in this case, as a blessing and protection, granting prosperity and success, consisted in communicating with the Native Gods by oneself or with the help of a wise priest.

Priests also received unique Slavic names when they began serving the Pantheon. At the same time, the name itself often contained a root that reflected the essence and name of that Native God, whose patronage he chose. Often there were several Patrons, therefore, one sorcerer, priest or sorcerer also had several ancient Russian names. They served as an energy link between the worlds of Slavi. Reveal and Rule, allowed you to safely and freely perform rituals and ceremonies on temples with idols of the Family and Gods of Russia.

The same few personal Slavic names were given for ancient Russian warriors. The first is when deciding to protect their native land and family. The second and subsequent - before the decisive battles and campaigns. Each of these ancient Russian names contained a powerful information and energy message to the Gods, their support and protection in combat. For example, for the shield man, the inflexibility of the spirit, body and will was important; for a scout - a quiet tread and the ability to be invisible, fast, and for a governor - the ability to lead an army and draw up a wise plan of attack or defense.

Men's names:

Bazhen (Bazhan) - a desired child, desired.

Belozar - white dawn, enlightened.

Belogor - highly enlightened.

Beloslav - From BEL - white, turn white and GLORY - praise.

Belyan - walking along the path of light and spiritual perfection.

Berimir - taking care of the world; or conquering it.

Berislav - taking glory, taking care of glory.

Blessing - glorifying kindness.

Bogdan (Bozhko) is a child given by God.

Theologian is the knower of the gods.

Bogodar (Bogadar) - gifted by the gods.

Bogolyub - loving the Gods.

Bogomil (Bogumil) - dear to some of the Gods.

Bogumir - the interaction of the Gods and the world.

Boleslav - praising the forest deity.

Borimir is a fighter for peace (or in the world), a peacemaker.

Borislav is a fighter for glory or a glorious fighter. (Judeo-Christ. abbr. "Boris").

Boyan is a divine storyteller.

Bratislav - From BRATI - to fight and GLORY - to glorify or glorify the brotherhood (brother).

Bronislav (Branislav) - a famous warrior or glorifying the battle.

Bryachislav - from BRYACHI - to rattle and SLAV - to praise.

Budimir is a peacemaker or a peacemaker.

Vedagor - knowing about the highest, knowing a lot.

Vedislav - glorifying knowledge (knowledge).

Veleslav - glorifying Veles. Veligor - great exalted.

Velimir (Velemir) - the great world or the incarnation of Veles.

Velimudr (Velemudr) - knowledgeable or wise, like Veles.

Velisvet (Velesvet) - the great enlightened one; the light of Veles; interaction between Veles and Svetovit.

Velislav - great glory, the most glorious.

Wenceslas - dedicated to glory, crowned with glory.

Veselin - cheerful, cheerful.

Vladimir - who owns the world (the name in Rus' is cursed in connection with her bloody baptism).

Vladislav (Volodislav) - owning glory.

Vojislav is a glorious warrior or truly glorious.

The wolf is one of the personified names of the animal world or a partial embodiment of Perun.

Raven is one of the personified names of the animal world or a dark incarnation.

Vorotislav - returning glory.

Vsevid (Vseved) - all-seeing; omniscient.

Vsevolod is the ruler of the people, who owns everything.

Vsemil - everyone's favorite.

World - worldwide, i.e. able to penetrate all worlds.

All-world - all-world, i.e. capable of perceiving all the lights (worlds).

Vseslav - all-glorifying, famous.

Vyshezor - seeing through (seeing) the higher worlds, i.e. the worlds of Rule and Glory.

Vysheslav - glorifying the elder relatives (gods).

Vyacheslav is the most glorious, the most glorious.

Vyachko is a legendary person: Vyachko is the progenitor of the Vyatichi people.

Godoslav (Godlav) - Historical figure: Godoslav is the prince of the Bodrich-rarogs.

Much - skillful, capable, good.

Gorislav - fiery, burning in glory or highly revered.

Gorynya - like a mountain, huge, indestructible; fiery.

Gostemil (Gostomysl; Gostemysl) - dear to another (guest). Historical personality: Gostomysl - Prince of Novgorod.

Gradimir - keeping the world or his city.

Gradislav - guarding the glory or glorifying the city (or glorified in it).

Granislav - improving fame.

Gremislav - famous.

Gudislav is an illustrious musician trumpeting fame.

Dalemir - far (secluded) from the world (society).

Darimil - giving mercy, many-merciful.

Darren - donated.

Dzvenislav - glorified.

Dedoslav - glorifying ancestors, the keeper of tribal traditions.

Dobrovest - telling about goodness.

Dobrovlad - possessing kindness, non-violence.

Dobrogor - exalting goodness.

Dobrolyub - kind and loving.

Dobromil - kind and sweet.

Dobromir (Dobrynya, Dobrysha) - kind and peaceful.

Kindness is kind and sensible.

Dobroslav - glorifying kindness.

