How in Russia you can give a child a motherhood instead of a middle name: Modern Marynichi and Nastasichi

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Women who choose such an entry in the birth certificate for their children are often forced to listen to unflattering comments later - after all, traditions in our society are very strong. Such a practice still exists in isolated cases, and in order to give a child a mother's name instead of a patronymic, today in our country we have to go for a little trick. However, there are examples of motherhood in Russian history, and in the old days such a choice did not surprise anyone, he only spoke about a certain status of the child.

It would be more correct to call the name of a person by his mother (there is also a concept based on the name of the child himself). In contrast to the traditional for us, it is today a great exotic. However, in some peoples of India and Bangladesh, in which property is inherited through the maternal line, children receive a mother in addition to their name. The same rules have been preserved in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. In the European tradition and in Russia, there are only hints that maternity existed before. So, for example, some surnames, which are formed from female, not male names, indicate that the citizens of Tatiana and Marinina had ancestors with corresponding matronymic names. However, there is one country where matronyms are still used on an equal basis with patronyms today. This is Iceland, and the former mayor of Reykjavik, Dagur Bergtouruson Eggertsson, bears the memory of both father and mother in his name. The suffix "sleep" is added there for sons, and "dottir" for daughters, and the parents themselves decide how to name the child.

In the Middle Ages, this practice existed almost everywhere. In England, for example, matronyms were often received by children of unmarried mothers and children whose fathers did not live to see them born. In Spain, motherhood was transformed into the tradition of compound surnames. Usually, the first goes after the father, and the second - on the mother, but modern legislation allows you to swap them. In Russia, the name of the mother was added to the princely bastards in order to immediately indicate their lower status and the corresponding place in the line of succession to the throne. So, the youngest son of Prince Yaroslav Osmomysl, Oleg, received the matronym-nickname Nastasich, which greatly complicated his future life, even though his father bequeathed the throne to him. Found in the annals and Vasily Marich (Marichinich) - the grandson of Vladimir Monomakh. He was born after the death of his father and was raised by his mother, which is probably why the chroniclers called him that way.

By the way, matches met in our country right up to the revolution. Most often, such a name could be given to a person in a remote village, where the scribes did not follow the established rules so clearly. Sometimes it was more convenient to name a person by his mother - traditionally, they always tried in this way to "attribute" the child to the main thing in the family. If it turned out to be a woman who raised many children, and it is possible that from different fathers, then motherhood became an understandable and reasonable way to tie the family together. However, with the advent of Soviet power, a very strict order was introduced in the naming of children, and for almost a hundred years they did not leave it.

However, in the 21st century, there are brave Russians who have decided that something needs to be changed in our familiar and well-established system of name and surname. Today, according to Article 58 of the Family Code, a child is given a patronymic by the name of the Pope, unless otherwise provided by national customs or laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. However, a single mother can specify any father's name. And this is where a loophole lies, thanks to which mathematics can be issued for a child quickly and without problems, bypassing bureaucratic obstacles. When recording a child, it is enough for a mother to indicate the name of the father, which is consonant with her own. So Valentin, Alexander and Eugene do not have any difficulties here. So, for example, in March 2018, single mother Almira Davletkhanova gave her daughter Mir the title of Almirovna. The fact is that in Muslim culture, the male name Almir is very common, therefore, registry office workers and strangers do not perceive the girl's name as something special.

In more complex cases, you can delve into foreign collections of names and even in ancient history. So, for example, Maria Chernobrovkina from Tomsk, deciding to give her daughter a motherhood, found references to the ancient Roman commander Guy Maria and remembered that Erich Maria Remarque exists. After listening to the harsh notations of the registrar, the woman nevertheless indicated that she was giving a patronymic from the male name of Mary. Having checked with the dictionaries, they could not refuse her, and as a result, a young Russian woman Elizaveta Maryevna appeared.

Katerina from St. Petersburg, who herself changed her patronymic to maternal name in 2017, did about the same. Having received a refusal at the first appeal, in the next statement she indicated that she wanted to become Raisovna - on the male name of Rais, and the problem was settled. It is difficult to say what tricks a resident of Yekaterinburg went to, but back in 2012 he became the "first sign" of this new trend, changing his patronymic to a double, formed from the names of both father and mother. Sergey Vero-Viktorovich is convinced that.

All women who have chosen motherhood for a child are faced with an ambiguous assessment of their actions. According to them, after information about the unusual decision was leaked to the media, a stormy stream of messages began in their address. Some people (mostly women, of course) support single mothers and applaud the courage shown. Many speak out very disapprovingly, believing that with such an attitude, confusion will soon begin. Of course, feminist excesses are not uncommon today and sometimes cause violent reactions, but they were not ready for the sharp manifestations of anger and even aggression that young mothers faced.

Of course, it cannot be denied that each of these cases today is the result of a sad story of a failed family. However, with the further expansion of IVF practice, it can be expected that an increasing number of women who deliberately and deliberately become single mothers will want to enter their name in the corresponding column of the birth certificate. Therefore, it is possible that soon they will not only send, but also dignify, "according to mother" in Russia.

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