Borrowing foreign names is a long history. Most often, parents call their children consonant with Russian middle names and last names - Polina, Evelina, Julia, Annette. Sometimes exotic options such as Stella, Linda, Louise are used.
Many responsible parents approach the choice of a name for the baby very carefully, given its interpretation, history, psychological aspects. Others strive to give the child as rare a name as possible, sometimes reaching the point of absurdity in this aspiration, and some, without thinking twice, borrow foreign names, boldly introducing them into their native language.
The name given to a person at birth magically determines his whole future life.
English names in Russia
The most famous names of the English queens are extremely popular in Russia - girls or women named Victoria, Elizabeth are found in almost any team.
The most common in the XVIII century, in addition to the names of Anna and Victoria, was the name Maria. It was probably extremely popular because it belongs to the category of so-called biblical names. It is well known that many folklore and literary Russian and foreign works depict various versions of this name. Special love is enjoyed not only by “Mary, ” in which the lamb has disappeared, but also by the fabulous “Masha” with three bears.
It has long been established that the most popular name in the whole world, including England and Russia, is the uncomplicated but no less beautiful name Anna.
In the 19th century, English names became fashionable: Catherine, or Catherine, Emma, Elena or Helen. And girls to this day continue to be called them, despite the very high prevalence. This is due to the fact that such names have very attractive interpretations, and, giving it to the child, the parents certainly want the qualities inherent in a particular name to find their place in the character of the baby.