Domaslav - glorifying relatives.

Dragomir is more precious than the world.

Drevoslav - glorifying antiquity, the heritage of ancestors, the family tree.

Drevomir - associated with the family tree and nature.

Dubynya - similar to oak, indestructible. Druzhina - comrade.

Ruff is one of the personified names of the animal world.

The lark is one of the personified names of the animal world.

Zhdan - a long-awaited child; expected.

Zhivomir - living in the world or the embodiment of Alive.

Zhivorod (Zhivarod) - the path of the healer to the ROD.

Zimovit - severe, merciless; winter wind - the prototype of "Santa Claus".

Zlatomir is a golden world.

Sincere - sincere; sparkling.

Casimir - showing the world.

Koschey - thin, bony.

Krasimir is beautiful and peaceful.

Kriv - the leader of the tribal union, which later began to be called "Children of Kriv" or "Krivichi".

Kudeyar is the sorcerer of Yarila.

Ladimir (Ladomir) - living in harmony with the world; sorcerer Lada.

Ladislav - glorifying Lada (love), the embodiment of Lada.

Swan - the personified name of the animal world; one of the incarnations of Mary.

Luchezar - radiating the dawn.

We love - beloved.

Ljubodar - giving love.

Lubomir - loving the world or beloved in the world.

Curiosity - loving to think.

Lyuboslav - loving glory, beloved, glorified.

Lubomud - keeping wisdom.

Lyuboyar - loving Yarila - the sun.

Mal (Small, Mladen) - the youngest.

Mechislav - glorified by the sword.

Milan is cute. Milovan - caressing, caring or the one who was spared.

Milorad - dear, joyful (to the sun).

Miloslav - nicely glorifying.

Miloyar is Yarila's favorite.

Peaceful - peace-loving.

Miroslav - glorifying the world and glorified in the world.

Molchan - taciturn, silent.

Mstislav - glorifying revenge. Historical personality: Mstislav Vladimirovich - Prince Tmutarakansky, Grand Duke of Kiev.

Nevzor - blind. Nekras is one of the "negative" names.

Fireman - who knows the spiritual essence of fire; sorcerer Firebog.

Ognedar - giving, offering sacrifices to Fire.

Fire-lover - loving fire or the incarnation of the Fire God.

Ogneslav - praising Firebog or his incarnation.

Ogneyar - the merger of two elements (levels); solar flame; partial embodiment or embodiment.

Oleg - early Russian (post-Aryan) meaning - "movement towards the light."

The eagle is one of the personified names of the animal world; one of the incarnations of Perun.

Peresvet is a very light or partial incarnation of one of the Gods of the light pantheon. Historical personality: Peresvet - a warrior of the Battle of Kulikovo.

Provid (Prozor) - a seer, a clairvoyant.

Putimir is a wanderer. Putislav (Putyata) - glorifying wanderings; explanatory.

Radigost - caring for another (guest).

Radimir (Radomir) - caring about the world.

Radislav - caring about glory.

Razumnik - reasonable, reasonable.

Ratibor is a defender.

Ratmir is the defender of the world.

RODislav (RODaslav, RODeslav, RODoslav) - glorifying the ROD; glorifying his family.

Rostislav - growing glory.

RODimir (RODamir, RODemir, RODomir) - ROD and WORLD; giving birth to the world; partial embodiment or embodiment; Rodomysl - thinking about his kind.

RODOSvet - an enlightening, spiritualizing kind; the name of the sorcerer ROD.

Svetoslav (Svetislav) - glorifying light, bright, ardent.

Svetlan - bright, pure soul.

Svetobor - struggling, winning with light, enlightenment.

Svetovid - seeing the light, perspicacious; incarnation of Belobog.

Svetozar - illuminating with light.

Svetogor - The embodiment of the power of the earth.

Svetomir is an enlightening world (society).

Svetopolk - the leader of the light army.

Svetoyar - fiercely bright (enlightened), sunny.

A quick thinker is a quick thinker.

Slavomir - glorifying the world or glorious in the world.

Smeyan is cheerful.

Nightingale is a personified name of the animal world.

Som is a personified name of the animal world.

Stanimir - establishing the world.

Stanislav - establishing glory.

Stoyan is strong, unbending.

Sudimir is a sage who talks about the world.

Sudislav - awarding glory.

Tverdimir (Tverdomir) - from TVERD - solid and WORLD - peaceful, peace.

Tverdislav (Tverdoslav) - from TVERD - solid and GLORY - to praise; glorifying firmament.

Tvorimir is a creative world. Tikhomir is quiet and peaceful.

Trislav - glorifying Triglav. Tur is a personified name of the animal world. Historical personality: Tur - the founder of the genus Turic.

Brave - brave. Chaslav - looking forward to glory.

Churoslav - glorifying CHUR (sorcerer).

Yarilo is a solar incarnation, the hypostasis of a heavenly plowman.

Yaromil - dear Yarila-sun.

