Kalmyk girls' names. What to name the girl? Kalmyk female names, their interpretation and naming features

Choosing a name for a baby is an extremely important and responsible matter, because the future character of the baby and even his fate largely depend on it. There are different names for boys, and we will try to figure it out together which one is right for your little one.

Scientists have long established that using a name you can correct negative traits character, or, conversely, aggravate them. By naming your baby incorrectly, you can direct his life into a tragic scenario. How to avoid all these mistakes and make the right and informed choice - read the article.

There are many theories regarding exactly how a person’s name and fate are connected, and how a name can influence life. I bring to your attention the most interesting and worthy of attention.

• The theory of public opinion.

We all live in society, surrounded by people who have thoughts and opinions about anything. These opinions tend to vary depending on the country, social group and even time.

Hearing a person’s name, society is able to endow him with certain character traits in advance, as well as form an opinion about him in advance. If a person is constantly ascribed certain qualities throughout his life, they become truly inherent to him, whether he wants it or not.

For example, towards a boy named Nero (Roman emperor, known for his atrocities) or Adolf (everyone knows who the association is with, right), people’s attitude will be deliberately wary, wary and even hostile. And to a boy named Vanya - good-natured and disposed, like positive hero folk tales. When addressing Isaac, people will assume in advance Jewish origin, and treat the child knowingly based on your prejudices.

• Theory of emotions and sound.

A child hears his name several times a day from birth. As he gets older, he will hear it more and more often. Each name is a set of certain sounds of different timbres and pitches.

All sounds affect the human brain differently, causing certain emotions. Some sound melodious and euphonious, contributing to the formation of a calm and gentle character, for example, Nikolai, Alexey, Mikhail.

Others, on the contrary, seem to be drumming on the brain: Dmitry, Robert, Taras. This is a prerequisite for the formation of a tough character and unshakable self-confidence.

Thus, each name is capable of influencing the fate of a child, shaping certain character qualities in him.

How to choose a name

Of course, there are no and cannot be universal recommendations regarding what name to name your baby. However, there are universal rules that you can follow to narrow down your choice among thousands of names, and ultimately make the only right decision.

• Rule No. 1. The name must be combined with the child’s surname and patronymic.

A person will hear such combinations quite often throughout his life: in kindergarten and it is customary for the school to address students by their first and last names. And in adult life, at work, a person most often hears him being called by his first name and patronymic.

Thus, these combinations should be pronounced without difficulty and should not cause difficulties for the speaker. Otherwise, the child will constantly tense internally in anticipation that his name will be in Once again distorted.

What difficulties may there be in pronunciation:

1. many consonants at the junction of first name and last name, first name and patronymic. For example, the unsuccessful combination is Kanziberg Grigory or Alexander Dmitrievich; Kanziberg Oleg or Anton Dmitrievich sounds more successful.
2. combinations that are too long, for example, Innokenty Aleksandrovich Zagrebelny is unsuccessful, Ivan Aleksandrovich Zagrebelny sounds successful.

• Rule No. 2. The name must be combined with the child’s nationality and citizenship.

The name should not be dissonant with the surname and patronymic based on nationality and affiliation with a particular country. So, Ivanov Tamerlan, Vasiliev Teimuraz or Smirnov John, Popov Daniel sound very strange.

• Rule No. 3. The name must have diminutives.

Cradling a little baby in your arms, you want to call him, for example, Levushka, and not Lev, Sashenka, and not Alexander, Dimochka, and not Dmitry.

And this is natural; throughout our lives it helps us convey the full range of emotions when communicating with a person.

What not to call a boy

• Bad Idea #1: Naming after a deceased relative violent death or with a difficult fate.

No matter how good your intentions are, no matter how good and worthy person whatever the deceased was, and no matter how skeptic you may be, pay attention to the following.

Scientists have noticed a pattern according to which children named after relatives who died tragically often have an unfortunate fate and difficulty defining themselves in life.

How to explain this phenomenon - psycho-emotional connections, ancestral energy or mysticism - everyone decides for himself. You may not believe in such matters, but is it worth risking your baby's future when there are so many other beautiful names to choose from?

• Bad idea #2: Give it a creepily original but strange and unpronounceable name.

It seems to you that this is fresh and unusual, but for a child with his own name to live: go to children's group, build a career and personal life. I’m not sure that in the future a person named Appolinarius, Evgrafiy, Dormedont, Callistratus, Polycarpius, etc. will thank you.

In kindergarten and school, children with such names always endure ridicule, withdraw into themselves, become embittered and unsociable. Why does the baby need such tests out of the blue?

• Bad Idea #3: Naming it after a historical event or political figure.

We all know these male names, as Vladilen (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin), Kim (Communist Youth International), Lyublen (Lubi Lenin), Stalen (Stalin, Lenin). At the time of the revolution, they seemed trendy and relevant.

However, time has passed, ideals have changed, well-known historical events and individuals are condemned, and everything is no longer so rosy, fun and easy. And the people who were named in a certain way, remain attached to images of past years and events throughout their lives.

