Old rare male names. Closer to the heart

Immediately after the expectant mother finds out the sex of the child, the question arises of what name to name him. The choice of male names is limitless, each has its own charm. But how can you guess which one will suit your future boy?

Many women, even in childhood, know the names they will call their children. However, such a choice is considered not entirely correct - after all, at the time of choosing the name, the baby did not yet exist and did not take part. Now that he is in his mother’s belly, feels all her sensations, knows all her thoughts, he has the right to take part in choosing the name that he will have to bear all his life. But it is known that each name has its own meaning, and it affects the life of the unborn child. Someone else's name, like someone else's dress, will not suit the baby and will make him suffer all his life.

How to choose a name for a boy

So you only need to choose a name together. The simplest and most pleasant option would be the following: the expectant mother sits down comfortably, takes out the entire list of male names that she likes, and begins to read it slowly and legibly. The kid will definitely let you know if he likes something. The message to mom will come in the form of a push. You can choose which name the push will be on.

If on the first try you failed to interest the baby, then you can expand the list and continue reading it. If the boy persists and remains silent, the choice will be possible after his birth. Sometimes one glance is enough for a mother to understand who is lying in front of her.

The list below contains the most beautiful male names. Perhaps among them there is one that your boy will wear.

Avangard (new) – unpredictable
Avdey / Avdiy (old) - ...
Averky (old) - ...
Auxentius (old) - alien “xenos”
Auror / Aurorius (new) - son of the morning dawn
Haggai / Haggai (old) - ...
Adam (old) – “from red clay”
Adolf (new) – “noble wolf”
Adonis (old) – ruler
Akim (popular from old Joachim) - ...
Alan / Allan (new) - ...
Alevtin (new) – alien to evil
Alexander (old) – protector of people
Alexey (old) – defender
Albert (new) – wise
Alvin (old) - ...
Alfred (new) – good advisor
Ananias (old) - ...
Anastasius (old) – resurrected
Anatoly (old) – eastern
Andrey (old) – man and protector
Andrian / Andreyan (popular from Adrian) - ...
Andron (folk from Andronik) - ...
Anise / Anisius (old) – sweet-smelling
Antip (old) - ...
Anton / Antony (old) – entering into battle
Antonin (old) – kind
Antoine (new) - foreign language reading of Anton
Apollo (old) – sun god
Arvid (new) - ...
Argent (new) - from French. argent - silver
Arius (old) - ...
Aristarchus (old) – head of the best
Arkady (old) – shepherd or “Resident of Arcadia”
Arlen (new) - ...
Arnold (new) – first
Arsen (new) – courageous
Arseny (old) – courageous
Artyom / Artemy (old) – unharmed
Arthur (new) – big like a bear
Arkhip (old) - ...
Askold (Old Russian) - ...
Atheist (new) – not a believer
Afanasy (old) – immortal
Afinogen (old) - ...
Akhmat / Akhmet (new) - ...

Bagrat (new) - ...
Bazhen (Old Russian) – saint
Bayan (popular from the old Bayan) - ...
Benedict (old) – blessed
Bogdan (glorified) – given by God
Boeslav (glorious) – famous in battle
Boleslav (slav.) – more glorious
Borimir (glory) – fighting for peace
Boris (old) – “fighter”
Borislav (slav.) – fighting for glory
Boyan (slav.) - ...
Bronislav (slav.) – glorious defender
Bruno (new) - ...
Budimir (Old Russian) – peace-loving
Bulat (new) – “strong”

Vadim (old) – sowing confusion
Valentin (old) – healthy
Valery (old) – strong
Valerian / Valerian (old) - ...
Walter (new) – people manager
Varlam / Varlaam (old) - ...
Varlen (new) - ...
Bartholomew (old) - ...
Vasily (old) – royal
Vasilko (folk from Vasily) – prince
Vakhtang (new) - ...
Velimir (slav.) – lord of the world
Velislav (glorious) – illustrious
Velor / Velory (new) - wealthy
Benjamin (old) – Hebrew. "Jr"
Vikenty (old) - ...
Victor (old) – winner
Vilen (new) - short for V.I. LENIN
Willie (new) - ...
Vilor / Vilory (new) - ...
Vilorg (new) - ...
William (new) - ...
Vincent (new) - ...
Vissarion (old) – forest man
Vitaly (old) – vital
Witold (slav.) – forest ruler
Vlad (slav.) – owning
Vladelin (new) - ...
Vladimir (old, famous) – owner of the world
Vladislav (old, famous) – owner of glory
Vlas / Vlasiy (old) - ...
Warrior (Old Russian) – “warrior”
Voislav (slav.) – “famous in war”
Volodar (Staroslav) - “lord”
Voldemar / Valdemar (new) - famous ruler
Volmir / Volemir (slav.) – lord of the world
Tungsten (new) - ...
Vsevolod (old, old Russian) – ruler of all the people
Vyacheslav (old, famous) - more than once famous

Gabriel / Gabriel (new) - ...
Gabriel / Gavrila / Gavrilo / Gavril (old) – divine warrior
Gaidar (new) - ...
Galaktion (old) – stellar
Galiy (new) - ...
Harald / Harold (new) - ...
Garibaldi (new) - ...
Harry / Garry (new) – tolerant
Gaspar / Kaspar (new) - ...
Hector (new) - ...
Helian / Helium (new) - solar
Genius (new) – “genius”
Gennady (old) – well-born
Heinrich / Henry (new) - ...
Georgy (old) – farmer
Herald / Herald (new) - ...
Gerasim (old) - ...
Herman (old) – native
Hermogenes (old) - ...
Gerontius / Geront (old) - ...
Gertrud (new) - HERO OF LABOR
Gleb (old, old Russian) – big, tall
Horace (new) - ...
Gordey / Gordiy (glorified) – proud
Gorimir (slav.) – “bright world”
Gorislav (slav.) – “bright glory”
Granite (new) – “hard”
Gregory (old) – not sleeping
Gury (old) - ...

Davyd / David (old) – beloved
Damir (new) – peace-loving
Dan (old) – god of the moon
Daniel / Danila / Danilo / Danil (old) – “God’s judgment”
Gift (new) – “gift”
December (new) – winter
Dementius (folk from the old Dometius) - ...
Demyan (folk from the old Damian) - ...
Denis (folk from old
Dionysius) - god of the vital forces of nature
Gerald (new) - another reading of Harald
Joseph (new) - another reading of Joseph, Joseph, Osip
John (new) - another reading of Ivan
Didim (old) - ...
Dean (new) - ...
Dionysius / Dionysus (old) – god of vegetation
Dmitry / Dimitri (old) – god of fertility
Donalt (old) – ruler of the world
Donat (old) – strong

Evgeniy (old) – noble
Evgraf (old) - ...
Evdokim (old) – well-known
Evlampius (old) - ...
Evsey (folk from Eusebius) - ...
Eustathius (old) - ...
Egor (folk from Georgiy, Egorii) – farmer
Elizar / Eleazar (old) - ...
Emelyan (folk from the old Emilian) - ...
Eremey (folk from the old Ermiy, Ermey, Jeremiah) - ...
Ermak (folk from Ermolai) - ...
Ermolai (old) - ...
Erofey (old) - ...
Eruslan (Old Russian) – “lion”
Efim (old) – pious
Ephraim (old) - ...

Zhdan (Old Russian) – waiting

Zakhar (old) – “God’s memory”
Zinovy (old) – “Zeus’ power”
Zoriy (new) – morning
Zosim / Zosima (old) - ...
Zot (vernacular from the old Zotik) - ...