Jaromir is a sunny world.

Yaromudr - endowed with bright wisdom.

Yaropolk is the leader of the solar army. Yaroslav - glorifying Yarila.

Women's names:

Bazhen is a female form named after Bazhen.

Belogora - enlightened.

Beloslava is a female form named after Beloslav.

Berislav is a female form named after Berislav.

Blagoslav is a feminine form named after Blagoslav.

Bogdana is the female form of the name Bogdan.

Bogumila - dear to the Gods.

Boleslav is the female form named after Boleslav.

Borislav is a female form named after Borislav.

Boyana is the female form of Boyan.

Bratislava is the female form of the name Bratislava.

Bronislava is a female form named after Bronislav.

Vedana (Vedeneya, Vedenya) - the one who knows.

Vedislava - glorifying knowledge.

Velizhana is polite, subdued her feelings.

Velizara - many-light, illumined.

Velimira is a female form named after Velimir.

Velislav is a female form named after Velislav.

Wenceslas is the female form of Wenceslas.

Faith is faith, true.

Vesselina (Vesela) is the female form named after Veselin.

Vladimira is the female form named after Vladimir.

Vladislav is a female form named after Vladislav.

Vojislava is a female form named after Vojislav.

Omniscient - omniscient.

Vsemila is the female form of the name Vsemila.

Vseslav is a female form named after Vseslav.

Dove is meek.

Gorislava is a female form named after Gorislav.

Gradislava is a female form named after Gradislav.

Granislav is a female form named after Granislav.

Darena (Darina, Dara) is the female form named after Daren.

Dzvenislava - glorified.

Dobrovlada - possessing kindness.

Dobrogora - exalting goodness.

Dobrolyuba - loving kindness.

Dobromila is the female form of the name Dobromil.

Dobromir is the female form of the name Dobromir.

Dobroslav is a female form named after Dobroslav.

Dragomir is the female form of Dragomir.

Zhdana is a female form named after Zhdan.

Zhivoroda - priestess of Alive.

Zvenislava - proclaiming glory; glorifying.

Zlatotsveta (Gold) - golden-colored.

Zoremira - illuminating, enlightening the world.

Iskra is a female form named after Iskren.

Casimir is the female form of Casimir.

Krasimira is the female form of the name Krasimir.

Lada - beloved, dear. Goddess of love, mother of the gods.

Ladomila - dear to the goddess Lada, merciful.

Ladomira is a female form named after Ladomir.

Ladoslav - praising Lada.

Luchesara - radiant, illuminating with light.

Lyubava (Love) - beloved.

Lyubomila - beloved, dear.

Lubomir is a female form named after Lubomir.

Lyuboyara - loving Yarila.

Ludmila is the female form of the name Ludmil.

Ludomira - reconciling people.

Milada is dear to the goddess Lada.

Milana (Milena) is the female form named after Milan.

Miloslava is the female form named after Miloslav.

Miroslava is a female form named after Miroslav.

Mstislava is a female form named after Mstislav.

Hope is hope.

Nekras is the female form of Nekras.

People have always been careful about choosing a name, because this is an energy-information program that is set from birth and accompanies a person throughout his life. The character and fate of not only its bearer, but the whole country depends on the name. After all, the more people have strong and "good" names, the stronger the country.

Rus' was famous for its people, nowhere were there so many heroes, and today we propose to recall and consider the forgotten male names. Almost all of them have disappeared into oblivion. When the baptism of Holy Rus' took place, they were replaced by Greek, Jewish, Roman and other names of alien origin.

Why are the old names forgotten?

At the baptism of Rus', faith also changed; the pagan gods were replaced by the one God for all people. Until the moment of baptism, many people were named after the pagan rulers, so, for example, the name Jaromir happened, and it consists of two parts - the name of the god Yarilo plus the world. Changing faith, people wanted to completely eradicate the old deities, erase them from memory, so they even changed their names. Bogatyrs and sorcerers were forcibly baptized and called them as the new Christian faith prescribed.

Male Slavic names and their meanings have almost been completely forgotten. Many parents mistakenly believe that they call their children old, forgotten, but still real Slavic names. For example, the same Ivan is a name known from many fairy tales, which is considered Russian. Yes, it is Russian, but not Slavic, and came from John, a Jewish name, and appeared after baptism.

Many more can be attributed to such "erroneous" names, for example, Matvey, Zakhar, Luke, Daniel. An overview of male Slavic names and their meanings is in the further content of the article. We will consider the most "strong" and beautiful, and future parents will be able to pick up a real Old Slavic name from the list.

How to recognize?

Male Slavic names were selected with particular care, and their meanings carried a sacred meaning. You can recognize such a name, and very simply. For example, the name Casimir is Slavic. It consists of "seems" or "to show" and "world", that is, "showing the world." But Parnassus - a name that is considered Slavic, is not such, since no sense is caught by the ear.

It is also worth noting that the sound "a" was very rarely used in Ancient Rus' when criticizing a baby. More often they chose softer ones - "i", "e", "I".

