What names do not call the parents of children! Loving mothers and fathers do not spare their own children, giving them strange, ridiculous, long and dissonant names. Surely, many children with such names have a hard life, but such is the will of their parents ... Of course, each person is unique and inimitable in his own way, each is exceptional in his own way, but is it necessary to emphasize the uniqueness of your child by choosing a rare and unusual name for him?
Many people think that yes, and give their children such names that it remains only to part their hands: Zhuzha, Viagra, Tulip, Lettuce, Millionaire, Air traffic controller - all these are real names registered in Russian registry offices over the past couple of years, and that's just small part of the list. So, the list of residents of the Moscow region in 2009 was replenished with five unusual names: Genevieve, Cinderella, Spring, as well as Mark Antony and Milord.
In 2008, the following were registered: Sever, Dolphin, Wind and Angel. The girls were named Luna and Galavictoria. There was also Lettuce, Air Traffic Controller, Just a Hero. All of these babies received birth certificates. However, one child has been denied registration for many years in a row.
The parents of a boy named BOC rVF 260602 (Biological Object of a Human of the Voronin-Frolov family, born on June 26, 2002) cannot receive either a birth certificate or a medical policy for him. While the legal battle lasts, the boy without a name does not attend kindergarten or school.
In 2009, the registry office of the city of Pavlovsk, Voronezh region, issued a birth certificate to a girl named Russia Kitsenko.
It is noteworthy that this is not the first Russian woman with the name Russia: her namesake is growing in Nizhny Tagil - Russia Shramkova.
An unusual name is registered in the registry office of the city of Koroleva near Moscow - Viagra. Happy parents claim that they had as many as three reasons to name the child so: the beauty and originality of the name, the drug of the same name that contributed to the conception, and, finally, a long-standing love for the VIA Gra group.
Giving unusual names to children in honor of heads of state and significant events was popular during the Soviet Union. For example: Arvil is the Army of V.I. Lenin, Artaka is the Artillery Academy, Bestrev - Beria is the guardian of the revolution, Waterpezhekosma is Valentina Tereshkova - the first woman cosmonaut, Vector - Great Communism triumphs, Vilan - V.I. Lenin and the Academy of Sciences , Vilorik - V. I. Lenin - the liberator of the workers and peasants, Vilyur - Vladimir Ilyich loves the Motherland, Vladlen - Vladimir Lenin, Volen - Lenin's Will, Dazdrasmygda - Long live the bond between town and country
Dazdraperma - Long live the first of May, Dotnara - Daughter of the working people, Izil - Fulfill the precepts of Ilyich, Kim - Communist Youth International, Tape - Lenin's labor army, Lorierik - Lenin, October Revolution, industrialization, electrification, radio and communism, Pofistal - The winner of fascism Joseph Stalin, Kukutsapol - Corn Queen of the Fields, Decree, Barricade, Bow, Idea, Sovdep, Tractor, Novomir, Purple, Energy, Disizara - Child, boldly follow the revolution, Zheldora - Railway, Pyatvchet - Five-Year Plan in four years, Uryuvkos ( Hooray, Yura in space), Perkosrak (First space rocket), Luigi (a) - Lenin died, but the ideas are alive ...
Not only in Russia, but also in China, unusual baby names are in vogue. Quite often, children are called names that symbolize some big events or slogans. Among the most common, names that in translation mean "Protect China", "Create a Nation", "Journey into Space", "Civilization". Parents name babies in memory of the victims of the devastating Sichuan earthquake - "Hope for Sichuan"
A lush set of names is not uncommon in Spain either. Few people know that the famous artist Pablo Picasso's full name is: Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomukeno Crispin Crispiano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz and Picasso - only 93 letters.
Some time ago, a family lived in France, deprived of the most ordinary ... surname. Instead, she "wore" a set of numbers - 1792. And four sons in this family bore the names of ... months of the year. Thus, in the passport and other documents it looked like this: January 1792, February 1792, March 1792 and April 1792. The last representative of this strange family, Mr March 1792, died in September 1904.
In Latin America, parents like to give their children exotic names. A quick scan of Venezuela's phone book reveals names like Taj Mahal Sanchez, Elvis Presley Gomez Morilo, Darwin Lenin Jimenez, and even Hitler Eufemio Mayora.