Ibrahim (new) - another reading of Abram, Abraham, Avrom
Ivan (popularly from John) – “God’s gift”
Igor (old, old Russian) – protector of God
Jerome (old) - ...
Izmail / Izmailo (popular from the old Ismail) - ...
Icarus (new) – fallen into the sea
Ilarius / Ilar (old) – cheerful
Iliodor (old) - ...
Hilarion / Hilarion (old) – joyful
Ilya (old) – the power of God
Innocent (old) – innocent
John (old) – “God’s gift”
Joseph (old) – increased
Hippolytus (old) – unharnessing horses
Irakli (old) - ...
Irm (new) - ...
Isaiah / Isaiah (old) - ...
Isei (folk from the old Jesse) - ...
July (new) – summer

Casimir (glory) – announcing peace
Kalina / Kalin (folk from the old Kallinik) - ...
Karl (new) – brave
Karm / Karmiy (new) - ...
Kaspar / Gaspar (new) - ...
Kasyan (folk from the old Cassian) – empty
Kim (new) - Communist Peace International.
Cyprian (old) - native of Cyprus or copper
Kirill (old) – ruler
Claudius (old) – lame or from the Claudian family
Clement (old) – merciful
Clementius / Clementius (nar. from Clement) – meek
Columbia (new) - “dove”
Kondraty / Kondrat (old) - ...
Konon (old) - ...
Konstantin (old) – persistent and constant
Korney (folk from the old Korniy) - ...
Krasnoslav (new) – beautifully famous
Christophe (new) - from Christophor/Christopher - carrying Christ
Kuzma / Kozma (folk from old Kosma) – decorated
Kupriyan (popular from Cyprian) - native of Cyprus or copper
Curie (new) - ...

Laurel (old) – famous
Lawrence (old) – crowned with laurels
Lazarus (old) – “God’s help”
Larion (folk from Hilarion) – joyful
Leo (old) – “lion”
Lel (Old Russian) - ...
Lenar (new) - ...
Leon (new) – “lion”
Leonard (new) - strong
Leonid (old) – son of a lion
Leonty (old) – lion
Leopold (new) - ...
Libert (new) - free
Livadiy (new)
Lionel (new) - ...
Lor (new) - ...
Lawrence (new) - ...
Lohengrin (new) - ...
Luke (old) – “happiness”
Lukyan / Lukyan (old) – happy
We love (Old Russian) – handsome
Lyubomir (slav.) – favorite of the world
Ludwig (new) - ...
Luxen / Lucian (new) - light

Mauritius (old) - black
Maislav / Maeslav (new) – famous in May
Makar / Macarius (old) – happy
Max (new) – majestic
Maxim (old) – majestic
Maximilian / Maximilian (old) – stately
Manfred (new) - ...
Marat (new) - ...
Marian / Marjan (old) - ...
Mark (old) - patron of people
Markel (old) - ...
Marlene (new) - MARX LENIN
Mars (new) – “god of war”
Martyn / Martin (old) – warlike
Matvey (old) – man of God
Mercury (old) – “god of cattle breeding”
Mechislav / Mecheslav (slav.) – marked by glory
Milen (slav.) – ...
Mily (old) – dear
Miloneg (slav.) – dear
Miloslav (glory) – glory is sweet
Miron (old) – kind
Miroslav (slav.) – winner
Michael / Mikhailo (old) – equal to God
Moses (old) – drawn from the water
Monolith (new) – unshakable
Mstislav (old, famous) – defender of glory
Murat (new) - ...
Myud (new) - ...

Nazar/Nazarius (old) – dedicated to God
Nazim (new) - ...
Nathan (old) – bestowed
Nahum (old) – consolation
Neon (old) – brilliant
Neonil (old) – fundamental
Nestor / Nester (old) – returned to his homeland
Nikander (old) - winner of men
Nikita (old) - winner
Nikifor (old) - bringer of victory
Nicodemus (old) - ...
Nikolai / Nikola (old) – winner of nations
Neeson (old) – calm
Neil (old) - ...
Ninel / Ninel (new) - ...
Novomir (nov.) – “new world”
Noah (old) - ...
Nord (new) - north (ny)

Oksar (new) - ...
Octavian (old) - (Roman) - eighth
Oleg (old, old Russian) – saint
Oliver (new) - ...
Omar (new) - ...
Onisim / Anisim (old) - ...
Orestes (old) – savage
Osip (folk from Joseph) – multiplied
Oscar (old) – “God’s Spear”
Ostap (folk from Evstafiy) - ...
Ostromir (Old Russian) - ...

Pavel (old) – small
Panteleimon / Panteley (old)
Panfil (old) - loving everyone
Groin (old) - ...
Peresvet (Old Russian) – light
Peter (old) – “rock” or “stone”
Pimen (old) - ...
Plato (old) – broad-shouldered
Potap (folk from the old Patapiy) - ...
Prozor (glory) - ...
Prokofy / Procopius (old) - ...
Prokhor (old) - choir director

Radium (new) - “radium”
Radim (slav.) – native
Radislav (glory) – glad for the glory
Radomir (slav.) – glad for peace
Raul (new) - ...
Raphael (new) - ...
Rashid (new) - ...
Revmir (new) - REVOLUTIONARY WORLD
Renat / Rinat (new) - ...
Reed (new) - ...
Richard / Richard (new) - ...
Roald (new) - ...
Robert (new) - ...
Rodion (old) – resident of Rhodes
Rogerro (new) - ...
Roland / Roland (new) - ...
Roman (old) – resident of Rome
Romain (new) - ...
Rostislav (slav.) – growing for glory
Ruben (new) - red
Rudolph (new) – red wolf
Ruslan (new) – “lion”
Rousseau (new) - ...
Rustam (new) - ...
Rustem (new) - ...

Savva / Sava (old) – desired
Savely (old) – desired
Svet (new) – “light”
Svetlana (slav.) – light
Svetoslav (slav.) – “glory is bright”
Svyatogor (Old Russian) - “holy mountain”
Svyatoslav (slav.) – “glory is holy”
Severin (old) – cold
Severyan / Severian (old) – northern
Semyon (popularly from the old Simeon) - heard by God in prayer
Serapion (old) - ...
Sergey (old) – highly respected
Sigismund (new) - ...
Sidor (folk from the old Isidor) - ...
Sylvest (old) - ...
Simon (old) - ...
Slava (new) – glorious
Socrates (old) - ...
Solomon (old) - ...
Sophon (old) - ...
Spartak (new) - ...
Steel / Steel (new) – hard
Stanislav (glorious) – will become glorious
Stepan / Stefan (old) – “wreath”
Straton (folk from the old Stratonik) - ...

Tair (new) - ...
Taras (old) – restless
Teimuraz (new) - analogue of Timur
Theodore (old) - given by God, analogue to Fedor
Terenty (old) - ...
Tigran (new) - “tiger”
Timothy (old) – worshiper of God
Timur (new) – flexible
Tihomir (glory) – quiet and peaceful
Tikhon (old) – happy
Thorium (new) - ...
Tristan (old) - sad (tristia)
Tryphon (old) – pampered
Trofim (old) – pet

Ustin (folk from the old Justin) - ...