Most often, male Slavic names consisted of two bases, and their meanings were immediately clear. The first part was the main one and was given at birth. The second part was added when the child grew up to a certain age, and it symbolized merit, a sphere of influence, or some object. Smerds, that is, people who are insolvent, powerless, were left without the second part of the name.

How were children named in Rus'?

Men's and were chosen by parents and reflected the type of employment. For example, peasants who were engaged in farming, fishing and hunting named children without any special tricks, and their sons were called Hare, Catfish, Pike. It is from peasant names that many surnames originated.

Often, from birth, the baby was named so that he would not be jinxed - the name was the complete opposite of appearance, character and mental abilities. Thus, the boys were called Fools, Neglyady, Spite, Nekrasami and other ugly names. P

Later, when the guy was transferred to the upbringing of men, he was already named so that the name reflected the essence of the person. Future governors became Yaropolks, Dobrognevs and Ratibors. Hunters were given the names Brave, Stoyan, Eagle, Wolf and others like that. The particle "holy" was added to future clergy, hence the name Svyatoslav - the real, ancient Slavic.

Often in families, children were called by the name-number by which they were born. There were usually many children, so parents did not bother with the choice. This is how Pervushi, Vtoraki, Tretiaki, Osmins and others appeared. Over time, the name changed to a two-part one, but family members continued to call the person as they were called at birth.

Terrible Slavs

It was male Slavic names that played a big role, and their meanings fully revealed the essence of the character. If a boy was strong, grew and strong by the age of seven, he was transferred to a squad for education. And there the boy was already named, based on his qualities. For example, Dubynya is strong and powerful, like an oak tree. Gorislav is steadfast as a mountain, but at the same time a nice guy! Dobrognev is angry, but in the name of good, that is, he will strike all enemies for the sake of his homeland. Winter is prudent, persistent and cold. Mstislav - famous for his revenge.

Boys with disabilities

If a child with physical disabilities was born in the family, then he was called the same as ordinary children, that is, a name that would not jinx it, but it already reflected the essence. For example, Nevzor - blind, blind, Koschey - skinny, Nekras - ugly, ugly. When the child grew up, his name also changed. Usually, boys with disabilities grew up into kind, filled with love for everything guys. This is how the Bogomils appeared - dear to the gods, Peaceful - loving everyone, peaceful, Blessings - famous for their kindness, Sestromils and Bratomiras - loved by brothers and sisters (that is, by all people).

Names that have come down to us

There are still popular male Slavic names today, and many are interested in their meanings. The list is small, but everyone has at least one acquaintance with such a name as Vladimir, Vsevolod, Vladislav. They have come down to us, since such names were worn by rulers, representatives of rich and noble families, governors. Less popular today are Wenceslav, Borislav and Borimir.

Examples from fairy tales

Some male and female names and their meaning existed even after the baptism of Rus'. These are fake names that were given to babies in order to ward off misfortune, evil forces and the evil eye from them. You can remember from the fairy tales such heroes as Ivan the Fool, Koschey, the Unsmiling Princess. Even in a literary work, the ancient Slavic name-dummy has been preserved - Mazai, that is, smeared.

Beautiful male Slavic names and their meanings: a list

Today, Slavic names are gaining more and more popularity. Returning to one's roots plays an important role in cultural self-determination. Of course, we are not talking about a complete rejection of the names we are used to, just among the ancient and forgotten there are many beautiful ones:

Borislav - struggle, glory;
Bogdan - given (donated) by the gods;
Burislav - like a storm, indestructible;
Veleslav - great, glorious;
Vsevolod - owning everything;
Dobrynya - kind;
Zlatan, Zlatodan - precious;
Mstislav - irreconcilable, glory, revenge;
Ratmir - protecting the world;
Svetoslav, Svetozar - bright, illuminating the world;
Svyatopolk (Svetopolk) - commander;
Svyatogor - holy, mighty, powerful;
Tikhomir - calm;
Yaroslav - glorious, bright;
Yaropolk is a formidable commander, warrior.

Before the advent of Christianity in Rus', there were male names, which reflected the qualities of people, their various properties, for example, speech characteristics or physical defects. Also, Slavic male names reflected the attitude of parents to children or the order of their appearance in the family. All this was expressed directly by common nouns or figuratively, in comparison with animals, plants, etc. They could name the child Wolf, Cat, Sparrow, Pea, Birch, Pockmarked, Buyan, First, Tretyak, Big, Small, Zhdan, Unexpected. Subsequently, these male names were reborn into modern surnames Nezhdanov, Tretyakov, Volkov, etc.

After Christianity was introduced in Rus', such male names () were gradually replaced by church names that came from Byzantium. Among them there were not only Greek, but also ancient Roman names, and Hebrew, and Syrian, and Egyptian. Each of them had a certain meaning in their native language, but in Rus' they became proper names, not denoting anything else. So, once upon a time in Byzantium, the best Greek names and names that were used in neighboring countries were collected. All of them were canonized, that is, legalized officially, becoming church names.

