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