It is much easier when a person is responsible only for himself and his actions than for some historical figures, to whose actions he has nothing to do, but is forced to associate with them.

Names for boys by month according to the church calendar

Believers know that every person comes into this world for a reason and is born in a particular month for a reason. The date of birth of a baby means a lot, in particular, the heavens assign a newborn a protector from above, a saint, a guardian angel who will protect him throughout his life.

Our ancestors did not invent anything unnecessary, and when choosing a name for a newborn, they turned to the holy calendar - church calendar with the names of saints.

Nowadays, the tradition of the calendar has been simplified, and it is quite acceptable to use calendars by month, when each month of the year corresponds to several names of saints, from which you can choose the one you like.

Church calendar with Orthodox names by month according to the calendar it looks like this.

Beautiful Russian names

Traditional Russian male names are associated with masculinity and strength of character.

With such a name, the boy will certainly grow up comfortably, and his peers will easily remember the baby’s name. Beautiful Russian name goes well with Russian surnames and is not capable of causing unnecessary associations.

As a rule, Russian names for boys are distinguished by Greek or Roman origin, which is due historically early contacts Ancient Rus' with Byzantium.

Popular modern names for boys

Rare and beautiful

IN last years There has been a particularly acute tendency to choose an unusual, rare and beautiful name for a child. Young mothers want their baby to be exceptional and special from birth because of his name.

Let's take a closer look at the unusual rare and beautiful names for boys.

Old Russian

Such names pose a certain danger for the baby, and we have already talked about it. Nowadays old Russian names for boys they sound too extravagant.

Children are cruel creatures, and the little one with unusual name may be subject to ridicule and attacks from peers in kindergarten and school, which will make him withdrawn and unsociable.

Therefore, I urge you to think very carefully and weigh the pros and cons of giving your baby an old Russian colorful name in order to amuse your pride and show everyone that you have imagination. I am convinced that there are many other ways to manifest it without making it difficult for the child throughout his life.

However, we will list the currently popular Old Russian and Old Slavonic names for boys, and also let’s figure out what they mean:

Bronislav – defending glory;

Vseslav - famous, famous;

Dobromil - kind, dear;

Milorad – sweet, joyful;

Miroslav - glorifying the world;

Svyatopolk - at the head of the sacred army;

Yaropolk - at the head of the solar army;

Kuzma - organizes the world;

Thomas is a twin;

Foka - from the sea;

Lazarus is the one who was helped by God;

Fedot - long-awaited;

Potap - from another country;

Nazar – dedicated himself to God;

Luka – light;

Laurel is the name of the tree.

Rules for choosing a name by season

According to psychological theory, people born at the same time of year have similar character traits, temperament and personal qualities. In addition, such people have similar positive and negative qualities.

Knowing this, you can correct and strengthen weak points in your character, as well as soften and neutralize the influence of undesirable strong properties.

For example, boys born in the summer are united by good nature and easy disposition. However, there is also back side: they are capricious, emotionally unstable and weak character. To add firmness and perseverance to the personality, it is recommended to call such babies with sonorous names, for example, Dmitry, German, Kirill. It’s a bad idea to give your baby a gentle and soft name, such as Mikhail, Nikolai, Savely.

Vice versa, winter boys demonstrate an excess of stubbornness, rebellion and determination. To balance the character, it is reasonable to balance such qualities with a soft melodic name, such as Ilya, Elisha, Maxim. It will not work, and will only worsen the situation, if you name the winter baby Grigory, Victor, Peter.

Spring creates kind, calm and sympathetic, but soft-bodied and spineless boys. If you don't do anything, they can grow out of these mama's boys and henpecked. Therefore, one cannot do without a firm and tough name, for example, Alexander, Boris. Leonidas and Moses won't do at all.

Autumn pleases us with balanced, harmonious personalities, so such a child can be called whatever your heart desires; nothing needs to be adjusted here.

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Kalmyk names

Kalmyk men's and female names and their meaning

Kalmyk names varied in origin. Most among them are primordial (national) names. Along with national names Kalmyks have names of Tibetan-Sanskrit origin and Russian names.

Kalmyk language refers to western group Mongolian languages.

Beautiful rare modern names for girls different nations peace.

The name influences a woman’s fate, her habits, health, success, harmony in relationships with the outside world.

Often young parents argue about choosing a name for their baby either before she is born or immediately after birth. Each of them associates the concept of the beauty of the sound of a female name in their own way.

Other parents plunge into the study of the interpretation of names in order to choose a beautiful and sonorous combination of letters.

Let's get acquainted with different options female names in this article, and with their brief characteristics will be considered in the future.

Top 10 most beautiful names for girls

In the vastness of the Runet, various sites offer their ratings of female names with reference to previously conducted opinion polls among men or young parents.