Brought to Russian soil, church male names did not immediately replace the old ones. The fact that new names gradually entered Russian life is evidenced by the fact that, until the 17th century, Russians, along with church Christian names, also gave secular, more familiar and understandable names. It was they who eventually became nicknames. Ancient chronicles contain quite complex names of people, sometimes compound ones: “Fedot Ofonasyev’s son, nicknamed Cucumber”, “Alexey, nicknamed Budila, Semyonov’s son”, “Ostashko, nicknamed Pervushka”, “Boyar Theodore, called Road”.

Old Russian names gradually faded into oblivion, and by the XVIII-XIX centuries. only Christian male names remained. However, they also underwent changes, succumbing to the influence of the peculiarities of Russian pronunciation, word formation and inflection. So Diomede became Demid, Jeremiah became Jeremiah, Ioannikius became Anikeem, and so on. A number of names even began to be used in two versions - church and civil. Church male names resembled the Greek original, while civil or folk names were more adapted to Russian pronunciation. So Sergius became Sergey, Agapius - Agap, Elijah - Ilya, Zachary (Zakharia) - Zakhar.

Let's see list of most popular male names, and also learn their values. We hope that from the list presented there is the most suitable name for your boy.

Bava - slow

Bagonia - wild rosemary

Bagro - meaning unclear, possibly from "crimson"

Bazhan - adored, desired: from "bazhati" - to desire

Bazhen - then same

Bayko - talker

Bakan - crimson worm paint,

Bakota - joker

Bakula - Same

Bakunya - rhetoric

Balda - club, mallet. "Balda" is called a large blacksmith's hammer. A hero from a Russian fairy tale.

spoiled - spoiled, perhaps also that oh "balia" is a doctor

Balomir - meaning "folk healer"

Balosyn - doctor's son

Pamper - mushroom

Balsha - diminutive of names with stem "Balo"

ram - ram. The custom of calling people "animal" names comes from ancient times and is common among all Indo-European tribes. For example, Wolf (wolf) among the Germans; Agnes (Lamb) among the Romans; Foka (Seal) among the Greeks, etc. One can only assume that people took the name of the beast - the patron of the tribe (kind). The ram was first mentioned in 1249 in Polish sources.

Barvin - dyed, colored. Periwinkle - plant grave, coffin-grass.

Barma - mumbler. The name of a Russian architect of the 16th century, one of the builders of the Christian St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.

Barnim -(slow). "Barit" - to delay, to force to linger. Barnim I - Western Pomeranian prince.

fable - fabulous: from "fable" - a fairy tale. Voivode of Moscow, who in 1456 led the army against the Novgorodians.

Basco - Handsome

Batash - from "batat" - swing your legs

Batura - stubborn (Ryazan dialect)

Father - possibly the same as Batash

Bahar - storyteller, liar

Bayan - narrator, narrator; from "bayati" - to tell.

Bdigost - looking out for guests

Bedislav - glorious in misfortune. The name of one of the princes who suppressed the uprising of serfs in the Novgorod region in the 9th century.

Bejan - running

Without anger - without anger

Bezdrug - without friends

Bezman - meaning unclear

Bezmest - meaning unclear

Beznos - noseless

Ugly - ugly

Bezprem - unaltered

Bezruk - armless

Bezson - sleepless

Beleuth - ide (fish)

Great - white, white-haired

Belimir - white (hung) world

Belovolod -"one whose power is holy." White is a light color. Belovolod Prosovich - the messenger who told the story. Prince Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich about the defeat of Prince Igor Svyatoslavovich from the Polovtsians in 1185.

Belovuk - white wolf, serbian name

Beloglav - white-headed, gray-haired

White-eye - the meaning is not entirely clear

Belogor - white (light) mountain

Whiteness - blessed guest

Belogub - having white (colorless) lips

Belozer - gyrfalcon (bird)

Belozor - white gaze, in contrast to the "black gaze", i.e. evil eye

Beloslav - white (luminous) and glorious

Belota - white

Belotur - white tour

Belous - having a white mustache

White Wolf - white wolves are considered the embodiment of spirits.

White Polyanin - a fabulous knight who taught Ivan Tsarevich military affairs.

Beloyar -"luminous fury"

Belyay - light, white

Belyak - white

Belyan - white

Ben - pitchfork: possibly a "sharp", angry person

Berest - birch bark

Beresten - birch bark

Berivoj- the meaning is unclear, it is impossible to determine the meaning of the stem "ber"

Berydrag- meaning unclear

Berimir- meaning unclear

Berislav- meaning unclear

Bermyata- heavy; from "pregnancy" - heaviness

Berne- log, Berno (Bryansk dialect), diminutive Bernyata

Bersen- gooseberry

Vesco - possibly from "bes" - an evil spirit

besson- sleepless

Bestuzh- shameless: from "stouzh" - shame

Bivoy- beating warriors. Bivoy Beaver is a Czech warrior who defeated a huge boar with his bare hands.

bilug- short for Whiteness

Bilyud- hitting people

Blaginya- good-natured

Blagovest- good news

Thanks- good (good) gift

Blagolyub- loving good (good)

Blagomil- one who is kind to good (good)

Blagomir- kind (good) to the world. It is possible that Blagomir and Bogumir are one and the same person. Kvasura conveyed to Blagomir the secret of making surya (suryni).

nobility- noble, i.e. born for the benefit of people. Editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Advice of Baba Yaga".