Farid (new) - ...
Fevralin (new) – winter
Fedor (old) – God’s gift
Fedor (old) – God’s gift
Felix (old) – successful
Theodosius / Fedosy (old) - ...
Feofan (old) - ...
Filaret (old) - ...
Filat (folk from the old Theophylact) - ...
Philemon (old) – beloved
Philip (old) – lover of horses
Phlegont (old) - ...
Florenc (new) – blooming
Florin (new) – blooming
Thomas (old) - ...
Photius / Phot (old) - ...
Franz (new) – Frenchman
Frol (folk from the old Flor) – blooming

Khariton (old) – benefactor
Brave (Old Russian) – brave
Christoph (old) - (Christopher) - bearer of Christ

Caesar (cf. old from Caesar) - ruler

Charles / Charles (new) - ...
Cheslav (slav.) – “honest glory”

Shamil (new) - ...
Schmidt (new) - ...

Ewald (new) - ...
Edward (new) - ...
Oedipus (new) - ...
Edmund / Edmond (new) - ...
Edward (new) – caring for property
Einar (new) - ...
Electron (new) - amber
El (new) - ...
Elbrus (new) – “mountain”
Elmir (new) - ...
Emilian (old from Emilian) - ...
Emilius (old from Emilius) - ...
Emmanuel (old from Emmanuel) - ...
Engel (new) - ...
Energy (new) - energetic
Erasmus (old from Erasmus) - ...
Erast (old from Erast) - ...
Eriy (new) - ...
Eric / Erich (new) - ...
Erlen (new) - ...
Ernest / Ernst (new) – serious

Juvenaly (old from Juvenaly) - young
Eugene (new) – noble
Julian (old from Julian) – curly
Julius (old from Iuliy) – fluffy
Hume (new) - ...
Jupiter (new) - "Jupiter"
Yuri (old, popularly from Georgy) – farmer
Justin (old, from Justin) - ...

Jacob (old from Jacob) – imitating God
Yang (new) – “Sun God”
Januarius (old from Iannuarius) - January
Jaromir (old, famous) – “sunny world”
Yaropolk (old, famous) – “sunny”
Yaroslav (old, famous) – “burning glory” or glorifying Yarila

As soon as a woman finds out that a future man is growing in her tummy, she naturally immediately wants to choose a beautiful, masculine name for him. There are plenty of male names - and each of them is beautiful in its own way. But what should a expectant mother pay attention to when choosing a name for a boy?

First of all, you need to understand that the initial impulse to name your son with the chosen name even before you planned the pregnancy will not be entirely correct. At that moment, you were not yet a future mother in the most literal sense, your hormones were in a different state from the present time, and most importantly, your baby was not yet under your heart and did not hear your thoughts, and now he may well take part in choosing your future name.

If this happens and you can’t choose a name, then don’t be upset, in the later stages of pregnancy, take a list of male names and read it out loud, naturally the names that you like and choose a name together with the baby. As soon as it makes itself felt (with a push), then it will be possible to stop at this name.

If you were unable to choose a name for your son before giving birth, then when you see your child for the first time, you will instinctively, like a mother, feel what name suits your precious child.

Below is a list, we hope it will help you with choosing a name.

List of beautiful male names:
Avdey / Avdiy (old) - ...
Avenir (old) - from the French. avenir - coming, future
Averky (old) - ...
Auxentius (old) - alien “xenos”
Auror / Aurorius (new) - son of the morning dawn
Agap (folk from the old Agapius) - ...
Haggai / Haggai (old) - ...
Adam (old) – “from red clay”
Adolf (new) – “noble wolf”
Adonis (old) – ruler
Akim (popular from old Joachim) - ...
Aksen (nar. from Avksentiy) - ...
Alan / Allan (new) - ...
Alevtin (new) – alien to evil
Alexander (old) – protector of people
Alexey (old) – defender
Albert (new) – wise
Albin (new) – “white”
Alvian (old) - ...
Alvin (old) - ...
Alfred (new) – good advisor
Amos (old) - ...
Ananias (old) - ...
Anastasius (old) – resurrected
Anatoly (old) – eastern
Anwar (new) - ...
Andrey (old) – man and protector
Andrian / Andreyan (popular from Adrian) - ...
Andron (folk from Andronik) - ...
Anise / Anisius (old) – sweet-smelling
Anisim / Onisim (old) - ...
Antip (old) - ...
Anton / Antony (old) – entering into battle
Antonin (old) – kind
Antoine (new) - foreign language reading of Anton
Apollinaris (old) – son of the sun
Apollo (old) – sun god
Aram (new) - ...
Arvid (new) - ...
Argent (new) - from the French. argent - silver
Arefiy (old) - ...
Arius (old) - ...
Aristarchus (old) – head of the best
Arkady (old) – shepherd or “Resident of Arcadia”
Arlen (new) - ...
Arnold (new) – first
Arsen (new) – courageous
Arseny (old) – courageous
Artamon (folk from the old Artemon) - ...
Artyom / Artemy (old) – unharmed
Arthur (new) – big like a bear
Arkhip (old) - ...
Askold (Old Russian) - ...
Atheist (new) – not a believer
Afanasy (old) – immortal
Afinogen (old) - ...
Akhmat / Akhmet (new) - ...
Bagrat (new) - ...
Bazhen (Old Russian) – saint
Bayan (popular from the old Bayan) - ...
Benedict (old) – blessed
Bernard (new) - ...
Berthold (new) - ...
Bogdan (glorified) – given by God
Boeslav (glorious) – famous in battle
Boleslav (slav.) – more glorious
Borimir (glory) – fighting for peace
Boris (old) – “fighter”
Borislav (slav.) – fighting for glory
Boyan (slav.) - ...
Bronislav (slav.) – glorious defender
Bruno (new) - ...
Budimir (Old Russian) – peace-loving
Bulat (new) – “strong”
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Vavila (old) - ...
Vadim (old) – sowing confusion
Valentin (old) – healthy
Valery (old) – strong
Valerian / Valerian (old) - ...
Walter (new) – people manager
Vanadium (new) - ...
Varlam / Varlaam (old) - ...
Varlen (new) - ...
Vartan (new) - ...
Bartholomew (old) - ...
Vasily (old) – royal
Vasilko (folk from Vasily) – prince
Vakhtang (new) - ...
Vaclav (slav.) - ...
Velimir (slav.) – lord of the world
Velislav (glorious) – illustrious
Velor / Velory (new) - wealthy
Benedict (old) - another reading of Benedict
Benjamin (old) – Hebrew. "Jr"
Virgil (new) - ...
Vikenty (old) - ...
Victor (old) – winner
Vilen (new) - abbreviation for V.I. LENIN
Viliy (new) - ...
Vilior (new) - ...
Willie (new) - ...
Vilor / Vilory (new) - ...
Vilorg (new) - ...
Vil (new) - ...
Wilhelm (new) - ...
William (new) - ...
Vincent (new) - ...
Violen (new) - ...
Vissarion (old) – forest man
Vitaly (old) – vital
Witold (slav.) – forest ruler
Vlad (slav.) – owning
Vladelin (new) - ...
Vladilen (new) - similar to VLADImir LENIN
Vladimir (old, famous) – owner of the world
Vladislav (old, famous) – owner of glory
Vladlen (new) - similar to VLADIMIR LENIN
Vlas / Vlasiy (old) - ...
Warrior (Old Russian) – “warrior”
Voislav (slav.) – “famous in war”
Volodar (Staroslav) - “lord”
Voldemar / Valdemar (new) - famous ruler
Volmir / Volemir (slav.) – lord of the world
Volt (new) - ...
Tungsten (new) - ...
Vsevolod (old, old Russian) – ruler of all the people
Vsemil (slav.) – dear to everyone
Vyacheslav (old, famous) - more than once famous
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Gabrielle / Gabriel (new) - ...
Gabriel / Gavrila / Gavrilo / Gavril (old) – divine warrior
Gaidar (new) - ...
Galaktion (old) – stellar
Geleon (old) - ...
Galiy (new) - ...
Hamlet (new) - ...
Harald / Harold (new) - ...
Garibaldi (new) - ...
Harry / Garry (new) – tolerant
Gaspar / Kaspar (new) - ...
Guidon (new) - ...
Hector (new) - ...
Helian / Helium (new) - solar
Genius (new) – “genius”
Gennady (old) – well-born
Heinrich / Henry (new) - ...
Geodar (new) - ...
Georgy (old) – farmer
Herald / Herald (new) - ...
Gerasim (old) - ...
Herman (old) – native
Hermogenes (old) - ...
Gerontius / Geront (old) - ...
Gert (new) - ...
Gertrud (new) - HERO OF LABOR
Gleb (old, old Russian) – big, tall
Gorazd (old, famous) - ...
Horace (new) - ...
Gordey / Gordiy (glorified) – proud
Gorimir (slav.) – “bright world”
Gorislav (slav.) – “bright glory”
Horn (new) - ...
Granite (new) – “hard”
Gregory (old) – not sleeping
Gury (old) - ...
Gustav (new) - ...
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Davyd / David (old) – beloved
Damir (new) – peace-loving
Dan (old) – god of the moon
Daniar (new) - ...
Daniel / Danila / Danilo / Danil (old) – “God’s judgment”
Daniel (new) - ...
Gift (new) – “gift”
December (new) – winter
Dementius (folk from the old Dometius) - ...
Demid (folk from the old Diomede) - ...
Democrat (new) – “democrat”
Demyan (folk from the old Damian) - ...
Denis (folk from old