However, a person's opinion is subjective. Some people associate a specific name with:

• relative
• teacher
• event in life
• book or film heroine
• famous historical figure
• show business star

The list can be endless, but it’s better to focus on the average selection of female names. Let's highlight them in the top ten without reference to the percentage of popularity and frequency of meetings per thousand ladies:

• Maria
• Victoria
• Anastasia
• Milena
• Vladislav
• Karina
• Emilia
• Sofia

The most beautiful Russian name for a girl

History says that we do not have original Russian names. There are several reasons for this:

• traditions of our ancestors. They preferred to give names based on character traits, order of children, birth characteristics
• the arrival of Christianity. Then the names of other countries came into use, for example, Roman, Greek, Byzantine, German. And with the rite of baptism the person was given a new name. Gradually, women's names were replenished with words from other states, where they had a specific meaning. But in Russia they were used simply as a proper name
• revolution of the beginning of the last century. The communist system made its own adjustments to the preferred lists of female names. This is how abbreviated names or derivatives from the name of the leader of the revolution appeared

From folk art and historical data, you can glean more information about the most common Russian female names. We offer you the following options:

• Alyona
• Alexandra
• Darina
• Daria
• Catherine

Rare and beautiful Orthodox names for girls

Exist different approaches to determine a name for a girl in order to attract a good destiny for her:

• church calendar
• letter code
• by time of year
• Zodiac sign
• by date of birth
• after consultation with a professional astrologer
• family tradition

Since Christianity has been living among Russians for a long time, church names are closer to us in sound and perception.

Among the rare beautiful female names, pay attention to the following:

• Olympics
• Augusta
• Varvara
• Ariadne
• Pelagia
• Kaleria

Beautiful church names for girls

If you are in favor of naming girls beautiful church name, carefully look through the calendar of saints. And also pay attention to names not only by date of birth, but also on the eighth and fortieth days after it.

Among the beautiful church names there are many worthy examples, namely:

• Ksenia
• Angelina
• Olga
• Marina
• Ulyana

Slavic names for girls are rare and beautiful

The Slavs valued beauty and harmony in everything that made up their lives.

By giving the girl a specific name, they emphasized the dignity that Mother Nature had awarded her.

That’s why even today the sound of female Slavic names inspires the ear and fascinates. An example of this is the following names:

• Bella
• Milan
• Radmila
• Svetozara
• Glory

Beautiful old names for girls

Above we examined aspects of the lack of native Russian examples of female names. And yet, looking back at the history of even one century ago, preferences in naming girls were radically different from modern ones.

The following names confirm this:

• Arina
• Gloria
• Daria
• Elena
• Elizabeth
• Margarita
• Pavlina

Beautiful Old Russian names for girls

Slavic girl Slava in national costume

Continuing the theme of Slavic names, let us recall their Old Russian examples.

Each woman's name carried positive meaning, and parents and everyone around them protected the girls until marriage.

Therefore, the girls harmoniously connected with their name and it was a talisman for them in life.

Take a closer look at the list below. Perhaps one of the names will make you decide to give it to your daughter.

• Zlata
• Bazhena
• Vidana
• Vlada
• Golub
• Dobrava
• Lyubava
• Mlawa

Beautiful names for girls, modern Tatar

The Tatars left a big imprint on the history of the Russian people. They, like other nationalities, with particular trepidation choose beautiful names for their daughters, emphasizing their external uniqueness and enhancing feminine character traits.

Beautiful names for Tatar babies, taking into account modern trends, can be as follows:

• Zemfira
• Madina
• Adilya
• Chulpan
• Indira
• Dinara
• Karima
• Malika
• Rubina
• Shakira
• Yazgul

Kabardian beautiful names for girls

Female names among Kabardians are of foreign origin - Arabic, Turkic. However, they still sound bright and memorable.

Below are some examples:

• Aminate
• Anusya
• Asiyat
• Zhanzilya
• 3eynab
• Karalzhan
• Marginet
• Maryan
• Nafilya
• Salimat
• Tauzhan
• Fatimat
• Hidez
• Charizet

Beautiful Tuvan names for girls

Changes occurred in the Tuvan tradition of naming children four centuries ago. Before them, young parents avoided giving names to their newborn baby until he reached the age of ten.

The origins of Tuvan female names are very different - they are Turkic, Russian, Mongolian, and Tibetan proper names.

The most beautiful female Tuvan names in our opinion are:

• Anzat
• Kalchanay
• Ortunay
• Oktuy
• Sanna
• Seville
• Sulapai
• Shonchalai

Bashkir names for girls are rare and beautiful

photo of a little Bashkir girl Amina

The prevailing number of Bashkir names Turkic origin, however, in some you can find both Latin and English roots.

Female names for Bashkir girls, which are rare and sound beautiful, are:

• Amina
• Banat
• Gulchechek
• Dilbar
• Zalika
• Kamalia
• Milyausha
• Firuza

Beautiful Kalmyk names for girls

The Kalmyk people have retained their originality in choosing names for girls from their language. However, with the advent of Buddhism, the lists of names for children expanded.

Beautiful Kalmyk names for girls are:

• Alvina
• Ingilina
• Zayana
• Enkira
• Ijila
• Amul

Beautiful Buryat names for girls

The Buryats had close relationships with many nationalities Central Asia. However, they managed to preserve the tradition of naming children by their national names.