Blagoslav- glorious with kindness, glorifying the good

goodness- blessed

Blagokhran- keeping good (good)

Blagoyar- benevolent and ardent

Blessed- blessed

Blazhibor- the meaning is unclear. From "bless" (please) and "fight".

Blazhimir- meaning unclear

Blazhislav- the meaning is unclear. Perhaps "pleased with his fame."

Blazhko- a diminutive of names with the stem "Good" and "Blazh"

Blazn- temptation

Blestan- shining

Blestovit- from "shine" and "hover" (live, dwell)

Blizika- related

Nearby- meaning unclear

Blizna- wound scar

Nearworld- meaning unclear

Crap Damn, that's a very common name. Pancakes have served as ritual food since ancient times.

Fornication- lascivious

Dishes- guardian. So Tatishchev called the voivode Yaropolk ((© Luda), who betrayed his sovereign. After that, in his name, “yu” in the people's memory was replaced by “y”.

Beaver- beaver, the sacred animal of the Aryans. "The soul of a beaver is equal to the souls of 100 righteous"(Avesta).

beaver- beaver-like

Bobrok- the same as Beaver. Governor of Prince Dmitry Donskoy, Bebrok Volynets, participant in the Battle of Kulikovo.

beaver- the same as Beaver

beaver- from "beaver" - wander through the water or swamp

Bogovlad- owning (something) from God God's power, ruling (over someone) by the will of God

Bogodey- from "gods" and "work"; charitable, doing something to please the gods.

Bogolep- pleasing (stucco) to the gods "Bogolyub, beloved by the gods

Bogomil- dear to the gods. High Priest Slovenian at the end of the 10th century. He led the resistance of the Novgorodians to the army of the baptists of Dobrynia Putyata.

Mantis - praying to the gods. The word "pray" in ancient times had the meaning of "sacrifice."

Bogomyak - from "gods" and "myakshiti": literally: "the gods softened" (have mercy)

Bogorod- born after a request to the gods

Boguvid- the one whom God sees (notices)

Boguzhiv- one who is alive thanks to God

God's revenge- avenging god

Bogumil- dear god

Bogumir- at peace with the gods. According to the "Veles Book" - the progenitor of some Slavic tribes (Krivichi, Drevlyans, glades, northerners, Russ)

Bohun- "bogun" - a long pole laid on racks: nets are hung on them to dry. Also a rosemary plant.

Bogurad- caring for God

Boguslav- praising God

Boguhwal- praising God. Boguhwal (d. 1253), Bishop of Poznań, wrote Polish chronicles up to 1252

Bogush- diminutive of names with the stem "God"

Bogsha- abbreviation of names with the basis "God"

Bodan- (prickly) Serbian prince of the 11th century, who conquered Bosnia

Bodalo- spear, spear.

Boden- a poke tool.

Boeslav- glorious in battle

God- divine. Abbreviation of names with the basis "God", "God".

Bozhan- Same

Bozhedar- God's gift

Bozeiko- diminutive of names with the stem "God"

Bozhen- divine

Bozhed- god's house

Bozheslav- praising the gods

Godtech- God's consolation

Bozidar- God's gift. Bozidar Vukovic was a Serbian publisher who lived in Venice in the 16th century.

divine- god warrior

Bozhibor- fighting for the gods

Bozhimir- God's world

Bozhirad- caring for the gods

Bozhko- diminutive of names with the stem "God", "God"

God - Same

Boyborz- short fight

The battle - fight, warlike, fighter

Boydan- warlike

Boykan- brisk

Boyko- fighter

Bolebor- bigger (better) wrestler

Bolegord- more proud

Bolegost- big merchant

cheer- one who is more ferocious

Bolemest- the one who avenged the most

Bolemil- more cute

bolemir- more peaceful

Bolemysl- more thoughtful. Word think had in ancient times the meaning of "defeat the beast by cunning. Myslyvets- hunter; a person who knows how to catch an animal.

Bolerade- more caring (about someone) Bolechest, more honest

Boleslav- more glorious

Bolorev, according to the Veles Book, Bolorev defeated and killed Vinitar, the king of the Goths (according to B. Kresen, Bolorev is Balamber)

Bolshak - big

Bonyata - meaning unclear Borai, meaning unclear Greyhound, swift warrior

Borzigord - from "greyhound" (fast) and "proud"

Borzirat - fast warrior

Boreyko - it is possible that this is a diminutive of names with the stem "Bor".