Dionysius) - god of the vital forces of nature
Gerald (new) - another reading of Harald
Joseph (new) - another reading of Joseph, Joseph, Osip
Joy (new) - ...
John (new) - another reading of Ivan
Didim (old) - ...
Dean (new) - ...
Dionysius / Dionysus (old) – god of vegetation
Dmitry / Dimitri (old) – god of fertility
Dobrynya (Old Russian) – good fellow
Donalt (old) – ruler of the world
Donat (old) – strong
Dorofey (old) - ...
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Evgeniy (old) – noble
Evgraf (old) - ...
Evdokim (old) – well-known
Evlampius (old) - ...
Eulogius (old) - ...
Evsey (folk from Eusebius) - ...
Eustathius (old) - ...
Egor (folk from Georgiy, Egorii) – farmer
Elizar / Eleazar (old) - ...
Elisha (old) - ...
Emelyan (folk from the old Emilian) - ...
Epifan (popular from the old Epiphanius) - ...
Eremey (folk from the old Ermiy, Ermey, Jeremiah) - ...
Ermak (folk from Ermolai) - ...
Ermil (old) - ...
Ermolai (old) - ...
Erofey (old) - ...
Eruslan (Old Russian) – “lion”
Efim (old) – pious
Ephraim (old) - ...
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Zhdan (Old Russian) – waiting
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Zakhar (old) – “God’s memory”
Sigmund (new) - ...
Siegfried (new) - ...
Zinovy (old) – “Zeus’ power”
Zoriy (new) – morning
Zosim / Zosima (old) - ...
Zot (vernacular from the old Zotik) - ...
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Ibrahim (new) - another reading of Abram, Abraham, Avrom
Ivan (popularly from John) – “God’s gift”
Ignatius / Ignat (old) – unknown
Igor (old, old Russian) – protector of God
Jerome (old) - ...
Izmail / Izmailo (popular from the old Ismail) - ...
Izyaslav (slav.) – famous for his grace
Iy (new) - ...
Icarus (new) – fallen into the sea
Ilarius / Ilar (old) – cheerful
Eli (old) - ...
Iliodor (old) - ...
Hilarion / Hilarion (old) – joyful
Ilya (old) – the power of God
Innocent (old) – innocent
John (old) – “God’s gift”
Joseph (old) – increased
Hypaty / Ipat (old) - equine, related to horses
Hippolytus (old) – unharnessing horses
Irakli (old) - ...
Irenaeus / Irinius (old) – “peace”
Irm (new) - ...
Isaiah / Isaiah (old) - ...
Isaac / Isaac (popular from the old Isaac, Isaac) - ...
Isei (folk from the old Jesse) - ...
Isidore / Sidor (old) – patron of fertility
July (new) – summer
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Casimir (glory) – announcing peace
Kalina / Kalin (folk from the old Kallinik) - ...
Kamil (new) - ...
Kapiton (old) - ...
Karen (new) - ...
Karl (new) – brave
Karm / Karmiya (new) - ...
Carp (old) – “fruit”
Kaspar / Gaspar (new) - ...
Kasyan (folk from the old Cassian) – empty
Kim (new) - Communist Peace International.
Cyprian (old) - native of Cyprus or copper
Cyrus (old) – lord
Kirill (old) – ruler
Claudius (old) – lame or from the Claudian family
Clement (old) – merciful
Clement / Klim (old) – lenient
Clementius / Clementius (nar. from Clement) – meek
Columbia (new) - “dove”
Cornelius (new) - ...
Kondratiy / Kondrat (old) - ...
Konon (old) - ...
Conrad (new) - ...
Konstantin (old) – persistent and constant
Korney (folk from the old Korniy) - ...
Cornelius (folk from the old Cornelius) - ...
Krasnoslav (new) – beautifully famous
Christophe (new) - from Christophor/Christopher - carrying Christ
Xenophon (old) - ...
Kuzma / Kozma (folk from old Kosma) – decorated
Kupriyan (folk from Cyprian) - a native of Cyprus or copper
Kurt (new) - ...
Curie (new) - ...
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Laurel (old) – famous
Lawrence (old) – crowned with laurels
Lazarus (old) – “God’s help”
Larion (folk from Hilarion) – joyful
Laertes (new) - ...
Leo (old) – “lion”
Levky (old) - ...
Lel (Old Russian) - ...
Lenar (new) - ...
Lenian (new) - ...
Leon (new) – “lion”
Leonard (new) - strong
Leonid (old) – son of a lion
Leonty (old) – lion
Leopold (new) - ...
Lermont (new) - ...
Libert (new) - free
Livadiy (new)
Lionel (new) - ...
Lear (new) - ...
Lor (new) - ...
Lawrence (new) - ...
Loris (new) - ...
Lohengrin (new) - ...
Luke (old) – “happiness”
Lukyan / Lukyan (old) – happy
We love (Old Russian) – handsome
Lyubomir (slav.) – favorite of the world
Ludwig (new) - ...
Luxen / Lucian (new) - light
Lucien (new) - ...
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Mauritius (old) - black
May (new) – warm heart
Maislav / Maeslav (new) – famous in May
Makar / Macarius (old) – happy
Max (new) – majestic
Maxim (old) – majestic
Maximilian / Maximilian (old) – stately
Manuel / Manuylo (old) - ...
Manfred (new) - ...
Marat (new) - ...
Marian / Maryan (old) - ...
Marin (old) - ...
Mark (old) - patron of people
Markel (old) - ...
Markian (old) - ...
Marlene (new) - MARX LENIN
Mars (new) – “god of war”
Marsen (new) – “warrior”
Martyn / Martin (old) – warlike
Matvey (old) – man of God
Mercury (old) – “god of cattle breeding”
Methodius (old) - ...
Mechislav / Mecheslav (slav.) – marked by glory
Milad (slav.) – sweet and nice
Milan (famous) - ...
Milen (slav.) – ...
Mily (old) – dear
Miloneg (slav.) – dear
Miloslav (glory) – glory is sweet
Mir (new) – “peace”
Miron (old) – kind
Miroslav (slav.) – winner
Michael / Mikhailo (old) – equal to God
Modest (old) – modest
Moses (old) – drawn from the water
Monolith (new) – unshakable
Maurice (new) - ...
Mstislav (old, famous) – defender of glory
Murat (new) - ...
Myud (new) - ...
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Nadir (new) - ...
Nazar/Nazarius (old) – dedicated to God
Nazim (new) - ...
Nal (new) - ...
Nathan (old) – bestowed
Nahum (old) – consolation
Nelson (new) - ...
Neon (old) – brilliant
Neonil (old) – fundamental
Nestor / Nester (old) – returned to his homeland
Nikander (old) - winner of men
Nikanor (old) - ...
Nikita (old) - winner
Nikifor (old) - bringer of victory
Nicodemus (old) - ...
Nikolai / Nikola (old) – winner of nations
Nikon (old) - ...
Neeson (old) – calm
Neil (old) - ...
Ninel / Ninel (new) - ...
Nifont (old) - ...
Novomir (nov.) – “new world”
Nodar (new) - ...
Noah (old) - ...
Nord (new) - north
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Ovid (old) – savior
Odysseus (new) – angry
Oksar (new) - ...
Octavian (old) - (Roman) - eighth
Oktyabrin (new) – autumn
October (new) – autumn
Oleg (old, old Russian) – saint
Oliver (new) - ...
Olympius (old) – named after Zeus
Olgerd (new) – saint
Omar (new) - ...
Onisim / Anisim (old) - ...
Orestes (old) – savage
Osip (folk from Joseph) – multiplied
Oscar (old) – “God’s Spear”
Ostap (folk from Evstafiy) - ...
Ostromir (Old Russian) - ...
Otto / Otto (new) - ...
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Pavel (old) – small
Palladium (old) - dedicated to Pallas Athena
Panteleimon / Panteley (old)
Panfil (old) - loving everyone
Paramon (old) - ...
Partisan (new) - ...
Pakhom (old) - ...
Peresvet (Old Russian) – light
Peter (old) – “rock” or “stone”
Pimen (old) - ...
Plato (old) – broad-shouldered
Polycarp (old) - ...
Porfiry (old) – “purple”
Potap (folk from the old Patapiy) - ...
Prov (old) - ...
Prozor (glory) - ...
Prokofy / Procopius (old) - ...
Protas (old) - ...
Prokhor (old) - choir director
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Ravel (new) - ...
Ravil (new) - ...
Radames (new) - ...
Radium (new) - “radium”
Radim (slav.) – native
Radislav (glory) – glad for the glory
Radomir (slav.) – glad for peace
Raymond (new) - ...
Ralph (new) - ...
Randolph (new) - ...
Ratmir (famous) - ...
Raul (new) - ...
Raphael (old) - ...
Raphael (new) - ...
Rashid (new) - ...
Revmir (new) - REVOLUTIONARY WORLD
Rem (new) - ...
Renald / Ronald (new) - ...
Renat / Rinat (new) - ...
Reed (new) - ...
Richard / Richard (new) - ...
Roald (new) - ...
Robert (new) - ...
Robespierre (new) - ...
Robinson (new) - ...
Rodion (old) – resident of Rhodes
Rogerro (new) - ...
Roland / Roland (new) - ...
Roman (old) – resident of Rome
Romain (new) - ...
Romuald (new) - ...
Rostislav (slav.) – growing for glory
Ruben (new) - red
Rudolph (new) – red wolf
Runar (new) - ...
Ruslan (new) – “lion”
Rousseau (new) - ...
Rustam (new) - ...
Rustem (new) - ...
Rem (new) - Revolution, Engels, Marx
Rurik (Old Russian) - ...
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Savva / Sava (old) – desired
Savely (old) – desired
Samson (old) - ...
Samuel / Samoilo (old) - ...
Svet (new) – “light”
Svetlana (slav.) – light
Svetozar (slav.) – bright as dawn
Svetoslav (slav.) – “glory is bright”
Svyatogor (Old Russian) - “holy mountain”
Svyatopolk (Old Russian) – “holy regiment”
Svyatoslav (slav.) – “glory is holy”
Sebastian / Sebastian (old) - ...
North (old) – “north”
Severin (old) – cold
Severyan / Severian (old) – northern
Severyan (new) – northern
Semyon (popularly from the old Simeon) - heard by God in prayer
Serapion (old) - ...
Seraphim (old) – fiery
Sergey (old) – highly respected
Sigismund (new) - ...
Sidor (folk from the old Isidor) - ...
Strength (old) – “strength”
Sylvest (old) - ...
Simon (old) - ...
Slava (new) – glorious
Advice (new) – “advice”
Socrates (old) - ...
Solomon (old) - ...
Sophocles (new) - ...
Sophon (old) - ...
Spartak (new) - ...
Spiridon (old) - ...
Steel / Steel (new) – hard
Stanislav (glorious) – will become glorious
Stepan / Stefan (old) – “wreath”
Straton (folk from the old Stratonik) - ...
Suren (new) - ...

