It is not known what causes the fashion to call children by foreign names today , given some of their specifics, but young mothers are simply restless. They probably believe that the more beautiful and unusual their child’s name will be, the smarter, more talented and more successful he will grow.
The most revered among young domestic mothers are English names. The influence on the desire to name a child as Jessica or Brandon is mainly influenced by modern cinema. Having seen their favorite series, girls, by all means, want their son or daughter to be as “cool” as the main characters or even the actors playing their roles. For some reason, provincial young mothers sin especially often with love for imported “Michelle” and “Nicole”. It is not for nothing that even a saying has developed on this subject: "The more motherly the mother, the more angelic the daughter."
Even at numerous women's forums, one can repeatedly stumble upon topics where pregnant girls ask virtual friends what English names they like best. Thus, they create something like a social survey, and they will name the future baby by the name that will “win”.
For some reason, such mummies are of little interest in how a foreign name will be combined with a Russian surname and patronymic. They completely ignore the fact that when the baby grows up, they are unlikely to say “thank you” for (suppose) Krivozub Tiffany Nikolaevna or Ptichkin Gerard Grigorievich. Perhaps they are sincerely sure that in the future they will have a dizzying career in a foreign company, where such a thing as a middle name does not exist in nature, but no one names by name.
But if, nevertheless, the desire to name a child not in Russian is stronger than common sense,
then it’s not out of place to figure out at least a little what these or other English names mean. After all, it may happen that you call your daughter a beautiful name Kennedy, meanwhile, his meaning - “ugly head” - does not really caress the ear. Or, for example, the very pretty masculine name Shannon means "old river." To prevent such incidents from happening, we offer a small list of the
names most beloved
by Russian girls and their meanings.
So, the English names are female: Belinda (Belinda) - a beautiful snake; Vanessa (Vanessa) - manifested; Joanna (Johanna) - the god is kind; Dolores - sorrow; Jennifer (Jennifer) - the name of the tree; Courtney (Courteney) - a short nose; Nicolette (Nicolette) - a victory of people; Roxanne (Roxanne) - dawn; Rebecca (Rebecca) - trapping; Scarlett (Scarlett) - scarlet; Celeste (Celeste) - heavenly; Cheryl is a favorite; Sharon (Sharon) - the plain; Eleonore (Eleonore) - another, foreign; Eugenia is a well-born.
And now the English names are male: Alvin, Alvin (Alvin) - the elf's friend; Bertrand (Bertrand) - a bright raven; Gabriel is a strong man sent by God; Glenn (Glenn) - valley; David is a lover Jason (Jason) - healing; Jared (Jared) - descent; Jeremy (Jeremy) - appointed by God; Christian is a follower of Christ; Quentin (Quentin) - the fifth; Louis (Ludovic) - a famous warrior; Matthew (Matthew) - a gift from the Lord; Nigel - champion; Robert (Robert) - famous; Emile (Emile) - a competitor; Emmanuel - The Lord is with us.
But still, while studying English names, try to choose your baby one that would fit well with his surname and patronymic. After all, he, and not you, to live with him all his life.