Borzhivoy - Czech pronunciation of the name Boriva. Czech prince of the 9th century The first Czech prince-Christian.

Borzosmysl - quick-thinking, quick-witted

Borzun - fast, fast

Greyhounds - fast. Possibly short for Borzosmysl

Borivit - from "fight" and "dwell"

Borignev - holding back anger

Borivoi - warrior winner. Novgorod prince of the 9th century, who fought with the Varangians. Gostomysl's father.

Bori l - fighting (southern glory, name)

Borim - short for Borimir

Borimir - fighting for peace

Boripolk - winning regiment

Boris - short for Borislav

Borislav - fighting for glory. Prince of the Baltic Slavs

Boritekh - wrestling

Boric - upland, forest

Borko - abbreviation of names with the stem "boron"

Borkun - perhaps from "fight", "kick" - to fight with something.

Borna - the same as Boric.

Borovin - lingonberry: from "borovina" - lingonberry. “Borovyn in the woods, as if it were a sweetheart ...” (VK I.Ka).

Boroday - bearded

Boroslav - glorifying forest. Or "glorifying the struggle"

Borten - bort, bee hollow

Boru glory - gloriously wrestling. Prince Boru Slav is mentioned in the Book of Veles (VK III 25).

Boruta - evil spirit, forest sorcerer. The name is a talisman. The evil spirit of Borut lived in Poland under the ruins of the Lengic Castle, guarding countless treasures.

Borut - tribal elder from the Horutan tribe (VIII century). It was from this family that the prince was chosen.

Boryata - struggling. Possibly a diminutive of Borislav. Botko, knocking, pounding (southern Slav, name)

Botuk - fat man; from "boteti" - to get fat. Hence the "tops"

Bochar - stork, or cooper (cooper)

Boshcha - hangover; from "bost" - butt

Boyan - fighter. Singer-narrator from "The Tale of Igor's Campaign"

Bravlin - sometimes it is written Bravalin, Quarrelsome: perhaps from "hog" - a goblin possessed by an evil spirit. Or "militant", which is most likely.

Braga- Braga, fermented malt, a very common name. Diminutive Brazhko.

Reinforcement - furrow

Branen - military

Branibor - victorious in battles, or a protective forest.

Branivoy - fighting warrior

Branivolk - fighting wolf

Branilub - battle lover

Branim - short for Branimir

Branimir - fighting for peace

Branipolk - fighting for the regiment. Perhaps it also meant "fighting on a campaign."

Branirad - rejoicing in battle

Branislav - won glory in battle

Branitech - amused by battles

Branco - warlike; from "scold" - battle, war. Diminutive of names with stem "branes".

Brankovan - warlike

Branosud - legal duel

Brativ - gathering warriors

Bratilo- diminutive of Bratislava

Bratimir- gathering world

Bratislava- taking glory

Bratodrag - cherishing brother

Brotherlover - loving brother

Bratomil - kind to brother

Bratoneg - tender to brother

Bratorad - caring for brother

Bratoslav - glorious brothers

Brother - diminutive of names with stem "Brother"

Brezan - dedicated to a birch, or born in a birch

Bremislav - the meaning is unclear. Perhaps the basis "Bremi" means taking - heaviness. Then it turns out "burdened with glory."

Brenco - earthen, clay. Boyar Dmitry Donskoy. .

Breslav - mortal glory

Bretislav - gained fame. Czech prince of the 11th century, who expelled sorcerers from his principality.

Brko - barbel; shorty from a Serbian fairy tale, who had such a huge mustache that the birds built 365 nests in them.

Brovka - edge

Bronivit - protector of life

Bronislav - defending glory, or "glorious with weapons, armor"

Bronuta - defender

Brusilo - slurring

Bryachislav - rattling (ringing) glory. Prince Bryachislav of Rostov, together with Rurik, suppressed the uprising of Vadim in Novgorod in 864.

Buday - wakeful or lazy

Budan - lazy person

Budanko - lazy, diminutive of Budan

Budivit - meaning unclear

Boo diva - raising warriors. Or a wish-name: "Be a warrior!"

Budiwave - raising waves

Budigost - here, perhaps, the basis "budi" matters be. Then the name can be interpreted as a wish to the newborn: "Be a guest in this world!"

Budilko - alarm; diminutive of Budilo

Wake up - awakening

Budimil - here, as in the case of the name Budigost, we are dealing with a wish-name: "Be nice (beloved)!"

Budimir - the awakening world, that is, the rooster. The rooster is the sacred bird of Semargl and Dazhbog.

Budislav - awakening glory

Budovets- builder

Budorad- the meaning is not entirely clear. Possibly, "those who take care of (care for) the construction."

Will be- an abbreviation for names with the basis "Bud". Princess Olga owned the village of Budutino (the whole Budutino).