Below are examples of beautiful female names of Buryat girls:

• Aryuna
• Palma
• Altana
• Saryuna
• Narana
• Aryana
• Dayana
• Cimita
• Rajana

Modern beautiful Muslim names for girls

Muslims still honor the tradition of choosing a name for a child. So for a girl it is selected based on the value of female character traits:

• tenderness
• fidelity
• spiritual purity
• thoughtfulness

You will influence the spiritual progress of a girl if you give her a name:

• Amina
• Adilya
• Latiffa
• Salma
• Elmira
• Yasir
• Fatima

Emphasize external beauty girls can have names:

• Galia
• Leila
• Zulfiya
• Rimma
• Faathin

Beautiful Caucasian names for girls

Caucasian peoples have always tried to live in harmony with surrounding nature, notice its beauty and celebrate it in the names of children.

When choosing a name for a girl in the Caucasus, young parents tried to highlight her feminine qualities and/or indicate her resemblance to a beautiful animal, plant, or natural phenomenon.

A few examples of melodious and beautiful Caucasian names for girls:

• Akmaral
• Zumrat
• Muslimat
• Susanna
• Zalina
• Gulnaz
• Chulpan

The most beautiful Islamic names for girls

Several centuries ago, in Islamic families, there was hostility between the father and his daughter when he was born. Boys remained in honor and priority.

Then names for babies were chosen that were sonorous, reflecting dislike and even contempt for the girl.

Nowadays, the situation has changed and fathers have become more supportive of their daughters. They are called beautiful names that are soothing to the ear in order to please the future husband and strengthen female role in family.

Very beautiful islamic names for girls it is:

• Khadija
• Maryam
• Salsabil
• Samira
• Habib
• Munira
• Sultana

Beautiful Dagestan names for girls

The religiosity of the people in Dagestan also influenced the preservation of traditions in naming children. In this country, Islam and holy people are revered sacredly. Therefore, in the vast majority of cases, girls' names are chosen from a religious list to this day.

Beautiful Dagestan names girls can be called the following:

• Almagul
• Zaira
• Aimesey
• Gulnara
• Gezel
• Jamila

Beautiful Chechen names for girls

Women's names among the Chechen people reflect a connection with nature and valuable qualities the beautiful half of humanity. They are quite simple to pronounce, mostly consisting of 1-2 syllables.

At the same time, modern European trends in this country have brought a change in traditions in naming girls. That's why we sat down Chechen girls you can meet both Lisa and Sasha.

A few examples of beautiful Chechen names for girls:

• Sumaya
• Aishat
• Selima
• Yasmina
• Maryam
• Ryan

Beautiful Ossetian names for girls

The choice of names among Ossetians is influenced by a number of factors:

• original traditions when a girl was given a name, emphasizing her beauty, value and character qualities
• the advent of Christianity, when Russians and Georgians added their own words and traditions in choosing names for children
• the influence of the Muslim religion, which also left its mark on way of life Ossetians

However foreign words who came to Ossetia underwent changes in pronunciation and writing. The same goes for names.

Among the beautiful female names, the following occupy a worthy place:

• Zarina
• Alana
• Zarema
• Madinat
• Irido
• Marine

Beautiful names for girls Ukrainian

The Ukrainian language originates from the ancient Slavs. And yet we have reached today different approaches in the names of girls:

• emphasizing the uniqueness of her abilities
• traditional names
• derived from the names of deities worshiped before the advent of Christianity

Ukrainian female names are very melodic and bright. For example:

• Yaryna
• Solomiya
• Svetoyar
• Bogdana
• Yaroslav
• Vogneslava
• Zoremira
• Omniscient
• Zivorada
• Olesya

Beautiful Crimean Tatar names for girls

Crimean Tatars name their girls, adhering to religious traditions. And yet their names sound original and beautiful. Examples of this:

• Emilia
• Ruzanna
• Yasmina
• Riana
• Niyara
• Aigul
• Elvira
• Aysel
• Mawile
• Asine
• Adilya

Beautiful gypsy names for girls

Gypsies love nature in a special way. That’s why they give their daughters names:

• meaning natural phenomena
• consonant with the names of minerals and colors
• emphasizing the love of parents

Note that each gypsy name has a beautiful sound and meaning.

Here are some female examples:

• Shofranca
• Esmerolda
• Talaita
• Nadya
• Mirela
• Darling
• Jaell
• Violka
• Bawal
• Diamond
• Shukar
• Slavutna

Beautiful names for twin girls

Although the twins are very similar in appearance, their destinies are different. Like names and characters.

Beautiful combinations of names for twin girls include:

• Arina and Karina
• Alice and Vasilisa
• Anna and Ivanna
• Veronica and Angelica
• Maya and Yana
• Marina and Ekaterina
• Veronica and Victoria
• Alina and Arina
• Dominica and Veronica
• Alla and Bella
• Olya and Yulia

Beautiful names for twin girls

If you're expecting twins, you're about to have twice the joy in your home. You just want to choose names that are consonant and beautiful for them, so that their fates are easy.

