Russian and Chinese are very different, but you may find Russian names very unique. Even some friends who do not know foreign languages can easily identify them as Russian names just by a few names. For example, Vladimir, Ivan, Yevgeny, Nikita, Gennady and Oleg to name a few. So do these Russian names have a specific meaning?What are their origins?What is the relationship between personal names in other European languages?
First of all, Russian names generally consist of three parts, namely a first name in the narrow sense, a patronymic and a surname. Patronymic is the name of each person's father, just like the "son" or "daughter" in Chinese names. For example, if a Russian named Vladimir is named, his son's patronymic name is Vladimir plus the masculine affix ovich representing the patronymic, i.e. Vladimirovich. The daughter's patronymic is Vladimir plus the feminine affix ovna, which represents the patronymic, i.e. Vladimirovna. Although the patronymic name of the Russian is not in Chinese, its formation rules are simple and essentially based on a narrow name.
Early Russian names were derived from the Slavic language, and the Slavs were relatively casual when naming their children. The name may be based on the characteristics of the child, such as the loud crying Shumiera (meaning "loud child").The physically strong one may be called Yaroslav (meaning "bright future"). In addition, in ancient Russia, there was a tradition of giving children "protective names", that is, taking some unpleasant-sounding names, believing that they could drive away bad luck and protect the healthy growth of children.
Another peculiarity is that the early Russian names were autonomous, such as shchuka (meaning barracuda) and Orel (meaning eagle). In addition, there are names for brothers in different rankings among the early Russian names, such as Perusha ( for the eldest in the ranks, Utorak ( for the second in the ranks, and Tretiak ( for the third in the ranking.
However, modern Russian names are mainly influenced by the names of ** religions after the introduction of Orthodox Christianity. In the 10th century AD, the introduction of Orthodox Christianity into Russia required the use of ** Christian names, making many names of Slavic origin relatively rarely used in modern times. However, the Russians kept the names of their Slavic ancestors as everyday names by "taking nicknames".
Among modern Russian names, some common names such as Ivan (corresponding to John in Western European languages), as well as others such as Catherine and Michael. The differences in these names are mainly due to the spelling of Russian and Southern and Western European languages.
In general, Russian names have both ancient names of Slavic origin and influences from the introduction of Orthodox Christianity. In the transmission of names, the Russians have made it possible for some names derived from Slavic ancestors to survive to this day through the use of nicknames and other methods.