Budy- awakened. The breadwinner and governor of Prince Yaroslav the Khromy. Budy in 1012 mocked the Polish king Boleslav before the battle.

Buoy- violent (mad). The name of a prince from White Rus'.

Buygnev - violent in anger

Buyko- diminutive of names with the stem "Buoy"

Buymir- the meaning is unclear. In any case, not a "crazy world", since the Slavs did not consider the world to be "sinful", "crazy" and "vicious". The world is beautiful and life is beautiful. And those who strive to improve it only for themselves worsen life.

violent- daring

Buysil- possessing violent (crazy) power

Bui-Tour- exuberant tour. Nickname of Prince Vsevolod from the Tale of Igor's Campaign.

Buen Bull - violent bull; strong and courageous person.

Bueslav - rampant glory

Bulba - bubble fat man

Bulyga - cudgel

Bun - arrogant, arrogant person, rebel. Diminutive Bunya.

Bunislav - glorifying rebellion

Bunko- Same. Servant of Vasily II, Grand Duke of Moscow, who warned his master about the conspiracy.

Burivoj- “howl of the storm”, possibly “warrior of the storm”. The Novgorod prince of the beginning of the 9th century, a descendant of Vladimir the Ancient in the ninth generation, Burivoy was a descendant of Prince Slaven and was the father of Gostomysl.

brown- brown

Storm- storm. Storm-hero - a cow's son (from a fairy tale).

Bus - fog. In Sanskrit (ancient Aryan language), "bead" also means fog. So they called children born in bad weather (in fog), in bad weather. Bus (in a different pronunciation Bos) was the prince of the Antes, a union of Slavic and other tribes in the northern Black Sea region. The Antes (as the Gothic historian Jordanes called them, we don’t know what the union was actually called) repelled the attack of Germanare-kh, the king of the Christian Ostrogoths (reigned from 351 to 375 AD) and at the same time fought with Gularech , the king of the Gothic tribe Eru-lov (Heruls). An unexpected attack by the Huns (a union of Turkic, Indo-European and Finno-Ugric tribes) sweeps away both the Slavs and the Goths. Part of the Slavic Antes goes to the Novgorod lands. The grandson of Germ-narech Amal Vinitar, in alliance with the Huns, in order to show his strength and preserve the Gothic state, makes several campaigns against the Slavs and kills Bus. “Amal Vinitary ... was defeated in the first skirmish, then he behaved more bravely and crucified their king named Boz with his sons and 70 noble people so that the corpses of the hanged doubled the fear of the conquered”(Jordan, History of the Getae). According to the Adyghe legend, the sister of Baksan (Busa) erected a monument to her brother on his grave-mound, made by Greek craftsmen. According to Sh.B. Nogmov, a researcher of Adygea, in the 19th century on the monument one could make out the name of Baksan, written in Greek, and at the end of the year, which shows that the monument was erected in the 4th century.

Buslay - born a stork. Or a reveler, a daring fellow.

Busl - stork

Busovolk - Gray wolf

Butko - arrogant: from "buta" - arrogance

Bushui - raging

Bushui Tour - raging tour. Tur is a wild steppe bull exterminated in the middle of the 17th century.

Buyak - thoroughbred bull. Name from Novgorod birch bark.

Buyan - exuberant

Bull - bull

Bykoder - bull killer

Bylyata - seasoned, experienced

Byslav - short for Zbyslav; very glorious.

Byhan - gingerbread

FEMALE NAMES

Many female names derived from male names are not given.

Babur - butterfly

Bazhsna - desired; from "bazhati" - to desire.

Trouble - trouble; guardian name.

Bela - squirrel

Belava - little white

Beloslav - white (suspended) glory.

Snow White - snow-white. There is an inscription on the spindle: "Bring Eelosnesi" those. "Take it to Snow White."

Belyan - little white

Belyanitsa - little white

Birch - birch. The sacred tree among the Slavs, giving them strength.

Besputa - dissolute. Name-amulet given by parents to protect against evil spirits.

Blagolyuba - loving good (good)

Blagomila - one who is kind to good (good)

Blagusha - diminutive of names with stem "Blag"

Blessed - blessed

Bogdan - given by the gods

Bogolepa - pleasing to the gods

Bogumila - dear god

Boguslav - praising god

Bozhedana - given by the gods

Bozhedarka - God's gift. Diminutive of Bozhedar.

Bohemyla - dear to the gods

Bozena - God's. Famous Czech storyteller Bozena Nemcova.

Bozheslav - God's glory

Bolenega - more tender

Boleslav - more glorious. Daughter of Svyatoslav I Vsevolodovich (1196-1252), Grand Duke of Vladimir (1246-1248).

Borislav - fighting for glory

Boyana - combat

Bratislava - taking glory

Bratomila - dear brothers

Breslav - gained fame

Bronislava - protecting glory

Bryachislava - ringing with glory

Buga - Croatian name. From the river Bug or from the "Bug" - bittern.

Budana - lazybones

Bueslava- exuberant fame