Valentine is a male personal name of Latin origin; goes back to lat. valens (genitive valentis ) - “healthy, strong”; Valentis ( Valent ) is a Latin name from which the diminutive form of Valentinus was formed , gaining independence. The church form of the name is Ualentin . The common short form is Valya . The female double name is Valentine [3] [4] .
| Valentine | |
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| Origin | latin |
| Kind | male |
| Etymological significance | “Healthy, strong, calm” |
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| Female double name | Valentine |
| Other forms | Ualentine |
| Production. forms | Valentine, Roller, Valya, Valyunya, Valyusya, Valyukha, Valyusha, Valyakh, Valyak, Vaka, Tina [1] , Valyak [2] |
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Content
- 1 Name History
- 2 Name Frequency
- 3 Related Names
- 4 Name Day
- 5 notes
Name History
The name Valentine in the Christian linguist is associated with several early Christian saints , but primarily with the holy martyrs Valentine, the bishop of the city of Interamna , and the presbyter Valentine of Rome, as well as the martyr Valentine Dorostolsky, a warrior who accepted death as an open confession of Christianity (all three lived according to tradition III century).
It is possible that presbyter Valentin Rimlyanin and Valentin, Bishop of Interamna, are one and the same person (see about this in the article St. Valentine ). Memorial Day of Valentin Interamnsky and of Valentin of Rome, established in the Catholic tradition on February 14 , has become a popular international holiday (see Valentine's Day ). In the Orthodox tradition, the memory of Bishop Interamna is celebrated on July 30 ( August 12 ), and on the Roman presbyter on July 6 (19) [5] [6] .
Name Frequency
In the Russian tradition of naming in the Middle Ages, the name Valentin was assigned the status of a name that was used only among monks and clergy ; the name of the laity almost did not occur until the second half of the XIX century . In the first years after the October Revolution, the name Valentine became very popular. For example, according to A. Ya. Shaykevich ’s calculations, in Moscow between 1924 and 1932, the frequency of a name in newborns was 3.1 ‰ (that is, 31 carriers of the name out of 1000 registered; 9th place among the most popular names in the capital in those years) [7] .
Information on the frequency of names in newborn Leningraders collected by A. V. Superanskaya and A. V. Suslov over several decades shows that the name Valentin experienced a peak of popularity in the first half of the 20th century. So, for those born in the 1920-1930s, the frequency of the name was 16 ‰, for those born in the 1940-1950s - 34 ‰, while for newborns in the 1960-1970s the frequency decreased to 1 ‰, and in 1980 -th she was 3 ‰ [8] .
Low indicators are recorded in the statistics of the frequency of names of newborns in 1961, collected by V. A. Nikonov in several regions of central Russia. The name Valentin in the early 1960s was used both in cities and in the countryside, with a small margin among the villagers. So, in cities, the frequency ranged from 1 ‰ (in Vladimir ) and 2 ‰ (in Kostroma and Tambov ) to 3 ‰ (in Ulyanovsk and Penza ) and 4 ‰ (in Kaluga and Kursk ); in rural areas, these indicators ranged from 2 ‰ and 4 ‰ (rural areas of Kaluga and Samara regions ) to 8 ‰ and 9 ‰ (in rural areas of the Tambov and Kostroma regions, respectively). V. A. Nikonov also noted that the expansion of the male name Valentin was hindered by the expansion of the female double name Valentine , which was extremely popular in the 1920-1960s [9] .
Related Names
In addition to the twin female name, the traditional Orthodox nomenclature contains the above-mentioned name of Valent (church form of Valent ). The old clergy (before the revision of the church calendar at the end of the 19th century ) also contained the name Valens , formed from the same root; There are no data on the use of these names [3] .
Name Day
Orthodox name days (dates are given on the Gregorian calendar ) [10] :
- April 24, May 7, June 1, June 20, July 19, August 12, October 4, October 11, November 9, December 2
For the name Valent [11] :
- March 1, March 22
Notes
- ↑ Petrovsky N.A. Valentine (inaccessible link) . Dictionary of Russian personal names . Literacy.ru (2002). Date of treatment January 6, 2016. Archived on May 31, 2012.
- ↑ A. Superanskaya. Russian names have many faces . Science and Life (2004). Date of treatment February 14, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Superanskaya A.V. Dictionary of Russian personal names. - M .: Eksmo, 2006. - (Library of dictionaries). - ISBN 5-699-10971-4 .
- ↑ Superanskaya, A.V. Modern Dictionary of Personal Names. Comparison Origin. Spelling - M .: Iris Press, 2005 .-- ISBN 5-8112-1399-9 .
- ↑ Valentine, mch Roman . Orthodox Encyclopedia (November 19, 2009). Date of treatment July 19, 2011. Archived on February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Valentine schmch. bp Interamnsky . Orthodox Encyclopedia (July 29, 2009). Date of treatment July 19, 2011. Archived on February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Shaikevich, A. Ya. Russian personal names of the 20th century (based on materials from the registry office of the Frunze district of Moscow) // Personal names in the past, present and future. - M. , 1970.
- ↑ Superanskaya, A.V., Suslova, A.V. Name Statistics // On Russian Names. - 5th ed., Revised. - SPb. : Avalon, 2008. - ISBN 978-5-90365-04-0.
- ↑ Nikonov, V.A. Personal Names of Russians Today // Name and Society. - M .: Science, 1974.
- ↑ Saints with the name Valentine . Orthodox calendar . Pravoslavie.ru Date of treatment July 19, 2011.
- ↑ Saints with the name of Valent . Orthodox calendar . Pravoslavie.ru Date of treatment July 19, 2011.