Among the "masterpieces" invented by the inhabitants of the province of Manabi are Super Strong Cement, Sports Cavalcade, Tough Football Victory, Chicken Paw, International Conflict.
A baby lives in Sweden, to whom his parents gave an unusual but sonorous name - Oliver Google. His father, who has a PhD in search marketing, chose to name his child after his favorite search engine, Google.
The longest name in the world is an Indian named Brahmatra. It consists of 1478 letters, which are a series of merged names of historical places, the names of famous diplomats, theologians, scientists, etc. It takes at least ten minutes to read it.
"Hello Two Kilograms of Rice!", "Hello Silver Dollar!" - this is how two residents of the Kandhmal district in the Indian state of Orissa greet each other when they meet. This corner of India holds the championship in the most unusual names that parents invent for their children. Two kilograms of rice is a memory of a gift sent down by the state: it is this measure of rice that is given out by decision of the authorities for each child born.
The youngest daughter of the owner of one of the local restaurants entered one of the schools in the city of Honolulu in the Hawaiian Islands. Her first and last name consist of 102 letters. Here they are: Napu Amo Hala She Ona Aneka Vehi Vehi Ona Khivea Nena Vawa Keho Onka Kahe Hea Leke Yea Ona Nei Nana Nia Keko Oa Oga Wan Ika Vanao, which translates as "many beautiful flowers of mountains and valleys begin to fill Hawaii in length and breadth with their fragrance." She was never included in the class magazine.
The Indian Brahmatra has a “competitor” - Miss S. Ellen Georgiana Ser-Lekken, (born in 1979, Montana, USA), and the first letter “C” in her name is just the beginning ... And then another 597 letters.
I must say that Americans are generally rich in inventions. The Jackson family from the city of Chicago branded their five children, naming them: Meningitis, Laryngitis, Appendicitis, Peritonitis, Tonsillitis.
There is a girl in the Hawaiian Islands, the daughter of the owner of one of the local restaurants. Her first and last name consist of 102 letters. Here they are: Napu-Amo-Hala-She-She-Aneka-Vekhi-Vekhi-She-Hivea-Nena-Wawa-Ke ho-Onka-Kahe-Hea-Leke-Ea-She-Ney-Nana-Nia-Keko- Oa-Oga-Wan-Ik a-Wanao. She was never included in the class magazine. In Russian, this means: "Many beautiful flowers of mountains and valleys begin to fill Hawaii in length and breadth with their fragrance."
Every parent wants their child to be something special. And what can better emphasize this very feature, if not a name? So every year children with a variety of strange names appear in Russia. Fortunately, the flight of parental fantasy has recently been restrained by a presidential decree of May 1, 2017, which prohibits the use of numbers, symbols, obscene language, job title or title in the name.
There was an assumption that compound names, as well as abbreviated names, would also be banned. However, the legislators did not "tighten the screws" and, since many such names have entered into practice, they left this situation as it is.
Opens the 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. Interestingly, in neighboring Slavic countries, female names with the root - glad - are often found and do not surprise anyone. Joy has "sisters": Delight, Golub, and "brother" Gift. All these names were once common in the past, but are now forgotten.
At the same time, the names Vera, Love, Hope are still found (although not very popular) and do not cause surprise, but they also denote feelings.
However, there are parents who, in an effort to name the child more original, do not stop at just one expression of the emotional state. In 2010, employees of one of the capital's registry offices had to register a boy with the name Luka-Happiness Summerset Ocean.
Sometimes parents look to the world around them for inspiration. Some options are quite euphonious, for example, Angara, Yenisei, Moon, April.
Whale, Ocean and Oceana look more exotic, but the construction “common name” plus “geographical object” looks very strange, for example, Arkhip-Ural.
Women's names sound beautiful and even affectionate Sofia-Sun and Zarya-Zaryanitsa.
But there are also the names of Russian children, in which the names of foreign rivers are used. In 2000, a baby was born, who was given the name Nikolay-Nikita-Nil.
And if there are not enough geographical objects, plants and animals are used. In the name of Rose, you can hardly surprise anyone now, because there are options that are much rarer.
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. How a person with such an exotic name would have to live in the future, the parents did not seem to think.
If you take the most common name and double it, then suddenly something bright and even, let's not be afraid of this word, exotic appears in this name. Apparently, such thoughts were guided by the parents who gave their daughter the name Polina-Polina. After all, one Polina is so boring! And two is much better.
