Russian and Its Uniqueness' Name

Have you ever wondered how is the naming conventions in a country or a clan?

For example, even Indonesian has not specific rules for naming, but not in few clans of Indonesia, such as Batak and Bali.

Yes, I will talk about how unique a name is, and I like its uniqueness.

But, nah, I ain’t gonna talk about Batak, Bali, or even Indonesian naming conventions.

Russian caught my interest more because of their unique name and their unique alphabet that is called cryllic script.

Well, Russian names generally have three syllables. The first one is the given name, the name that is given by their parents. The second one is the patronymic, created by taking the first or given name of the father and added by suffix that means “son of-“ or “daughter of-“. The suffix for men and women have different form, the most common suffixes are –ovich or –evich, while for women’s are –ovna or –evna. And the last one is the family name or surname that is taken from the family.

For example, there is a Russian boy named Alexander Arkadyevich Romanov.

We knew from his name that Alexander’s father’s first name was Arkady and the Romanov is their family name. And if Alexander has a sister, her name would be Natalia Arkadyevna Romanov. When Natalia marries Ivan Vladimirovich Karenin, her full name would be Natalia Arkadyevna Karenina.

The most confusing thing in Russian naming is because Russians often take a diminutive of the first name as the familiar name. They
call each other by their first name, but they will use a shortened form of their first name that is more familiar or it can be called as diminutive.
For example, Alexander is known as Sasha, and Natasha is addressed as Natalia.

Well, every country has its own uniqueness, and so Russian.

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