Influence of pop culture

Without laws governing name usage, many names pop up following the name's usage in movies, television, or in the media. One notable example is the name Madison. Prior to the 1984 movie Splash, Madison was almost solely heard as a surname, with occasional usage as a boy's name. The name entered the top 1000 list for girls in 1985 and has been a top 10 name since 1997. 

Popular culture appears to have an influence on naming trends, at least in the United Kingdom. Newly famous celebrities and public figures may influence the popularity of names. For example, in 2004, the names "Keira" and "Kiera" respectively became the 51st and 92nd most popular girls' names in the UK, following the rise in popularity of British actress Keira Knightley. In 2001, the use of Colby as a boys' name for babies in the United States jumped from 233rd place to 99th, just after Colby Donaldson was the runner-up on Survivor: The Australian Outback. Also, the female name "Miley" which before was not in the top 1000 was 278th most popular in 2007, following the rise to fame of singer-actress Miley Cyrus (who was named Destiny at birth).

Characters from fiction also seem to influence naming. After the name Kayla was used for a character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives, the name's popularity increased greatly. Some names were established or spread by being used in literature. Notable examples include Pamela, invented by Sir Philip Sidney for a pivotal character in his epic prose work, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia; Jessica, created by William Shakespeare in his play The Merchant of Venice; Vanessa, created by Jonathan Swift; Fiona, a character from James Macpherson's spurious cycle of  Ossian  poems; Wendy, an obscure name popularised by J. M. Barrie in his play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up; and Madison, a character from the movie Splash. Lara and Larissa were rare in America before the appearance of Doctor Zhivago, and have become fairly common since. Aelita was invented by Alexey Tolstoy.

Songs can influence the naming of children. Jude jumped from 814th most popular male name in 1968 to 668th in 1969, following the release of The Beatles' "Hey Jude." Similarly, Layla charted as 969th most popular in 1972 after the Eric Clapton song. It had not been in the top 1,000 before.

Kayleigh became a particularly popular name in the United Kingdom following the release of a song by the British rock group Marillion. Government statistics in 2005 revealed that 96% of Kayleighs were born after 1985, the year in which Marillion released "Kayleigh." Valeriya became popular in Russia thanks to the Russian singer Valeriya.

Popular culture figures need not be admirable in order to influence naming trends. For example, Peyton came in to the top 1000 as a female given name for babies in the United States for the first time in 1992 (at #583), immediately after it was featured as the name of an evil nanny in the film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. On the other hand, historical events can influence child-naming. For example, the given name Adolf has fallen out of use since the end of World War II in 1945.

Religious names are popular in Britain and Russia. Most of the popular names are rooted in the bible. Some parents choose names for their religious significance, but there are also many parents who choose names based in religion because they are family names or simply because they are culturally popular

Modern Russian-speaking people use calendar names (Ivan Иван, Andrew Андрей, Jacob Яков, Юрий, Татьяна,  Mary  Мария, Авдотья, Elizabeth Елизавета), as well as non-calendar names - ancient Slavonic (Stanislav Станислав, Radomir Радомир, Dobromila Добромила, Рада), old Russian (Ждан, Пересвет, Лада, Любава), Soviet-era names (Вилен, Владлен, Нинель, Эра), and names borrowed from European and eastern languages (Альберт, Руслан, Жанна, Лейла).

The group of calendar names includes traditional names that used to be listed in orthodox menologia  prior to the October Revolution and in popular calendars of the Soviet era that had been printed since the second half of the 19th century. 95% of the Russian-speaking population in the Soviet Union in the 1980s had calendar names.

The number of currently used names is relatively small. According to various estimations no more than 600 masculine and feminine names more or less regularly appear in modern generations: the main body of personal names doesn't exceed 300-400.

Old Rus' names were based on common Slavic names such as Vladimir "Vladey mirom", (Rules the world, Ruler of the world), Svyatopolk (holy regiment), Yaropolk, Voislav (glorious warrior), Borislav (glorious wrestler), Boris (fighter), Lyubomir (loves the world), Ratibor (war fighter), Vadim, Yaroslav, Izyaslav, Mstislav, Vsevolod etc. In the 11th century, after the growing influence of the Christian Church the tendency to use the names of saints of the Greek Church has increased and most of old Rus' names were displaced by Dmytriy, Andrey, Nikolay, Terentiy, Sergey, Anton, Kirill, Georgiy, Konstantin, Alexandr, Foma, Akakiy, etc.

Trends

Baby name trends change frequently for girls and somewhat less frequently for boys. Boys' names tend to be more traditional.

Names that end in an "a" like Sophia, Ella, Olivia, and Amelia are also very common for baby girls.

Diversity among names also seems to be increasing.

The shift toward unique baby names is one facet of the cultural shift in most countries that values individuality over conformity.

Для исследования мы просмотрели все журналы в нашей школе и выяснили ряд самых редких и самых распространенных имен с 1 по 11 класс. В этот список вошли такие имена как:

Boys:

Александр

Данил, Даниил, Данила

Артем

Кирилл

Владислав

Тимур

Girls:

Анна

Анастасия

Дарья

Екатерина

Юлия

Полина

К самым редким относятся

В нашей школе оказалось масса редких необычных имен разного происхождения

Boys:

Тимерхан

Семен

Лев

Салават

Герман

Урал

Айбулат

Наиль

Нурис

Айнур

Сурен

Леонид

Ильдар

Айдар

Яков

Зегир

Girls:

Руфина

Стелла

Сюзанна

Ярослава

Сумбуль

Азалия

Алана

Кира

Элона

Танслыу

Алиса

Злата

Розалия

Любовь

Аделия

Лада

Воспользовавшись сведениями из ЗАГСа, нам удалось установить список самых редких и распространенных имен по нашему городу Кумертау 2014 – 2012 годы.

2014

Распространенные

Boys:

Дима

Артём

Кирилл

Матвей

Girls:

Арина

Дарья

Елизавета

София

Редкие

Boys:

Ярамир

Эрик

Эллин

Girls:

Эрика

Эмили

Эльза

Устина

2013

Распространенные

Boys:

Кирилл

Артем

Егор

Тимур

Girls:

Настя

Полина

Валерия

Дарья

Азалия

Редкие

Boys:

Эдгар

Федор

Тимерлан

Girls:

Ярослава

Эмма

Эльза

2012

Распространенные

Boys:

Артем

Александр

Кирилл

Владислав

Girls:

Арина

Дарья

Софья

Милана

Редкие

Boys:

Юрий

Федор

Феликс

Анзиль

Girls:

Эльвина

Элона

Эллария

Conclusion

Every person on the Earth gets a name. Therefore, every nation has its own system of personal names and a great variety of national name giving traditions. The problem of name giving has always interested a lot of people. Parents want to give their children beautiful names with positive semantics. Personal names can go from one nation to another, from one language to another.