Or here Sasha-Alexander also a good option. Suddenly, someone from the first time will not guess that there is a boy in front of him, so the middle name will immediately clarify this.
Well, how not to give the child the most unusual name for a girl, embodying all the longing of parents for a luxury that is inaccessible to them? That's how they come into being Princess Daniella and her sisters in spirit, Princess Angelina and Alice Nefertiti. You can also hint at the future successes of the child by calling him simply Millionaire, Graph, Prince or prince.
Parents are more modestly limited to adding something original to the usual name - of course, through a hyphen, because everyone knows that double names are more beautiful than ordinary ones. For example, Dmitry-Amethyst, Matvey-Rainbow or Alena-Flower.
It's nice to have a little supernatural creature next to you in the stroller (even if it's still wet diapers and drooling). Starting from the Angel and Seraphim and ending with the whole Buddha-Alexander.
But the Permian couple Menshikovs, belonging to the sect of Satanists, did an even worse number, and named their son Lucifer. When the registry office workers tried to dissuade the parents from their venture, they explained that Lucifer is "a symbol of self-sufficiency, protest." It encourages individuality, which means the name carries a positive meaning.
So far, Lucifer Konstantinovich does not show a demonic nature in anything. Like mere mortals, he cut teeth, not fangs, no horns, and happy parents stood in line for kindergarten.
The couple recently had a second baby. At first they wanted to call him Lestat, in honor of one of the book vampires, but then they called him simpler, Voldemar.
Parental interests are another source of the strangest baby names. 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 there are babies in Russia Jazz and Chelsea. It’s immediately clear what parents are fond of, right?
It happens that patriotic enthusiasm so oppresses the chest that one wants to pour it out on everyone who falls under the arm. So in 2014, a girl with the name Russia. At the same time, even the wife dissuaded her husband from such a decision, but he remained firm.
There is also 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. His parents affectionately call him Krymchik, Krymushka, and sometimes Crimea is ours.
The name Tagil is given in honor of the city in which the child was born. The registry office staff asked the 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 still unclear.
Here's what the parents did Sevastopol- We do not know. Perhaps they were inspired by the same motive as the parents of the Crimea.
Muscovite intellectuals have already distinguished themselves here, wishing to name their son BOC rVF 260602. This scary-looking abbreviation is deciphered simply: “ biological object "man" of the Voronin-Frolov family, born on June 26, 2002».
The name is not simple, but ideological, which arose from 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 register the child with that name. Therefore, the parents had to issue an international passport for him. Anyone can get it, and a document called the "passport of a citizen of the world" is issued by the non-profit organization World Service Authority. Her office is in Washington.
After reaching the age of 14, the child will most likely be recorded in the passport as Boch Frolov. For parents, this is a forced formality, and the son is already used to such an abbreviation of his very long “robotic” name.
And the list of the strangest names of children in Russia is crowned with political names. The popularity of the current Russian leader made some parents want to name their offspring ... no, not Vladimir Vladimirovich, but Putin. Just Putin.
Putin recently got a brother Shoigu and soul sister Medmiya(short for Dmitry Medvedev).
Other parents of the same mindset do not dare to aim at the great, preferring to name their children after political events. So they 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 the creativity of their parents 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 of age and (with 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 you will need to collect for this. And after the age of 18, written permission from the parents is not required to change the name.
According to the Moscow registry office, Alexander is the leader among the most popular male names in 2017. The name Mikhail is a little less popular, and Artem closes the top three.
As for the most popular names for girls, the top three 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.
Both foreigners and stars are original
This year, more than 101 thousand babies were born in the capital, in the past 134.5 thousand, in 2011 - 125 thousand. Most often, parents chose such names for their sons as Artem, Alexander, Maxim, Ivan, Mikhail, and for girls - Sofia (Sofya), Maria, Anastasia, Daria, Anna. But from year to year there are also parents who want their heirs to bear a name that no one will certainly have. The list of the most original names was compiled by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
In Moscow, the boys were called Dmitry-Amethyst, Matvey-Rainbow, Nikolai-Nikita-Nil, Count, Dar, Ivan-Kolovrat, Mercury, Kantogor-Egor, March, Christamrirados, Prince, Prince, Cosmos, Angel, Wind, Will, Dolphin, Yaroslav-Lyutobor, Ilya Bogodar, Casper Beloved, Arkhip-Ural, Jeremy Patron, Kit, Luke-Happiness, Summerset Ocean, Monono Nikita, Ogneslav, Buddha-Alexander, Master, Peace.