Tair (new) - ...
Taras (old) – restless
Teimuraz (new) - analogue to Timur
Telnan (new) - ...
Tengiz (new) - ...
Theodore (old) - given by God, analogue to Fedor
Terenty (old) - ...
Tigran (new) - “tiger”
Timothy (old) – worshiper of God
Timur (new) – flexible
Titus (old) - ...
Tihomir (glory) – quiet and peaceful
Tikhon (old) – happy
Tobius (new) - ...
Thomas (new) - ...
Torez (new) - ...
Thorium (new) - ...
Tristan (old) - sad (tristia)
Tryphon (old) – pampered
Trofim (old) – pet
Tullius (new) - ...
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Ustin (folk from the old Justin) - ...
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Thaddeus / Thaddeus (old) – “praise”
Farid (new) - ...
Fevralin (new) – winter
Fedor (old) – God’s gift
Fedor (old) – God’s gift
Felix (old) – successful
Theodosius / Fedosy (old) - ...
Feofan (old) - ...
Fernand (new) - ...
Fernand (new) - ...
Fidel (new) - ...
Filaret (old) - ...
Filat (folk from the old Theophylact) - ...
Philemon (old) – beloved
Philip (old) – lover of horses
Phlegont (old) - ...
Florenty (old) – blooming
Florenc (new) – blooming
Florin (new) – blooming
Thomas (old) - ...
Photius / Phot (old) - ...
Franz (new) – Frenchman
Friedrich (new) - ...
Frol (folk from the old Flor) – blooming
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Khariton (old) – benefactor
Brave (Old Russian) – brave
Christophe (old) - (Christopher) - bearer of Christ
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Caesar (cf. old from Caesar) - ruler
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Charles / Charles (new) - ...
Cheslav (slav.) – “honest glory”
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Shamil (new) - ...
Schmidt (new) - ...
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Ewald (new) - ...
Edward (new) - ...
Edwin (new) - ...
Edgar (new) - ...
Oedipus (new) - ...
Edmund / Edmond (new) - ...
Edward (new) – caring for property
Einar (new) - ...
Electron (new) - amber
El (new) - ...
Elbrus (new) – “mountain”
Eldar (new) - ...
Elmar (new) - ...
Elmir (new) - ...
Emilian (old from Emilian) - ...
Emilius (old from Emilius) - ...
Emmanuel (old from Emmanuel) - ...
Enver (new) - ...
Engel (new) - ...
Energy (new) - energetic
Erasmus (old from Erasmus) - ...
Erast (old from Erast) - ...
Erg (new) - ...
Eriy (new) - ...
Eric / Erich (new) - ...
Erlen (new) - ...
Ernest / Ernst (new) – serious
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Juvenaly (old from Juvenaly) - young
Eugene (new) – noble
Julian (old from Julian) – curly
Julius (old from Iuliy) – fluffy
Hume (new) - ...
Jupiter (new) - “Jupiter”
Yuri (old, popularly from Georgy) – farmer
Justin (old, from Justin) - ...
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Jacob (old from Jacob) – imitating God
Yang (new) – “Sun God”
Januarius (old from Iannuarius) - January
Jaromir (old, famous) – “sunny world”
Yaropolk (old, famous) – “sunny”
Yaroslav (old, slav.) – “burning glory” or glorifying Yarila, the ancient Slavic god

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Often in a family where a male child is expected, one of the most difficult problems is choosing a name. Nowadays names for boys are being chosen both with a slightly “foreign” sound and traditional Russian ones. But in any case, the choice must be balanced, depending on many criteria.

