The name given in honor of a deceased ancestor, called nekronimom Bashny.Net

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If your parents are in accordance with the modern fashion did not give you the name or Tagil Russia, it is possible that you named in honor of a loved one. Often the name - it is the memory of deceased people: they are dead, but the name lives. That is why such names are eerie common name - Necrons.

The word derives from the Greek nekros, or dead, and onoma, ie name. Many cultures have different views of how to treat names of the dead, for example, in some cultures never utter the real names of the dead - it is forbidden taboo. Instead of the dead say using parables.

In other cultures, the names of deceased relatives give children. Sometimes inheritance go not only names, but also things.

Using nekronimov often baffles historians. In different birth certificates can be the same name, but because of the terrible office in the past to distinguish the long-dead people with the same name from each other today is very difficult.



The best example is the Sigetie Izumi: it seems, was born in 1865 and died in 1986, and "Guinness World Records" is recorded as the oldest person in the world. However, it is possible that it is not one person but two: Izumi could have been born in 1880, and named in honor of his older brother, who at the time of his birth was killed.

via factroom.ru