The girls were given the following non-trivial names: Pleasure, Polina-Polina, Golub, April, Cherry, India, Princess Daniella, Rosiyana, Russia, Zarya-Zaryanitsa, Moon, Lyalya, Angel Maria, Lunalika, Princess Angelina, Alyosha-Kaprina, Oceana, Joy , Alena-Flower, Dolphin, Fox, Radostina, Sofia-Sun.
According to the head of the Moscow registry office, most often an exotic name is expecting a child in a family where one of the parents is a foreigner.
Residents of the Moscow region are less inventive with non-standard names. So, according to the statistics of the last three years in the Moscow region, the boys were called: Anikey, Ion, Ermak, Lukilianne, Joan, Altair, Andre, Prince, Yakub, Jason, Julius, Daniel. Girls: Zemfira, Cassandra, Esther, Zabava, Kupava, Ustina, Avdotya, Consuelo, Birch, Cassiopeia, Madonna, Roksolana, Raspberry, Mercedes, Bagheera.
In the registry office of the city of Korolev near Moscow, an unusual name is registered - Viagra. Happy parents, the driver Nikolay and the housewife Anastasia, explain their choice with three reasons. The first of them is the beauty and originality of the name, the second - the drug of the same name contributed to the long-awaited conception of a child, and the third reason is a long-standing love for the VIA Gra group.
In the Russian registry offices in the last three years, such names as Zhuzha, Tulip, Salad Lettuce, Millionera, Air traffic controller have been registered.
According to the American Pension Fund, every year hundreds and thousands of children with unusual names are registered in the United States: Eros, Charisma, Lancelot, Lexus, Fantasia, and even Messiah. Thus, over the past two years, more than 1,000 Messiahs have been registered.
After the October Revolution in Soviet Russia, it was fashionable for children to give the most unimaginable names. In the dictionary of Russian personal names, authored by Nikandr Petrovsky, you can find the following popular names of that era: Electrification, Revolution, Decree, Bow, Tractor, Algebrina, Turbine, Diesel, Drezina.
It used to be that the girls were called Dazdraperma (from the slogan “Long Live the First of May”), Revdit - (“Child of the Revolution”), Pofistal - (“The Winner of Fascism Joseph Stalin”) and even Perkosrak (“First Space Rocket”).
But among the strange revolutionary names there were those that then took root and they were called babies for a long time afterwards. For example, Vladlen (abbreviated as Vladimir Lenin), Ninel (the same Lenin, only in reverse), Kim (Communist International of Youth).
In the family of football player David Beckham, one of the children was named Brooklyn in honor of the New York area. American rock musician Frank Zappa named his daughter Lunar Sputnik. The daughter of the famous film actress Gwyneth Paltrow received the uncomplicated name Apple, and David Bowie christened his son Zoe: it seemed to the singer a good consonance - Zoe Bowie. By the way, the son did not appreciate the violent creative imagination of his parent. Growing up, he replaced Zoey with a neutral Joe, which, they say, greatly upset his father.
Other Hollywood celebrities were no less original. Today, among the star children, there are such names as Dandelion (Dandelion), Pitches (Peach), Pixie (Fairy) and even Fifi Trixibel - a combination of sounds that cannot be translated.
The longest name in the world is an Indian named Brahmatra. It consists of 1478 letters, which are a series of merged names of historical places, the names of famous diplomats, theologians, scientists, etc. It takes at least ten minutes to read it.
Compared to him, the full name of Miss S. Ellen Georgiana Ser-Lekken from Montana in the USA is mere trifles, only 598 letters. A lush set of names is not uncommon in Spain either. The famous artist Pablo Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomukeno Crispin Crispiano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz and Picasso.
And in France there lived a family deprived of a surname. Instead, she wore a set of numbers - 1792. And four sons in this family bore the names of the months of the year. Thus, in the passport and other documents it looked like this: January 1792, February 1792, March 1792 and April 1792. The last representative of this strange family, Mr March 1792, died in September 1904.