Pay attention to the following combinations of names for twin girls:

• Masha and Dasha
• Anya and Yana
• Christina and Karina
• Valeria and Victoria
• Camilla and Emilia
• Eva and Zlata
• Sofia and Varvara
• Alesya and Taisiya

Beautiful double names for girls

Some young parents believe in the special power of a child's double name. Therefore, they prefer to choose it and write it down on the birth certificate or separate it:

• one thing for worldly life
• the second - after baptism for spiritual

Among the beautiful female name combinations, we highlight the following:

• Ksenia-Evgenia
• Anna Louise
• Valeria-Eva
• Daria-Stepaniya
• Diana-Anna
• Eva-Cornelia
• Elizaveta-Olga
• Zlata-Slava
• Yana-Polina
• Tatyana-Maryana

Beautiful short names for girls

When a baby’s middle name is long, the name is usually chosen shorter to balance the sound of them together.

Pay attention to the following names for girls:

• Stella

New beautiful names for girls

The saying that the new is simply the forgotten old accurately reflects modern tendencies in the name of girls. Plus, add the openness of borders between states in terms of communication and borrowing beautiful sonorous words, and you get new names for Slavic girls.

For example:

• Dominica
• Evangeline
• Adriana
• Aelita
• Zarina
• Caroline
• Martha
• Juno

So, we looked at the most beautiful names for girls of the Slavic and Central Asian peoples, identified similarities in approaches to choosing names for babies and slight differences in traditions.

Every parent wants better fate for your baby. That's why we try to choose something beautiful and sonorous name to attract maximum positive events in the lives of our kids!

Video: beautiful popular and rare names for girls

I recently met a woman named Mankhaeva, it seems clear that the root “mankh” is to protect, when I asked where the surname came from, it turns out from “mu nokh”, it also seems clear, so as not to be jinxed, they used to give such surnames, but in reality it turned out very interesting story The father, it turns out, had no children; one day he saw a snake that wanted to eat small puppies. He rescued them, brought them home, there were 5 puppies and he had 5 sons. Before the birth of each son, the woman says, the mother dreamed of a dog; the mother already knew that a girl would be born, she says, because she did not dream of the dog.

I ask for her name and she says Olya. “Don’t you have a Kalmyk name, because when you get married they give you a middle name, usually Kalmyk,” I say. “No,” she says. “At birth I was given a Kalmyk name” Othn” - the last one, i.e. last". I suggested that she was the last child in the family, to which I heard the continuation of the story. It turns out that after birth she was very sick and did not latch onto the breast. Then her parents took her to show her to the lama, or medlgchi, I don’t remember, but that’s not the point. He said that the name didn't suit her because she didn't last child and that they will still have children. He ordered that she be given a Russian name and, indeed, two sisters were born after her. Like this interesting story Olya Mankhaeva/Otkhn told me...

Our surnames passed into the Russian language so strangely that you won’t always find parallels. I met the father of Arslan Orgaev (Arslan organized the translation of the page in contact with into the Kalmyk language) and began to be interested in the origin of his surname, it turns out they should have a surname Nyudlchievs (nүudlch-nomad), but the clerk wrote down Orgaev, after his grandfather’s name.

Or take the surname Gorodovikov, he was the son Dagana (Daakhn - two-year-old foal), Godovikov was recorded, then he became Gorodovikov, and there are a lot of such examples, starting from tsarist times, the times of the beginning Soviet power and the most numerous confusion was in the Siberian period, when one child, following the example of my fellow villagers, bore the surname Vasiliev, after the name of his father Basl (tracing for the name Vasily), another surname Dzhalaev, after the name of his grandfather Җal-Dzhal.

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Kalmyk personal names are extremely diverse in origin. A significant place among them is occupied by primordial names. Such, for example, are the “numerical” male names: Donte, Dontelik (from donon “four-year-old”), Zurhan “six”, Dolaan “seven”, Neemin “eight”, Yisin “nine”, Guchin “thirty”, Tevinte ( from Tevin "fifty"), Zhirinte (from Zhirin "six-ten"), Dalanta (from Dalan "seventy"), Nainta (from Nain "eighty"), as well as "color" names: male - Ulan "red", Tsaada (from tsakhan “with gray hair”), Shara “yellow”; female names - Hohan “green”, Tsahan “white”.

Among the original Kalmyk names, there are names based on the names of animals and birds, as well as derivatives from them: male - Nokha “dog”, Gakha “pig”, Shonkhor “gyrfalcon”, Nachin “falcon”, Aduuch “herder”, Khooch “shepherd”, Ukurch "cattleman", Malch "cattleman" and others; female - Kermen “squirrel”, Bulhan “sable”, Devele “early-born hare”, Nohale “late-born hare”.

A number of names come from words with the meaning of joy, happiness, longevity: Zhirhal “pleasure” (m., f.); Kishigte, Kishte "happy" (from kishik "happiness") (f.), Delger (f.) from the verb delgerhe, "extend", "spread", "expand" (cf. Mongolian Delger "full", "abundant ", "abundant"), Utanasn "longevity" (m.); Monkjirhal "eternal pleasure" (m.), etc.

