Modern Christian names in Romania and Bulgaria

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During recent years anthroponymy wealth in Romania and Bulgaria has been enriched by a large number of borrowed names. The old criteria of choosing a name which helped for the preservation of traditional names do not satisfy the taste of presentday generation any longer. These names are not fashionable any more. The source of inspiration for young parents in choosing names for their children are television, music, sports and others. Nowadays emphasis is laid more often on the originality and uniqueness of names. But a persistent search for borrowed names or the creation of unique and original names could often lead to ridiculous situations, especially when the traditional family name is combined with the funny fashionable name. At present we can observe a return to ‘primitive’ mentality, but in a different dimension: the name of the newborn child is not given in order to obtain the protection of the saint of that name but in order that the child should bear the same name as that of a popular person.

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Christian names, tradition, globalization, modernization

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