December 18 is the Day of Civil Registry Office Workers. Lovely ladies not only announce the creation of new families under the march of Mendelssohn, but also daily do more routine work: register deaths, adoptions and births of new children.
This year, more than 101 thousand babies were born in the capital, in the past 134.5 thousand, in 2011 - 125 thousand. Most often, parents chose such names for their sons as: Artem, Alexander, Maxim, Ivan, Mikhail, and for girls - Sofia (Sofya), Maria, Anastasia, Daria, Anna. But from year to year there are also parents who want their heirs to bear such a name that no one in kindergarten, class, school, institute will certainly have ... What specifically encourages them to do this, they probably themselves don't really know, but the fact remains.
Casper you are my Beloved
The Moscow registry office "RG" spoke about the most unusual names registered in Moscow since 1998. So, the boys were called Dmitry-Amethyst, Matvey-Rainbow, Nikolai-Nikita-Nil, Count, Dar, Ivan-Kolovrat, Mercury, Kantogor-Egor, March, Christamrirados, Prince, Prince, Cosmos, Angel, Wind, Will, Dolphin, Yaroslav-Lyutobor, Ilya Bogodar, Casper Beloved, Arkhip-Ural, Jeremy Patron, Kit, Luke-Happiness, Summerset Ocean, Monono Nikita, Ogneslav, Buddha-Alexander, Master, Peace.
The girls were given the following non-trivial names: Pleasure, Polina-Polina, Golub, April, Cherry, India, Princess Daniella, Rosiyana, Russia, Zarya-Zaryanitsa, Moon, Lyalya, Angel Maria, Lunalika, Princess Angelina, Alyosha-Kaprina, Oceana, Joy , Alena-Flower, Dolphin, Fox, Radostina, Sofia-Sun.
As explained in the press service of the department, there is no fashion or tendency to be fond of unusual names in Moscow. From one to 12 facts of non-standard names are registered annually. According to the head of the registry office of Moscow, Irina Muravyova, most often an exotic name is expecting a child in a family where one of the parents is a foreigner.
For the love of "VIA Gre"
Residents of the Moscow region are less inventive with non-standard names. So, according to the statistics of the last three years of the registry office in the Moscow region, the boys were called: Anikey, Ion, Ermak, Lukilianne, Hoan, Altair, Andre, Prince, Yakub, Jason, Julius, Daniel. Girls: Zemfira, Cassandra, Esther, Zabava, Kupava, Ustina, Avdotya, Consuelo, Birch, Cassiopeia, Madonna, Roksolana, Raspberry, Mercedes, Bagheera.
In the registry office of the city of Korolev near Moscow, an unusual name is registered - Viagra. Happy parents - the driver Nikolay and the housewife Anastasia explain their choice by three reasons. The first of them is the beauty and originality of the name, the second - the drug of the same name contributed to the long-awaited conception of a child, and the third reason is a long-standing love for the VIA Gra group.
In the Russian registry offices in the last three years, such names as Zhuzha, Tulip, Salad Lettuce, Millionera, Air traffic controller have been registered. By the way, people abroad are also good at fiction. So, according to the American Pension Fund, every year hundreds and thousands of children with unusual names are registered in the United States: Eros, Charisma, Lancelot, Lexus, Fantasia and even the Messiah. So, over the past two years, more than 1,000 Messiahs have been registered.
The right to change
However, psychologists say: children with unusual names can have a lot of problems in adulthood. Especially if the associations that an unusual name evokes from outsiders do not correspond to the personal qualities of the child. After all, the more unusual the name, the more it attracts the attention of outsiders. Therefore, from childhood, such a child will feel his unusualness, difference from others. This, of course, will leave a very deep imprint on the psyche. Not every child and not every adult can withstand increased attention to his person.
But if the young Prince or the graduate of the Angel-Mary school do not want to continue their life path with such names, they have the right to change them. Until the age of 14, this is done through an appeal to the guardianship and guardianship authorities, after 14 years - through the registry office, but with written permission from the parents. Well, after the age of majority, that is, 18 years old, a young man has the right to independently come to the registry office, write an application and change his name. This year, by the way, 6455 people used this right, last year - 8320, the year before - 7834.
