Our Names

My name is Elisabeth, Lisa for short. My surname is Hovrachova. I'm 11 years old.
My name is of Jewish origin. It means "honouring God".
 My parents named me Elisabeth because in our family nobody has this name. A lot of famous women are named Elisabeth and my parents like it. 

As for me, I feel comfortable with my name. (Lisa Hovrachova, form 6-a)

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My  full  name  is Dmitry,   but  my  short  name  is  Dima

My  mother  gave   me  this  name. Dmitry   in  Greek «concerning Demetre» is the God of  agriculture.

Noone else in my family has this name . But  famous  people  with  this  name are  Dmitry Donskoy ,  Dmitriy  Mendileev, and others. I am comfortable with my name.
( Dmitry Rechenka, form 7-b)

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My name is Maria. My mother gave me this name because her grandmother`s name is Maria. So I am named in honour of  my great-grand mother. Maria (Mary Greek. Μαρια) - the name comes from the Hebrew name Miriam, which according to one version comes from a root meaning "rejected" on the other - from the word (πίκρα) «sad». The Orthodox tradition translates the name as "Mrs." I am pround of it.

Maria is one of the most famous names in the world. Maria is a female given name in many divers’ cultures, including Mexican, African, Arab, Armenian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, English, German, Greek, Italian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russia, Romanian, Pakistani, Afghan, Serbian, Swedish, Spanish.

 

Notable people named Maria

Maria mother of  Jesus

Maria Magdalena

Maria Curie

I fill comfortable with my name.

 (Maria Ulybysheva, form 7-b)

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My full name is Viktoria and my short name is Vika.
My mother gave me this name , because she liked it  very  much.
Victoria is the  Latin  word  for "victory"and is used as the feminine form corresponding to the name   Victor. Hence, Victoria Salvador means " victory to the savior". Victoria can be used as a first name or as a family name.
I feel comfortable with the name Viktoria. Everybody in my family has different names and they are not repititive. Famous people with this name are  Queen Victoria, Victoria  Dayneko, Victoria Bonia, Victoria Salvador.
(Viktoria Petrenko, form 7-b)
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My name is Sergei. My surname is Patrashku. My name is of Greek origin “Sergius”. It means “hero, strong and helpful”.

My parents chose this name because my mom wanted me to have it.

(Sergei Patrashku, form 7-b)
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My name is  Vadim.  My parents give me this name in honour of my father and granny.

Vadim has a root in Slavic vedet which means "to know".

Vadim the Bold, a legendary East Slavic hero who inspired eponymous works by Yakov Knyazhnin, Vasily Zhukovsky, Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, and others. 

Roger Vadim, a French film director.
I like my name.

 ( Vadim Smirnov, form 6-a)

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My name is Nikita. My surname is Balandin. I'm 12 years old. The name “Nikita” is of Greek origin and means “Winner” - “a person of victory”. My parents named me Nikita, because  in our family nobody has this name and everyone likes the name.

Personally I feel myself comfortable  with this name.

(Nikita Balandin, form 6-a)
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I am Eugeniy(Zhenya). My parents gave me this name because my  Mum likes it.  My name is from the Latin Eugenius and the Greek Eugenios

which are derived from the Greek "eugenes" (well-born, noble).

Eugene was a name borne by four popes and several saints.

I like this name because it  is good!

(Eugeniy Pustovit, form 6-a)

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     My name is Arthur. My surname is Balika.

Mum named me. The value and origin of the name Arthur: Presumably "a mighty bear" (from the Celtic roots art, "bear", and viros, "the person, the man")

     Famous people with the name of Arthur are  Arthur Miller (the American playwright), Arthur Conan Doyle (the English writer), Arthur Schopenhauer (the German philosopher). I am happy with my name.

(Arthur Balika, form 7b)

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My full name is Yulia Sivryuk. My short name is Yulia.
My parents gave me the name of Yulia.
My name is of Latin origin. It means curly.
I like my name Yulia. In our family I am the only person with the  name Yulia.

 Famous people with my name are pop singers  Yulia Savicheva,Yulia Volkova.
I am happy that the parents gave me the name of Yulia.

(Yulia Sivryuk, form 7 b)

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My full name is Maria. My short name is Masha.My parents gave the name of  Masha to me because they loved it.
My name is Jewish in origin. It means Mrs.
I like my name. I am the only person with the name Maria in our family.
Famous people with my name were Maria Teresa Agnesi (October 17, 1720 – January 19, 1795), an Italian pianist and composer,

Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ,

           Maria Malibran (24 March 1808 – 23 September 1836), a Spanish singer, the legend of the world opera,

Maria Stuart (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), the  queen of Scotland, and also the  queen of France, as the wife of the king of France Francis II.


I am happy  that my parents gave me the name Maria.

(Maria Utkina, form 7b)