A friend called to be a godmother, but did not warn how to call the child

They called me to the christening once. Friends of friends are working. And the action all took place in the village, and they have a tradition of inviting everyone. Everything was fine until they came to church. And there is confusion, the father refuses to baptize. It turned out that the parents of the child chose such a name that neither to the village nor to the city. How to properly name a child - that's the subject of our article.



Editorial "Site" Not against beautiful, sonorous and unusual names. In fact, no one should tell parents what to name their daughter or son. But there must be common sense and logic in everything. We live in a society with deep traditions, and some of our original names have almost a thousand years of history.

In general, the desire of parents to name a child is unusual, but why in all the bouquet of beautiful names was chosen Hamlet? Or Tabitha? Absolutely. Shakespearean Mom and dad may be fascinated, but it seems to be a somewhat irrational approach to a child.



Well, at least on the basis of questions of harmony. Hamlet Vasilyevich was overrun. For God’s sake, the same simple name “Ivan” would be much better. A lot of names. Tabitha also did not work very well: Tabita Petrovna Krivosheina. Tatiana, that's what goes well. What questions might arise?

However, the boom of exotic names does not subside. Adele, Francesca and Gloria, that's what the parents call their cute daughters. Guys, seriously. Why doesn’t anyone think about what’s going to happen with these kids? How "nasty" society will accept guys with similar names. Let's imagine. simpleness.



Young Hamlet is coming to first grade. You know that children can be quite cruel, because they do not yet fully understand the moral and social boundaries. At least Hamlet will get a couple of insulting nicknames. What happens next? Inevitable conflicts where the child literally has to defend his honor. Where's the guarantee he can handle it?

What other unusual names were given to children last year and this year? Various sources indicate that the girls were named after Malina, Olympiad, Stalin, Spring, August, Joy, Madonna and Assol. They have not forgotten and forgotten. Slavic namesWhich you don't see very often now. Lubomila, Agrippina, Agafya and Lubava.



The boys were called no less exotic. Lucifer (somebody thought of it!), Cosmos, Olympia, Eulampius, Julian, Mars. Among them are Hamlet (there were five such names) and Oliver. In favor of Greek and Latin names, the fashion for ancient Slavic also did not disappear. Odysseus, Yaropolk, Svetozar, Elisha, Yenisei and Elizar. The name Yermolai is also popular.

Parents do not disdain double names. We will not list them, because you can think of them yourself. Like, say, Maxim and Eugene, put together and it will work out. double name - Maxim-Eugene. For example, girls can have Santa Maria. Or Elizabeth-Diana. Well, there's no shame in that. Another question, should I?



What are the names most often used for children? It turned out to be Alexandra and Sophia. Popular names for boys remain Mikhail, Maxim, Artem and Ivan. Literally on their heels are followed by Marks, Lions, Myrona and Matvei. Girls are popular with Maria, Anna, Victoria and Alice. A little lost the position of Catherine, but gaining strength Mia, Miroslav and Stefania.

From the editorial board We propose to put in the first place the harmony and metrorithm. As a whole, the name, patronymic and surname will sound. And if the girl, having grown up, the surname can be changed to the surname of her husband, then the boy, most likely, will remain so. Uncle Hamlet? I don't know. What do you think about that?



It's not an easy task. How to properly name a child. Maybe it makes sense to look through the church calendar to take the name of the patron saint? It's not up to us anyway. Read our article on which name to choose to make your child happy. Alas, you can't call them simple. Thank you for staying with us!