In the name of the revolution
After the October Revolution in Soviet Russia, it was fashionable for children to give the most unimaginable names. In the dictionary of Russian personal names, authored by Nikandr Petrovsky (the name, by the way, is also not the most common), you can find the following popular names of that era: Electrification, Revolution, Decree, Bow, Tractor, Algebrina, Turbine, Diesel, Drezina.
It used to be that girls were called Dazdraperma (from the slogan "Long live the First of May"), Revdit - ("Child of the Revolution"), Pofistal - ("Winner of Fascism Joseph Stalin") and even Perkosrak ("First space rocket").
But among the strange revolutionary names there were those that then took root and they were called babies for a long time afterwards. For example, Vladlen (abbreviated as Vladimir Lenin), Ninel (the same Lenin, only in reverse), Kim (Communist International of Youth).
The stars do it too
World celebrities are also not averse to inventing something like that.
So, in the family of football player David Beckham, one of the children was named Brooklyn in honor of the New York area. American rock musician Frank Zappa named his daughter Lunar Sputnik. The daughter of the famous film actress Gwyneth Paltrow received the uncomplicated name Apple, and David Bowie christened his son Zoe: it seemed to the singer a good consonance - Zoe Bowie. By the way, the son did not appreciate the violent creative imagination of his parent. Growing up, he replaced Zoey with a neutral Joe, which, they say, greatly upset his father.
Other Hollywood celebrities were no less original. Today, among the star children, there are such names as Dandelion (Dandelion), Pitches (Peach), Pixie (Fairy) and even Fifi Trixibel - a combination of sounds that cannot be translated.
Help "RG"
The longest name in the world is an Indian named Brahmatra. It consists of 1478 letters, which are a series of merged names of historical places, the names of famous diplomats, theologians, scientists, etc. It takes at least ten minutes to read it.
Compared to him, the full name of Miss S. Ellen Georgiana Ser-Lekken from Montana in the USA is mere trifles, only 598 letters. A lush set of names is not uncommon in Spain either. The famous artist Pablo Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomukeno Crispin Crispiano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz and Picasso.
And in France there lived a family deprived of a surname. Instead, she wore a set of numbers - 1792. And four sons in this family bore the names of the months of the year. Thus, in the passport and other documents it looked like this: January 1792, February 1792, March 1792 and April 1792. The last representative of this strange family, Mr March 1792, died in September 1904.
Jennifer Thornburg, a resident of North Carolina, changed her name to an Internet address for ideological reasons. Now the 19-year-old girl is called CutoutDissection.com – “put an end to dissection”.
So, in Sweden there lives a boy named Oliver Google. His father, who has a Ph.D. in search marketing, decided to name his child after his favorite search engine.
Surname of 102 letters
In Spain this year it was decided to hold the first ever
This is all due to the fact that in the early years of the 19th century, when Huerta del Rey was a tiny village, it was customary to transfer his name to the youngest at the death of the eldest child in the family, and so on ad infinitum ... As a result, a lot of namesakes appeared.
The secretary of the local government decided to carry out a reform in order to avoid confusion, including in the transfer of inheritance rights, inventory of property and delivery of correspondence. Therefore, in birth certificates, he began to assign names to children from ancient martyrologies. There was no more confusion, but the village was flooded with namesakes of citizens and senators of Ancient Rome. The population of Huerta del Rey is 900 people, the names of three hundred of them are not familiar to Spain - Sicily, Geronides, Burgundonfora or Philogony. “Our district may well become a reference for any study of the etymology of rare names,” says José Angel Sebastiano, the initiator of the forum.
A lush set of names is not uncommon in Spain either. Few people know that the famous artist Pablo Picasso's full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuseno Maria de los Remedios Crispin Crispignano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz and Picasso.
The title of the area where the inhabitants are given the most unusual names, with the village of Huerta del Rey, disputes the Kandhmal district in India. Its inhabitants greet each other like this: “Hello, Two kilos of rice!” or “Hello, Silver dollar!”. There is also a guy named “I love potatoes”.
By the way, the longest name in the world is an Indian named Brahmatra. It consists of 1478 letters, which are a series of merged names of historical places, the names of famous diplomats, theologians, scientists, etc. It takes at least ten minutes to read it.
By comparison, the full name of Miss S. Ellen Georgiana Ser-Lekken from Montana in the United States is very short. The first letter C is the beginning of the name, which consists of only 598 letters. But relatives still call her Snowle or simply Oli for short.