The most important

In pursuit of the best or most beautiful of names, it is important not to miss the main thing:

When choosing a name for a boy who will continue the family line and protect the family clan, it is important that in the future it becomes the basis for a good, harmonious patronymic for grandchildren.
Rare, strange, funny, meaningless names for boys are negatively perceived by society. For example, the name of the hero of a favorite TV series can become an object of ridicule for a child at school and kindergarten.
Psychologists do not advise naming a child after the father. In addition to the everyday inconvenience of a coincidence, this may be the cause of nervous disorders of the future heir.

In honor of relatives

A peculiar tradition of naming a boy as a sign of respect, gratitude, love for someone is an interesting idea. But will the owner of the name like it in the future? Here are examples of who male children are often named after:

A relative. This could be a dear grandfather, uncle, beloved godfather of one of the parents. Why not? The child will be the darling of a beloved relative, an object of care and protection.
Deceased relative. Not a good idea for superstitious parents. So it was popular among the people that in this case, the newborn, on a subconscious level, will copy all the character traits and fate of the deceased.

The child can be named after a man - an obstetrician who successfully delivered the child, or any other person who once gave a helping hand and played a vital role in the fate of the father or mother of the unborn child. In any case, the decision must be balanced, agreed upon by both father and mother.

Seasons

The time of year when the birth of a child is planned affects the fate and character of the newborn.

Let's look at the names of boys born in different seasons:

Winter. Arseny, Mikhail, Pavel, Alexey, Semyon, Valentin. Soft and calm names are necessary to compensate for the stubborn, strong, strong-willed nature of winter men.
Spring. More solid-sounding ones are suitable here, because spring children rarely have a lively character. So that the future child is always confident in himself, he can be called Oscar, Boris, Timur, Victor, Gleb.
Summer. Active, proud, summer men love risk and freedom. Short, courageous ones are suitable for these people: Gleb, Roman, Denis, Anton, Mark.
Autumn. Balanced realists born in autumn trust few people. Smart and calm boys of this time of year need sonorous names that compete for attention: Nikolai, Sergei, Peter, Felix, German, Kirill.

Last name and patronymic

Parents looking over names for a boy need to think about the euphony of the name in combination with the child’s patronymic and surname. Consonants play an important role. These may be predominant voiced or voiceless consonants. The name must contain the same consonants as in the patronymic or surname. For example, Ivanov Matvey Semenovich (predominance of noisy consonants) or Andreev Viktor Borisovich (hard consonants).

This combination is considered pleasant to hear and pronounce, and also makes communication with the owner easy and convenient. Many people believe that short boy names are more suitable for long surnames and vice versa.

It's fashionable

Naming a boy in a fashionable way is the choice of many modern parents who keep up with the times. Every new year is rich in an abundance of popular male names.

Which ones are relevant in the mid-2010s?

Benedict,
Arthur,
Adam,
Hermann,
Walter,
David,
Ignat,
Rudolf,
Plato,
Taras.

Fashionable ones are often outdated, long forgotten, for example, Khariton, Klement, Zakhar. In an effort to pay tribute to fashion, it is important not to overdo it and not name the boy too funny, difficult or strange.

According to the church calendar

A little time has passed since the time when all children were named according to their name days in the church calendar. Such a number suggested to parents male names for their newborn. To this day, it is believed that a boy named according to the calendar will have good health, a successful job and a happy family. Unfortunately, such a number has a limited number of names that might appeal to modern spouses.

According to the value

Each name, translated from various ancient languages, has a special characteristic and meaning. When choosing a name for a boy, parents often want to invest certain qualities in the future heir:

Andrey is courageous.
Boris is a struggling man.
Leo – intelligence and foresight.
Nikita is a victor. An excellent choice for the future athlete.
Roman is a favorite of women.
Peter – independence, conviction.
Sergei is an ideal father and husband.
Tikhon is a lucky man.
Konstantin – constancy.

Valery, Vitaly are those names that personify health and fortitude. Anton is a competitive person who struggles with difficulties. This is what they advise to call weak or premature children, so that the magic of the name gives the boys vitality and improves health.

Important points

Boys' names can be beautiful, short, ancient, double, foreign.

But, among other things, when choosing, you need to pay attention to the following points:

Nationality. Many families where spouses are representatives of different nationalities have difficulty choosing what to name their child. Here it is important to think about this in advance, find a compromise and take into account the nationality of the future baby. This will help avoid further marital disagreements and resentments.
Diminutive form of a name. This form should not be annoying, cause irony, or be too difficult to pronounce.
Place of residence. Prim, sophisticated, rare names for boys are inappropriate in small villages with a predominance of traditional views on life. Marcel, Alfred, Antonio, Emmanuel will be more harmoniously perceived by the society of megacities.

By month

Sample alphabetical list of popular boy names:

August, Augustine, Auror, Agap, Adam, Aksen, Alevtin, Alexander, Alexey, Alexy, Albert, Anastasy, Anatoly, Anvar, Andrey, Andron, Anisim, Antip, Anton, Antonin, Aristarchus, Arkady, Arseny, Artamon, Artyom, Artemy, Arthur, Arkhip, Askold, Afanasy, Afinogen.

Boris, Bogdan, Borislav.
Vadim, Valentin, Valery, Valeryan, Vasily, Vaclav, Velimir, Velor, Veniamin, Vikenty, Victor, Vilen, Vitaly, Vlad, Vladimir, Vladislav, Vladlen, Vlas, Vlasiy, Volodar, Voldemar, Vsevolod, Vyacheslav.
Gabriel, Gavrila, Gaidar, Gaspar, Guy, Genius, Gennady, George, German, Hermogenes, Gleb, Count, Gregory.
Dan, Daniel, David, Danila, Dar, Dementy, Demid, Democrat, Demyan, Denis, Didim, Dean, Dmitry, Dimitri, Dobrynya, Donat, Dorofey.
Evgeny, Evgraf, Evdokim, Evlampy, Evlogy, Evsey, Eustathy, Egor, Elizar, Eleazar, Elisha, Emelyan, Epifan, Eremey, Ermak, Ermil, Ermolai, Erofey, Efim, Ephraim.
Zhdan.
Zakhar, Zinovy, Zoriy, Zot.
Ivan, Ignat, Igor, Izyaslav, Iy, Illarion, Ilya, Innokenty, Joseph, Hippolytus, Iskander, Iriny, July.
Kazimir, Kapiton, Kai, Kaspar, Kim, Cyrus, Cyril, Claudius, Clementy, Klim, Kondraty, Kondrat, Konstantin, Krasnoslav, Kuzma.

