Azerbaijani is included in This also includes Turkish, Tatar, Kazakh, Bashkir, Uyghur and many others. That is why many Azerbaijani surnames and first names have oriental roots. In addition, the Persian and Arab cultures, as well as Islam, had a significant influence on this people. Therefore, some common Azerbaijani surnames have been known since the times. They are actively used to this day. Today, the anthroponymic model among Azerbaijanis, in fact, like many other peoples of the East, has three components: surname, first name and patronymic.
Names
Many Azerbaijani names and surnames have such ancient roots that it is sometimes very difficult to find their origins. By tradition, many locals name their babies after their ancestors. At the same time, be sure to add: "Let it grow in accordance with the name." Women's names in this country are most often associated with the concepts of beauty, tenderness, kindness and sophistication. It is very popular to use “floral motives”: Lale, Yasemen, Nergiz, Reikhan, Gyzylgul and others. Sounds simple and beautiful.
In general, the prefix "gul" means "rose". Therefore, it is constantly used by Azerbaijanis. After attaching this particle to almost any name, you can get something new, amazingly beautiful and unusual. For example, Gulnisa, Gulshen, Naryngyul, Sarygul, Gulperi and others. Male names emphasize courage, unbending will, determination, courage and other character traits inherent in the stronger sex. Names such as Rashid, Heydar, Bahadir are very popular with boys.
How is the middle name formed?
Just like Azerbaijani surnames and first names, patronymics here are formed in a different way. This is their difference from Russian and other Slavic languages. In Azerbaijan, when determining the patronymic of a person, the name of his father does not change in any way. Prefixes like ours -ovich, -evich, -ovna, -evna do not exist. Rather, they exist, but they belong to the period of "Sovietization". And today they are used only in formal business communication. Today, the Azerbaijani government is trying to return the country to its historical roots. So - to the traditional names and patronymics. And it is right.
Despite this, the patronymics of Azerbaijanis also have two forms:
- oglu;
- kyzy.
The first means "son" and the second means "daughter." The name and patronymic of a person is thus formed from two names: his own and his father's. And at the end the corresponding prefix is added. For example, a woman may be called Zivar Mamed kyzy. This literally means that the girl is the daughter of Mamed. Accordingly, a man can be called Heydar Suleiman oglu. It is clear that the guy is the son of Suleiman.
Surnames: principles of formation
After the arrival of Soviet power in these places, many residents also changed their surnames. Azerbaijani, the meaning of which has been formed over the centuries, have been changed. The Russian -ov or -ev was added to them. Up to this point, completely different endings were in use here:
- -oglu;
- - in the back.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijani surnames began to revive in the country: female and male. This is done very simply. The ending is simply cut off from the former "Soviet" version. Thus, the former Ibrahim Gubakhanov now sounds like Ibrahim Gubakhan. The surnames of Azerbaijani girls are also cut off: there was Kurbanova - now Kurban.
Origin of surnames
Simply put, surnames for Azerbaijanis are a relatively recent phenomenon. In the old days, the anthroponymic format of this people consisted of only two parts. We are talking about a proper name and a paternal name with the addition of the particle "oglu", "kyzy" or "zade". This form was considered the norm here back in the 19th century. And in Iranian Azerbaijan, it is often used today. Here they left the tradition.
Oddly enough, Azerbaijani surnames began to form under the influence of Russian culture. For ordinary people, they most often became nicknames that somehow distinguished a person from other people. The surname and first name could, for example, look like this:
- Uzun Abdullah - long Abdullah.
- Kechal Rashid is a bald Rashid.
- Cholag Almas is a lame Almas.
- Bilge Oktay - wise Oktay and others.
With the advent of Soviet power, Azerbaijani surnames (male and female) began to change. Moreover, both the name of the father and the grandfather or other relatives could be taken as a basis. That is why today there are quite a few surnames in Azerbaijan that resemble old patronymics: Safaroglu, Almaszade, Kasumbeyli, Juvarly and the like. Other families were completely "Sovietized". Therefore, today you can meet the Aliyevs, Tagiyevs and Mamedovs in Azerbaijan at every corner.