And in one of the schools in the city of Honolulu in the Hawaiian Islands, the youngest daughter of the owner of one of the local restaurants entered. Her first and last name consist of 102 letters. The name Napu Amo Hala Ona Ona Aneka Vehi Vehi Ona Hivea Nena Vawa Keho Onka Kahe Hea Leke Ea Ona Nei Nana Nia Keko Oa Oga Wan Ika Wanao translates as “many beautiful flowers of mountains and valleys begin to fill Hawaii in length and breadth with their fragrance.” She was never included in the class magazine.
Psychologist John Trein gives examples of the most awkward names among Americans. So, the May family from New Orleans chose names for their daughters: Mu, Wu, Gu. And the Jackson family from the city of Chicago named the children Meningitis, Laryngitis, Appendicitis, Peritonitis and Tonsillitis.
In Latin America, parents like to give their children exotic names. A quick scan of Venezuela's phone book reveals names like Taj Mahal Sanchez, Elvis Presley Gomez Morilo, Darwin Lenin Jimenez, and even Hitler Eufemio Mayora.
In Ecuador, the Civil Registry even refuses to issue documents to individuals with extravagant or offensive names. Among the "masterpieces" invented by the inhabitants of the province of Manabi, where there are especially many such Ecuadorians, there are Super Strong Cement, Sports Cavalcade, Hard Football Victory, Chicken Paw and International Conflict.
However, some with a name are even less lucky - two hundred years ago, a family lived in France, completely devoid of a surname. Instead, she was called a set of numbers - 1792. And four sons in this family bore the names of the months of the year. In the passport and other documents it looked like this: January 1792, February 1792, March 1792 and April 1792. The last representative of this strange family, Mr March 1792, died in September 1904.
Birthday Ur
Among the most bizarre names given to the children of the stars, for example, is the daughter of American rock musician Frank Zappa, whom the legendary dad, in a fit of inspiration, named Moon Unit (Moon Satellite).
The daughter of Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow and vocalist of the British band Coldplay Chris Martin is called Apple - Apple. Perhaps in honor of the Beatles record label, or maybe New York, which is also called the Big Apple. Geronimo - the name can be translated as an exclamation "Hurrah!" - the son of the bass guitarist of the British four Blur Alex James, Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily - heavenly tiger lily - the only daughter of INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence and TV presenter Paula Yates. Rolling's son Keith Richards has a strange name, his name is Dandelion - Dandelion.
Bono's (U2) son's name is Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q, which is untranslatable Irish folklore. And the child of the U2 guitarist is called Blue Angel, which means "blue angel" in translation. Victoria and David Beckham named their first child Brooklyn after the place where he was conceived.
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But there were also Dazvemir - "Long live the world revolution", Dotnara - "Daughter of the working people", Lengenmir - "Lenin - the genius of the world", Leninid - "Lenin's ideas", Lorierik - "Lenin, the October Revolution, Industrialization, Electrification, Radiofication and Communism", Leundezh - "Lenin is dead, but his cause lives on", Pofistal - "The winner of fascism, Joseph Stalin", Pyatvchet - "Five-year plan in four years!", Uryurvkos - "Hurray, Yura in space!", Perkosrak - The first space rocket" and many others.
New realities - new names. In Nizhny Tagil, parents named their daughter, who was born in 2002 on Independence Day, briefly and clearly - Russia. Another couple from this city named their daughter Privatization.
In the registry office of the city of Korolev near Moscow, an unusual name is registered - Viagra. Happy parents - the driver Nikolay and the housewife Anastasia explain their choice by three reasons. The first of them is the beauty and originality of the name, the second - the drug of the same name contributed to the long-awaited conception of a child, and the third reason is a long-standing love for the VIA Gra group.
And this year, the list of Russian names was replenished with one more, when in June Gusomania swept Russia. After the Russian national football team reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008, a newborn child was named in honor of the head coach of the national team Guus Hiddink in the village of Bolotnoye, Novosibirsk Region - in seven years, Gus Evgenievich Gorodnikov will go to one of the local schools. And in the city of Artemovsky, Sverdlovsk region, on Sunday night after the end of the Russia-Holland match, Gus Vyacheslavovich Khmelev was born.
