The editorial staff of Woman’s Day, having checked the statistics of the registry office, discovered an amazing fact: many names popular in the 90s have become unpopular now!
In 2014 and 2015, the most popular names for boys were Alexander, Maxim, Artem, Mikhail, Daniil and Ivan, and among girls – Sofia (Sophia), Maria, Anna, Anastasia and Victoria.
Also, such old-fashioned names as Timofey and Matvey, Yaroslav and Fedor, Mark and Lev, as well as Arina and Veronika, Eva and Vasilisa, Taisiya and Varvara, have come into vogue.
We, wondering where Anton and Denis, Natalya and Svetlana, familiar to us from the late 80s, have gone, compiled a list of ordinary Russian names unpopular in our time. Do you want to surprise your family and friends? Choose your son or daughter’s name from our rating!
Anton
According to one version, the name is derived from the Greek Anthony and means “entering the battle.” Does it sound beautiful, don’t you agree? I wonder why now Antoshek cannot be found in the sandbox with fire in the daytime …
Denis
According to some sources, the name came from the ancient Greek Dionysius (that was the name of the god of winemaking and fertility). So, now parents call their sons Dionysius more often than Denis. Unbelievable, but it is a fact.
Evgeny and Evgeniya
Translated from the Greek language means “noble” and “noble”. Previously, the male version of the name was located on the 8th line in popularity, and the female version was on the 17th. Since then, everything has changed: nowadays very few people name their children.
Catherine
It translates from Greek as “pure, immaculate.” In the early 90s, the name occupied the second line of the most popular names after Anastasia. In our time, Catherine is still successful, but she is only on the 12th line.
Elena
It has the meaning “chosen”, “light”. Previously, it occupied the eighth line in popularity, now it is not included in the thirty. Apparently, this is due to the fact that the name was widespread not only in the 90s, but also in the 80s and 70s. In general, there was too much Elena.
Igor
Has Scandinavian roots and means “warlike”. In the early 90s, there were not very many Igor, but still there were. But now almost no one calls their sons that.
Irina
Translated from ancient Greek means “peace, rest”. In the 90s, the name was on the 11th line of the rating, and now it is not included in the thirty. Perhaps this is due to the fact that in the past few years, the outdated version of Irina – Arina has become in demand.
Hope
Is there any hope that the name Nadezhda will become popular again? In the 90s it was in 21st place, now it is not included in the top thirty.
Natalia (Natalia)
It means “native”. Previously, every ninth born girl was called that, but now it is difficult to find Natasha in the sandboxes of Russia.
Oleg and Olga
The Scandinavians translate as “saint” and “saint”. Since the early 2000s, for unknown reasons, both names began to lose popularity.
Paul
Translated from the Latin language means “small”. Back in 1991, this name was on the ninth line of the rating of the most popular names, and now it has dropped to 30th.
Svetlana
Previously, almost all girls born with blond hair were called Lights. And now this name is not included in the rating of popular names.
Tatyana
Translated from the ancient Greek language means “organizer”, “founder”. In the early 90s, this name rounded out the top ten most popular names for girls, and now it is not included in the top thirty.
Yuliya
Means curly, wavy, fluffy. Now there are many mothers named Julia, in the late 80s and early 90s this name was incredibly popular! But now this name is in 2015th place in the 30 ranking.
Jury
The Russian form of the Greek name George, meaning “farmer”. In the 90s, the name was in the 20 lines of the rating, and now it does not reach the 30th line.