Every parent wants their child to be something special. And what can better emphasize this very feature, if not a name? So every year in Russia there appear children with a variety of strange names. Fortunately, the flight of parental fantasy has recently been restrained by a presidential decree of May 1, 2017, prohibiting the use of numbers, symbols, obscene vocabulary, job title or title in the name.
There was an assumption that the ban will include compound names, as well as abbreviations. However, lawmakers did not “tighten the screws” and, since many such names came into practice, they left this situation as it is.
10. State of mind
Opens a list of the most unusual names in Russia. Female name Joy. Loving parents gave their daughter one of the most beautiful and unusual female names. It is interesting that in neighboring Slavic countries, female names with the root –rad are common and do not surprise anyone. Joy has “sisters”: Delight, Goluba, and "brother" Gift. All these names were once common in the past, but are now forgotten.
Moreover, the names Vera, Lyubov, Nadezhda still meet (though not too popular) and are not surprising, but they also mean feelings.
However, there are parents who, in an effort to name the child more original, do not stop at only expressing their emotional state. In 2010, employees of one of the Moscow registry offices had to register a boy with a name Luke Happiness Summerset Ocean.
9. What I see - I sing about
Sometimes parents turn to the world around them for inspiration. Some options are quite harmonious, for example, Angara, Yenisei, Moon, April.
Whale, Ocean and Ocean they look more exotic, but the construction “ordinary name” plus “geographical object”, for example, looks quite strange Arkhip-Ural.
Beautiful and even affectionately sound female names Sofia Sun and Zarya-Zaryanitsa.
But there are still the names of Russian children who use the names of foreign rivers. In 2000, a baby was born, who was given the name Nikolay-Nikita-Neil.
8. Behind inspiration - to nature
And if there are not enough geographical objects, plants and animals are used. You are unlikely to surprise anyone with the name Rose, because there are options much more rare.
Popular name Dolphin - it is present in both male and female versions. There is also Fox, Panda, Iris, Cherry, Tulip and even (one of the strangest male names) Lettuce. It seems that parents did not think about how they would have to live in the future with such an exotic name.
7. The power of numbers
If you take the most ordinary name and double it, then suddenly something bright and even, not afraid of the word, exotic appears in this name. Apparently, such thoughts were guided by the parents who gave their daughter a name Polina Polina. After all, Polina alone is so boring! And two are much better.
Or here Sasha-Alexanderis also a good option. Suddenly, someone the first time will not guess that he is a boy, so the middle name will immediately clarify this.
6. You can’t forbid to live beautifully
Well, how not to give a child the most unusual name for a girl, embodying all the longing of her parents for inaccessible luxury? So they come into the world Princess daniella and her sisters in spirit, Princess angelina and Alice-Nefertiti. You can also hint at the upcoming successes of the child, calling it simply Millionaire, Graph, Prince or Prince.
Parents are more modestly limited to adding something original to their usual name - of course, with a hyphen, because everyone knows that double names are more beautiful than ordinary ones. For example, Dmitry Amethyst, Matvey Rainbow or Alena-Flower.
5. Unconventional values
It’s nice to have a small supernatural creature next to you in the stroller (even if it is still wetting diapers and drooling). Starting from the angel and seraphim and ending with the whole Buddha Alexander.
But even worse, the Permian couple Menshikovs, belonging to the sect of Satanists, soaked the room and called their son Lucifer. When the registry office employees tried to dissuade their parents from their undertakings, they explained that Lucifer was "a symbol of self-sufficiency, protest." It encourages individuality, which means that the name carries a positive meaning.
So far, Lucifer Konstantinovich does not show demonic nature in anything. Like ordinary mortals, his teeth were cut, not fangs, no horns, and happy parents stood in line at the kindergarten.
Recently, a second baby was born to a couple. At first they wanted to call him Lestat, in honor of one of the book vampires, but then they called him simpler, Voldemar.
4. Hobbies and hobbies
Parenting is another source of the weirdest names for children. Recently, in the registry office of one of the cities near Moscow, parents wished to give their daughter a name Viagra. The reason is a long-standing and mutual love for this group.
And in Russia there are babies Jazz and Chelsea. It’s immediately clear what parents are fond of, right?
3. Patriotism does not happen much
It happens that patriotic delight is so crowded that you want to pour it on everyone who comes to hand. So in 2014, a girl with the name appeared in the Buryat city of Kyakhta Russia. At the same time, even the spouse dissuaded her husband from such a decision, but he remained firm.
And there’s a boy Crimea and girl Syria. And even Tagil and Sevastopol.
Crimea was named in honor of the reunification of the peninsula of the same name with Russia. Parents affectionately call him Krymchik, Krymushka, and sometimes our Crimea.
The name Tagil is given in honor of the city in which the child was born. The registry office asked his father to think, but he was adamant. He stated that the word "tagil" in translation from Mansi means "a lot of water." How this will help the boy in the future is not yet clear.
And here what parents were guided by Sevastopol - We do not know. Perhaps they were inspired by the same motive as the parents of Crimea.
2. Have an idea
Muscovite intellectuals have already distinguished themselves by wanting to name their son BOCH rVF 260602. This scary-looking abbreviation is decrypted simply: "biological object "man" of the Voronin-Frolov family, born on 06/26/2002».
The name is not simple, but ideological, arising out of his father's love for science fiction and robots. Ordinary names, in his opinion, slow down progress, but the name of his child is fully consistent with the high idea of the development of science and technology.
True, in the registry office the people turned out to be dark and did not begin to register the child with that name. Therefore, parents had to apply for an international passport. Anyone can get it, and a document is issued under the name "World Citizen Passport" by the non-profit organization World Service Authority. Her office is in Washington.
After reaching the age of 14, the child is likely to be written in the passport as Boch Frolov. For parents, this is a necessary formality, and the son is already accustomed to such a reduction in his very long "robotic" name.
1. International environment
And crowned with a list of the strangest names of children in Russia are political names. The popularity of the current Russian leader has sparked a desire among some parents to name their offspring ... no, not Vladimir Vladimirovich, but Putin. Just Putin.
Putin recently got a brother Shoigu and sister in spirit Media (short for Dmitry Medvedev).
Other parents of the same mindset do not dare to threaten the great, preferring to name the children in honor of political events. So were registered Vyborina and Shosina (from SCO - Shanghai Cooperation Organization) - certainly, one of the most unusual female names in the Russian Federation.
Fortunately, any person who has become a “victim” of parental creativity has the opportunity to change the name to a more “boring,” but familiar to the hearing of others. To change your name yourself, you must be at least 14 years old and (if you have written permission from your parents) contact your local registry office. They will tell you how to write an application for a name change and what documents will need to be collected for this. And after 18 years, a written permission from the parents is not required to change the name.
According to the Moscow registry office, among the most popular male names in 2017, the leader is Alexander. The name Michael is a little less popular, and Artyom closes the three leaders.
As for the most popular names for girls, the three leaders have remained unchanged since 2015. The first line is occupied by the name Sofia, the second belongs to the name Maria, and the third is Anna.