Laurus, Lawrence, Lazarus, Larion, Leo, Leonid, Leonty, Leopold, Lermont, Fox, Luke, Lukyan, We love.
May, Makar, Max, Maxim, Maximilian, Marin, Markel, Mars, Marcel, Manuel, Martyn, Martin, Matvey, Methodius, Mecheslav, Milad, Milen, Miloslav, Mir, Miron, Miroslav, Mikhail, Mitya, Mstislav.
Naum, Neonil, Nestor, Nikanor, Nikita, Nikifor, Nicodemus, Nikolai, Nikon, Nile, Novomir.
October, Oleg, Olgerd, Onisim, Osip, Oscar, Ostap, Ostromir.
Pavel, Panteleimon, Panfil, Paramon, Pakhom, Peresvet, Peter, Plato, Potap, Prozor, Prokofy, Prokhor.
Radislav, Radomir, Rodion, Roman, Rolan, Rostislav.
Saveliy, Samson, Svet, Svetlana, Svetozar, Svetoslav, Svyatogor, Svyatoslav, Sever, Severyan, Semyon, Seraphim, Sergei, Sidor, Slava, Spartak, Spiridon, Staly, Stanislav, Stepan, Stefan.
Timur, Timofey, Telnan, Terenty, Tihomir, Tikhon, Trifon, Trofim, Tunguz, Taras.
Ulyan, Ustin.
Fadey, February, Fedor, Feodor, Theodore, Theodosius, Feofan, Filaret, Filat, Filimon, Philip, Thomas, Frol.

Khariton, Brave.
Caesar.
Cheslav. Schmidt
Edgar, Oedipus, Edmund, Edward, El, Elbrus, Engel, Energius, Erasmus, Erastus, Erg, Erius, Eric.
Julian, Julius, Hume, Jupiter, Yuri, Justin.
Yakov, Jan, Jaromir, Yarodan, Yaroslav.

But which one should you choose?

Based on the month of birth, because depending on this, the boy may have special character qualities.

January. An independent person, a devoted friend. Has difficulty making important decisions. Suitable names are Ilya, Ivan, Maxim, Philip, Georgy, Artem, Trofim.
February. The male representative of this month is a sensitive, vulnerable nature. He is a caring father, a scrupulous worker. Fedor, Stepan, Gennady, Leonty, Alexander, Egor, Efrem, Savva, Luka.

March boys are optimists and cheerful people, not afraid of difficulties. Pavel, Julian, Mark, Denis, Venedikt, Irakli, Alexey.
April people are mobile and light-hearted people who do not stand in one place. They are hungry for change. Devoted to the women they love. Zakhar, Thomas, Innocent, Antip, Polycarp, Rodion, Aristarchus, Samson.
May. An energetic and conflict-free person. A favorite of cheerful companies. Dmitry, Egor, Fedot, Pavel, Pakhom, Afanasy, Vsevolod.
June. The boy of this month is an extremely lucky person, and in the future he will be an authoritative person with good health. Ignatius, Sergei, Konstantin, Vladimir, Nazar, Igor, Mstislav, Karp.
July. This is a leader, an organizer. He will never regret the past, clearly planning all his actions. Gleb, Julian, Roman, Yakov, Vasily, Daniil, Gury, Stanislav.
Augustovsky. This boy knows how to keep secrets, is principled and loyal. Roman, Semyon, Makar, Naum, Nikolai, Dmitry, Frol, Markel.
September. There is never a dull moment with the men of this month. They always have a lot of ideas in stock, without conflict. Andrey, Fadey, Zakhar, Kirill, Khariton, Valery, Pimen, Arkady.

October. Gambling, enterprising nature. They take everything from life. Oleg, David, Vlad, Mark, Grigory, Nikita, Ignat, Demyan.
November. Dreamy and romantic representatives of this month are rarely correctly understood by those around them. November boys' names: Ivan, Artem, Victor, Orest, Yuri, Osip, Taras, Nestor, Philip.
December. Inside these men there is an ocean of passions, but their ardent nature is hidden under a mask of cold indifference. They trust others little. Zakhar, Roman, Mikhail, Maxim, Lev, Pavel, Spiridon, Semyon, Filaret, Modest.

So, the choice of what to name a boy must be approached with all responsibility, so that the future man is proud and not ashamed of his name.

There is such an anecdote: - Elisha, son, don’t they tease you in kindergarten? -Who will tease? Ostap? Eustathius? Arkhip? Prokop? Or maybe Naum? Indeed, you go to the group, and there is the thirtieth kingdom, and not a kindergarten. Parents have recently (read when the watchful eye of conscientious grandmothers from the Soviet Union stopped watching) began to come up with unusual names for boys. Well, whatever you call the ship, that’s how it will sail.

It is widely believed that a person needs a name to be his “individual distinguisher.” Scientists refute this position with a variety of facts. For example, in Sweden in the 60s of the last century, the population was approximately 7 million. Of these, 381 thousand people bore the surname Anderson, 364 thousand people Johanson, and 334 thousand Carlson. In Moscow at the same time, there were 90 thousand Ivanovs in the telephone directory, of which a thousand were Ivanov Ivanovich Ivanovs. The same name was widespread. This situation is realized in two versions: father and son or mother and daughter have the same name. Or a tougher option - siblings have the same name. For example, Tsar Ivan III had two siblings, Andrei, and two daughters, Elena. In the Middle Ages, among the Poles, a canon named Jan Dlugash lived in the city of Krakow. According to surviving documents, 10 of his siblings had the same name. And in the Russian pre-revolutionary village, 25% of men bore the name Ivan, and what a beautiful name for a boy.

Greatest and unharmed

Today, parents are increasingly thinking about how to make their child stand out from the crowd, help him live a bright life, giving him an unusual name. Giving a rare name to a boy, no matter how punish it may sound, is not uncommon today. Something like this list of unusually beautiful names for a boy will help you distinguish your son from his classmates, and then classmates or colleagues:

Adam,
Arthur,
Adrian,
Bronislav,
Boleslav,
Benedict,
Walter,
Hermann,
Gordey,
Demyan,
David,
Elisha,
Zakhar,
Ignat,
Clement,
Christian,
Lyubomir,
Martin,
Nathan,
Orestes,
Oscar,
Plato,
Rudolf,
Stanislav,
Taras,
Felix,
Khariton,

In 2015, the Moscow Civil Registry Office registered the name Sevastopol for the first time. Also in different cities, parents chose such rare and beautiful names for boys as:

Diamond,
Jazz,
Hector,
Kuzma,
Laurel,
Luke,
Radislav,
Radamir,
Dawn,
North,
Spartacus,
Fadey,
Jaromir.

At the same time, the most popular names in Russia for many years have been Alexander (meaning “defender”), Artem (“unharmed”), Maxim (“greatest”).

Recently, the tendency to call children with forgotten ancient Russian names has returned, primarily those that were previously given by the church: Zakhar, Platon, Savva, Demid, Lukyan, Miron, Ruslan, Rurik, Svyatoslav. This is really good for Russia in terms of compatibility with first and last names. A separate “caste” of these names are all those that end in “slav”. In the 11th-13th centuries in Rus', these names mainly referred to the Rurikovichs. The main thing is to teach the child, when he grows up, to clearly pronounce his name, otherwise he will simply be Vyacheslav everywhere, and not some Boreslav or Miroslav. By the way, the now popular name Milana is similar in meaning and origin to Miroslav, so children of different sexes can be called Miroslav and Milana.