Along with the original names, the Kalmyks also have names of Tibetan-Sanskrit origin. Their appearance is associated with the spread of Buddhism among the Kalmyks (Oirats) in the 16th century. Until that time, they were shamanists. The Kalmyks, like the Mongols, accepted the teachings of Buddha from Tibet, and therefore Tibetan elements penetrated the Kalmyks along with Buddhism. But regarding the Sanskrit elements, there are two opinions: they could have reached the Kalmyks through Uyghur writing along with culture or through Tibet along with religion.

Let us note some personal names of Kalmyks of Tibetan origin: Basan, “kind”, “good”, “excellent”, Bembe “Saturn”, “day of Saturn”, “Saturday”, Galdan “jubilant”, Dawa “moon”, “day of the moon”, “Monday”, Zhal “victorious”, “king”, Lavga “Wednesday”, Nimgir “Mars”, “day of Mars”, “Tuesday”, Sharap, Sharva “wisdom”. Erenzen "jewel".

Personal names of Kalmyks of Sanskrit origin include the following: Angarg “planet Mars”, “day of Mars”, “Tuesday”, Adyan “sun”, “day of the sun”, “Sunday”, Ayush “long-lived”, Arash “sage”, “hermit”, “hermit”, Badma “lotus”, Garma “deed”, “deed”, Ochir “rod”, “pe-run”, Somyan “moon”, “Monday” (among the Buryats), Erdeni “jewel” .

During the years of building socialism, the Kalmyks acquired new names: Vil (m.) (after the initials of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin), Plekhan (m.) (surname of the famous Marxist G.V. Plekhanov), Revmira (f.) (revolution of the world), Maya , Oktyabrina and others. There are not very many such names.

Until recently, patronymics were not a mandatory element of the nomination of Kalmyks. Therefore, they could not be written in passports. There are two models of Kalmyk patronymics. Among the Don Kalmyks they usually end in -inovich: Basang Badminovich, Bata Bembinovich. The majority of Kalmyks form their patronymics in the same way as other peoples of Russia: Badmaevich, Bembyaevich, Kevyu-novich, Garmaevich, etc.

IN Kalmyk names the final vowels are pronounced very unclearly, and sometimes drop out completely. In the list of names below, they are designated in those cases where, when they are dropped, a combination of three or more consonants is obtained, and they are not designated if a combination of two consonants is obtained: Galzan (not Galzn), but Baatr, Nasn. In Russian writing these deletions are not indicated. Kalmyk surnames are formed by distinct names without dropping the final vowels: Baatyrov, Nasunov.

Below is a list of the most common Kalmyk boy names.

Aduchi - herdsman

Adyk is the last one

Adyan - Tib. Sun

Azid - violent

Aitsan - good thoughts

Aitin - sonorous

Aldar - glorious

Anja - calm

Arvun - tenth

Arltan - island

Armadyk - fragile, young

Arslang - lion

Arshan - healing, holy water

Ayuka - bear cub

Achakhan - Khan's nephew

Ayur - healing

Ayush - Tib. durable

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter B:

Bair - joy

Baldr is not of Kalmyk origin

Baatr - hero

Bembya - (Bemb, Bembe) - saturn

Badma - lotus

Bavu - Tib. hero

Baaja (Baaj:a) - uncle, an appeal to elders.

Barga - gopher

Basang is the name of the planet Venus

Bamba - defender, shield

Batu - strong

Butter - arrogant

Bova - father, head of the clan (female version - Bova - “household” name, diminutive. In Kalmyk “boova-boova” is similar to the Russian “bai-bayushki-bai”)

Boshan - compensation

Boshamji - rebirth, reborn

Bugush - fawn

Bujal - wise, victorious

Budgta - capricious

Buta is a burden

Bujgir - curly

Bula - downy

Buinchi - virtue

Buynta - virtuous

Buurul, Burul - gray-haired, feather grass

Bulyash - friendly

Byurchi - wagon installer, Khoton headman, born in a new place

Byuyvä - from the word cradle

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter G:

Goga - infant

Gyuzyan - belly

Gunga - Tib. joy

Gütse - forbidden

Galva - spontaneous

Galdan - Skt. joyful, jubilant

Galzan - bald

Galsan - Tib. lucky fate

Galun - goose

Gakha - pig

Gardya - eagle

Gatya - unhappy

Gashun - bitter

Gatsa - stubborn

Gonzik (Gonzg) - tall

Gojur - stream

Gucha - from the word huchn - thirty

Garya - Tib. day of the week; planet

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter D:

Dzhangar is a sacred name for Kalmyks.

Danzan - independent

Darsen - big; oldest

Delik - prosperous

Delvre - victory

Dzhuryk - frisky

Dovdan - strong, ardent

Derbet - from the word Dervyud, one of the Kalmyk tribes.

Jal - Tib. victorious

Dzhangar - (hero of Kalm. epic) - Turkic - conqueror of the universe; Kalm. - lonely.

Jirgal - happiness

Dolgan - wave

Dondg (Donduk) - Tib. courage

Dolgir - cross-eyed

Doshtan - from Dosh (slide) + tan

Dorji - diamond

Dungar - 1) a large shell. 2) musical instrument from the sink

Dundu - average

Joga - Tib. state of nirvana, contemplation

Juwa - ten million

Dzhuldzhukha - chick

Zamba - continent, universe

Zandan - sandalwood

Zungar - from the name of the tribal group of Oirats (Zungars, Dzungars), translated as left hand

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter I:

Ivya - caring

Idzhil - Volga resident, born on the Volga

Ilyumdzhi - Mercury

Isen - nine, Turkic. "healthy"

Iotun - partridge

Ilyu, Ilu - open, clear

Ilyushk - calm

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter Z:

Zayan - fate

Zurgan - this is the name of the sixth child in the family

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter K:

Kanduka - fragrant

Kanur - Tib. act

Kegyarik -

Kirtsyan (Kirsan?) - proportionate

Kichik - small

Kova (Kava) - short

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter L:

Lidzhi - Garya - Wednesday (day of the week)

Lasha is clumsy

Lagan - from the word Lag - silty soil

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter M:

Mashtyk - short

Megyash - skinny

Mende - healthy

Mergen - a sharp shooter

Mergenchi - smart

Minji the beaver

Mongol - Mongol

Monchak, Monchg - beads

Mokhla, Mukhla - slave, serf

Menke - eternal

Menkubushi - Eternal Layman

Merchie - herdsman

Mudzhik - man

Muni - Tib. ascetic, sage

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter N:

Nadvid, Nadmid, Nadbit - healthy

Naydan - strengthened

Namtu, Nomto - calm, scientist

Naran - sun, sunny

Namtyr - biography

Namchi - Tib. very big

Namba - Tib. important, sedate

Narma - constellation

Narta - sunny

Nasun - age, age

Nasta - elderly

Natyr - beautiful

Nachin - falcon

Namin - eight, eighth

Nimgir - (Nigmr?) - Tuesday

Nomgo - illiterate

Noyon - prince

Ojildyk - respecting elders

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter O:

Orlyuk - commander

Otkhon - Jr.

Ochir - Kalm. - scepter, wand. Mong. - diamond, drill. - lightning;

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter P:

Purvä - Jupiter

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter C:

Savr - claw

Sanal - good wishes

Sanjaryk (Sanzhdrg) - capable

Soyat - fanged

Sumyan - from the word sumn - Bullet, fast

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter T:

Tagir - Tar - Tagar (Tib.) - White Tiger

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter U:

Ulan - red

Ulumji - Mercury

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter X:

Khatu - hard

Hongr - Cute, pleasant, charming, affectionate

Ho Orlyuk - noble commander

Khonkha - bell

Khulkhachi - thief

Khevtya - happy

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter C:

Ceren - longevity

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter H:

Chagdar - Tib. diamond keeper

Chogyal - Tib. victorious doctrine

Cholban is Turkic. creaky

Chompot - top

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter Sh:

Shara - yellow

Shivid - pure

Shitji - the canary

Is Shitlyan a hazelnut?

Shovgur, Shovgr - pointed

Shovshur - boar

Shora - dust, dusty

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter Ш:

Shukr, Shukir, Shukir - an umbrella?

Shulun - fast, agile

Shunga - diligent

Shuurgchi, Shurgchi - born in a snowstorm

Shuptyr, Shuvtyr - caustic, sharp

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter E:

Ewe, Ebe - harmony, peace

Evdyk - calm, peaceful

Elweg, Elvg - abundant

Enche - orphan

Enkir - cute

Erdem - skill

Erdni, Erdeni - jewel

Erenzen, Erenzen - treasure

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter Y:

Yashkul is Turks. new lake.

Among Kalmyk names, a significant place is occupied by ancestral names, numerical male names, based on the names of animals and birds; a number of names come from words meaning joy, happiness and longevity. Along with the original names, the Kalmyk people have names of Tibetan-Sanskrit origin. Their appearance is associated with the spread of Buddhism among the Oirats in the 16th century.

Below is a list of the most common Kalmyk boy names.

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter A:

Aduchi - herdsman

Adyk is the last one

Adyan - Tib. Sun

Azid - violent

Aitsan - good thoughts

Aitin - sonorous

Aldar - glorious

Anja - calm

Arvun - tenth

Arltan - island

Armadyk - fragile, young

Arslang - lion

Arshan - healing, holy water

Ayuka - bear cub

Achakhan - Khan's nephew

Ayur - healing

Ayush - Tib. durable

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter B:

Bair - joy

Baldr is not of Kalmyk origin

Baatr - hero

Bembya - (Bemb, Bembe) - saturn

Badma - lotus

Bavu - Tib. hero

Baaja (Baaj:a) - uncle, an appeal to elders.