With Russia everything is clear - stability. In the USA, for example, the most popular names for boys are John, Robert, Richard, William. In England, popular modern names for boys are: Stephen, Paul, David, Mark, Alan. And in Germany - Ben, Luca, Paul, Lucas, Leon, Maximilian, Felix, Noah, David, Jan.

It is interesting that in some countries the number of names is not regulated at all. In the city of Percelles in Belgium in 1972, a boy was given a name consisting of the names of 22 players of the local football club. In Russia, the number of names is strictly limited. And it’s good - it’s not hard to imagine what a riot of names our parents would have come up with back then in an attempt to create the most unusual names.

Life stories

It is interesting that many parents who gave their sons rare and unusual names found it difficult to talk about exactly how they did it. Most either simply read the dictionary of names, choosing almost at random, or said “it hit me during pregnancy.” It seems that few approach the choice thoroughly, study the meaning of the name, pronounce the name out loud, try on affectionate sounds. But some mothers still told amazing stories.

Mom Anastasia, son Bazhen:

I have always been interested in names and their meanings. When I found out about pregnancy, I immediately decided for myself that the name would certainly be of Slavic origin, in my case - Old Russian. There were other options, but they disappeared the same day they were proposed. I chose the name for my son, I read a lot about its origin, I like its meaning and sound. The name comes from the Old Russian verb “bazhat”, which means “to desire, to want”, that is, Bazhen is a desired child. The name was common in the Middle Ages in Rus'. I affectionately call him Bazhenchik, or Zhenya for short.

Mom Inna, son Gordey:

It turned out that I came up with a name for my son 16 years before Gordey was born. I worked part-time as an assistant teacher in a children's sanatorium, and in my group there was a boy named Gordey. He was ten years old and looked like an angel: blue-eyed, blond, very kind, well-mannered, and most importantly, smart beyond his years.

To my joy, my husband immediately liked my cherished name for his son. For the sake of order, we tried to look for other options, but nothing else suited us at all. Although I had a spare name - Vasily, in the end it was Vasily that I married, and this option disappeared by itself.

It’s interesting that in 16 years I have never met a person named Gordey, but now I know several of my son’s little namesakes, born in the last year and a half. So the name is no longer so rare.

Our Gordey was born not in Russia, but in Cyprus, where my family and I temporarily live. And it came as a surprise to me that my son’s name turned out to be difficult for foreigners to hear and speak. Cyprus is a country that loves children very much. On the street people constantly meet Gordey, play, talk and, of course, ask his name. Sometimes you have to repeat several times and answer clarifying questions: “No, not Harry. And not Gordon." One of his son's diminutive names is easier to pronounce: Gordy. And in our family we call him in the Russian manner - Gordyusha. So the name sounds cozy and homely.

Whether or not to name a boy with an unusual name is, of course, entirely a parental matter. He will be Jan, Sasha or Elisha - it is the parents who must choose, although the public may object. The main thing when choosing a name for a boy is to remember one extremely important thing: the first name must be combined with the patronymic and surname. If a girl can still change her last name, then the boy will most likely live his whole life as he was named by his parents.

According to the biblical legend, the first man's name was Adam, which means his name is the first male name in the history of mankind. Now, after many hundreds and thousands of years, male names number in the hundreds in the name books of all countries and cultures, without exception. And yet, the male name, like the female one, has, and continues to, conceal a secret...

Male names in different cultures of the world

Modern male names in different cultures have a wide variety of variations. But each individual culture, be it Slavic, Western, Eastern or Central European, has its own naming traditions. In some countries, men are named in accordance with the social status of the families in which they are born, in others the naming occurs in accordance with religion and belief, and there are still other cases in which this process is treated in an extremely simple manner, as in the West and in particular in the USA.

In Slavic culture, for example, the process of naming a future man is treated extremely responsibly. Here men are always given names that correspond to their religious affiliation, and they try to give men names that could impart at least some biblical energy (although there are exceptions). Previously, newborn children were named this way only temporarily, and a man could receive a full name only after reaching nine years of age - then the name was chosen in accordance with habits, habits, hobbies or personal qualities.

At the same time, in medieval Europe the name was given such attention as is not given to this day in any culture. There, the choice of name was based on several factors at once. One of them was the determination of the social status and belonging of the child and his family to one or another social stratum. But in the higher societies of that time, the name was more of a “label”, serving solely to distinguish a person from the crowd and identify him in this way.

And in China, men and women are named for completely different reasons. There, what is primarily taken into account is not the energy and meaning of the entire name, but the meaning and symbolism of each individual hieroglyph, imprinted in the full written version of the name. Hieroglyphs in this culture are divided into favorable and unfavorable, those associated with a certain element, and vice versa.

Today, a lot has changed - in many cultures, modern people have simply forgotten about the centuries-old traditions formed by our ancestors, while in others they try to adhere to the traditions of naming men, as well as women, modifying generally accepted ancient traditions and rules. But one thing has not changed - the name should belong to every man and woman, without exception. But now there is no need to associate it with religion, profession, craft or habits. Now you just need to choose the male name that will meet the wishes of your parents. And no one will ever make any claims about this.

Modern naming traditions

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Modern naming traditions for men, as well as women, have been simplified to the point of impossibility. Literally thirty years ago, our ancestors were still trying to name future men in accordance with the main Slavic tradition - in honor of the Saint, who is revered on the birthday of a child. Now, a lot has changed and you can call it by any name, not only Slavic, and not only church. And besides, given the richness of the Russian name book, it would be stupid to ignore name options that do not correspond to our cultural traditions and religion.

For Muslims, everything is simpler - here they adhere to only one tradition, which is correct in the opinion of the majority. It consists of naming the future man with a masculine name that will carry favorable energy and mean something positive, correct from a psychological, cultural, and moral point of view.

The most common names among Muslims are still the names of the prophets, as well as some variations of the names of Allah. Historical name variations are also not excluded. True, there is one important rule - you cannot use exactly one of the hundred names of Allah; you need to add the prefix “Ab” to it, which means “slave”.

But in America and most countries of the modern West, the naming of a future man is no longer accompanied by any traditions. Now the naming procedure itself in the West sometimes resembles some kind of insanity. Children are named after singers, football players, famous politicians and just friends. And it doesn’t matter what the name means or what energy it has. And many parents even come up with something that makes them shiver. Although in Slavic culture these cases are no exception - for example, in Ukraine after the “Revolution of Dignity of 2014” many parents called their children “Maidan” and not only...

Name and religiosity: the main criterion for division

Religion in terms of naming men still remains as important a criterion as before. And it is worth noting that religiosity remains the only factor that most new parents still pay attention to.

On our portal, all male names, along with other criteria, are divided into categories and in accordance with religion. This:

Orthodox;
Catholic;
Muslim;
Jewish.

How to choose a suitable male name in modern times?

Choosing a good male name in modern times is not so easy, even though there are thousands of variations of male names, one way or another related to different religions, social factors, cultures and more. Ideally, you need to follow the traditions of the culture to which the child belongs - this is the first thing. That is, the ideal option is to find a name that matches the culture. But now this is not easy to do, because names from all cultures are mixed in one name book.

Thus, you can move on to another option, which involves choosing a modern male name in accordance with religion. Yes, yes, religion still remains almost the most important criterion. But naming in accordance with religion must be done carefully and adhering to traditions. For example, Orthodoxy recommends naming future men after the names of Saints, whose name day is celebrated on the child’s birthday. In addition, over time, a second name may be given - a church name. It is given at the time of baptism.