Barga - gopher

Basang is the name of the planet Venus

Bamba - defender, shield

Batu - strong

Butter - arrogant

Bova - father, head of the clan (female version - Bova - “household” name, diminutive. In Kalmyk “boova-boova” is similar to the Russian “bai-bayushki-bai”)

Boshan - compensation

Boshamji - rebirth, reborn

Bugush - fawn

Bujal - wise, victorious

Budgta - capricious

Buta is a burden

Bujgir - curly

Bula - downy

Buinchi - virtue

Buynta - virtuous

Buurul, Burul - gray-haired, feather grass

Bulyash - friendly

Byurchi - wagon installer, Khoton headman, born in a new place

Byuyvä - from the word cradle

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter G:

Goga - infant

Gyuzyan - belly

Gunga - Tib. joy

Gütse - forbidden

Galva - spontaneous

Galdan - Skt. joyful, jubilant

Galzan - bald

Galsan - Tib. lucky fate

Galun - goose

Gakha - pig

Gardya - eagle

Gatya - unhappy

Gashun - bitter

Gatsa - stubborn

Gonzik (Gonzg) - tall

Gojur - stream

Gucha - from the word huchn - thirty

Garya - Tib. day of the week; planet

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter D:

Dzhangar is a sacred name for Kalmyks.

Danzan - independent

Darsen - big; oldest

Delik - prosperous

Delvre - victory

Dzhuryk - frisky

Dovdan - strong, ardent

Derbet - from the word Dervyud, one of the Kalmyk tribes.

Jal - Tib. victorious

Dzhangar - (hero of Kalm. epic) - Turkic - conqueror of the universe; Kalm. - lonely.

Jirgal - happiness

Dolgan - wave

Dondg (Donduk) - Tib. courage

Dolgir - cross-eyed

Doshtan - from Dosh (slide) + tan

Dorji - diamond

Dungar - 1) a large shell. 2) a musical instrument made from a shell

Dundu - average

Joga - Tib. state of nirvana, contemplation

Juwa - ten million

Dzhuldzhukha - chick

Zamba - continent, universe

Zandan - sandalwood

Zungar - from the name of the tribal group of Oirats (Zungars, Dzungars), translated as left hand

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter I:

Ivya - caring

Idzhil - Volga resident, born on the Volga

Ilyumdzhi - Mercury

Isen - nine, Turkic. "healthy"

Iotun - partridge

Ilyu, Ilu - open, clear

Ilyushk - calm

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter Z:

Zayan - fate

Zurgan - this is the name of the sixth child in the family

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter K:

Kanduka - fragrant

Kanur - Tib. act

Kegyarik -

Kirtsyan (Kirsan?) - proportionate

Kichik - small

Kova (Kava) - short

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter L:

Lidzhi - Garya - Wednesday (day of the week)

Lasha is clumsy

Lagan - from the word Lag - silty soil

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter M:

Mashtyk - short

Megyash - skinny

Mende - healthy

Mergen - a sharp shooter

Mergenchi - smart

Minji the beaver

Mongol - Mongol

Monchak, Monchg - beads

Mokhla, Mukhla - slave, serf

Menke - eternal

Menkubushi - Eternal Layman

Merchie - herdsman

Mudzhik - man

Muni - Tib. ascetic, sage

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter N:

Nadvid, Nadmid, Nadbit - healthy

Naydan - strengthened

Namtu, Nomto - calm, scientist

Naran - sun, sunny

Namtyr - biography

Namchi - Tib. very big

Namba - Tib. important, sedate

Narma - constellation

Narta - sunny

Nasun - age, age

Nasta - elderly

Natyr - beautiful

Nachin - falcon

Namin - eight, eighth

Nimgir - (Nigmr?) - Tuesday

Nomgo - illiterate

Noyon - prince

Ojildyk - respecting elders

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter O:

Orlyuk - commander

Otkhon - Jr.

Ochir - Kalm. - scepter, wand. Mong. - diamond, drill. - lightning;

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter P:

Purvä - Jupiter

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter C:

Savr - claw

Sanal - good wishes

Sanjaryk (Sanzhdrg) - capable

Soyat - fanged

Sumyan - from the word sumn - Bullet, fast

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter T:

Tagir - Tar - Tagar (Tib.) - White Tiger

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter U:

Ulan - red

Ulumji - Mercury

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter X:

Khatu - hard

Hongr - Cute, pleasant, charming, affectionate

Ho Orlyuk - noble commander

Khonkha - bell

Khulkhachi - thief

Khevtya - happy

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter C:

Ceren - longevity

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter H:

Chagdar - Tib. diamond keeper

Chogyal - Tib. victorious doctrine

Cholban is Turkic. creaky

Chompot - top

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter Sh:

Shara - yellow

Shivid - pure

Shitji - the canary

Is Shitlyan a hazelnut?

Shovgur, Shovgr - pointed

Shovshur - boar

Shora - dust, dusty

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter Ш:

Shukr, Shukir, Shukir - an umbrella?

Shulun - fast, agile

Shunga - diligent

Shuurgchi, Shurgchi - born in a snowstorm

Shuptyr, Shuvtyr - caustic, sharp

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter E:

Ewe, Ebe - harmony, peace

Evdyk - calm, peaceful

Elweg, Elvg - abundant

Enche - orphan

Enkir - cute

Erdem - skill

Erdni, Erdeni - jewel

Erenzen, Erenzen - treasure

Kalmyk male names starting with the letter Y:

Yashkul is Turks. new lake.