Azerbaijani surnames: list of the most popular
If you do not take into account the difference in the endings, then you can make a small list, only 15 positions. The list is rather small. Despite this, according to experts, it is these fifteen names that account for about 80% of the country's inhabitants:
- Abbasov;
- Aliev;
- Babaev;
- Veliyev;
- Hajiyev;
- Hasanov;
- Guliev;
- Huseynov;
- Ibragimov;
- Ismailov;
- Musaev;
- Orudzhov;
- Rasulov;
- Suleimanov;
- Mamedov.
Although for ease of reading, they are all arranged in alphabetical order here. Still, the most popular surname in Azerbaijan is Mamedov. It is worn by every fifth or sixth inhabitant of the country. This is not surprising.
Since Mamed is a folk form of Muhammad in Azerbaijani everyday life, it is understandable that parents gladly gave their child the name of the beloved and revered prophet. This has become a kind of tradition. Naming the baby Mamed, they believed that they would give him a happy fate and great destiny. In addition, it was believed that Allah would not leave without the mercy of his child, named after the prophet. When surnames began to appear in Azerbaijan, the Mamedovs were the most popular. After all, it was believed that the "name of the clan" will bestow happiness and prosperity on all future generations of one family.
Other common surnames in Azerbaijan
Of course, there are a lot of generic names in this eastern country. They are all different and interesting. Here is another list in which there are popular Azerbaijani surnames (alphabetical list):
- Abiev;
- Agalarov;
- Alekperov;
- Amirov;
- Askerov;
- Bakhramov;
- Vagifov;
- Gambarov;
- Jafarov;
- Kasumov;
- Kerimov;
- Mekhtiev;
- Safarov;
- Talibov;
- Khanlarov.
This is not a complete list, but only a small fraction of it. Of course, all Azerbaijani surnames, male and female, have their own meaning. Sometimes it is very interesting and beautiful. For example, the surname Alekperov is very popular here. It comes from the adaptive form of the Arabic name Aliakbar. It can be divided into two parts:
- Ali is great;
- Akbar is the oldest, greatest, greatest.
Thus Alekperov is "the oldest (chief) of the greats." One way or another, but the basis of almost all Azerbaijani surnames are still the names of their ancestors. That is why the next part of this article is devoted to the analysis and description of their origin and meaning.
Name formation
This process in Azerbaijan can be divided into several stages. In ancient times, the locals had at least three names in their entire life. All of them could be radically different from each other. The first is for children. It was given to the child by the parents at birth. Served only to distinguish him from other children. The second is adolescent. It was given to a teenager by fellow villagers, depending on character traits, spiritual qualities or external characteristics. The third name is the one that a person deserves in old age independently, by his deeds, judgments, actions and his whole life.
At the time of the rapid development and formation of Islam in this territory, people most often preferred religious names. In this way, they reaffirmed their loyalty to the Islamic movement. Mamed, Mamish, Ali, Omar, Fatma, Khadija and others became popular. Most of the names were still of Arabic origin. When communism came to these lands, loyalty to the ideals of the party and the dominant ideology began to be displayed. Names became popular that could be easily pronounced and written to a Russian person. And some, especially zealous parents, began to give their children even strange ones: State Farm, Tractor and the like.
With the collapse of the Union and the acquisition of independence, a sharp turn again begins in the formation of Azerbaijani names. The first place is given to the idea and the semantic load associated with deep national roots. It is no secret that Azerbaijani surnames have changed along with the names. The pronunciation and spelling of them either approached Arabic or completely Russified.
Features of the use of names
In the Azerbaijani language, names are most often pronounced for a reason, but with the addition of some additional word. It often expresses a respectful or familiar attitude towards an opponent.
Here is some of them:
- Mirzag. This prefix is used as a respectful appeal to scientists or just very smart and educated people. It sounds like "Mirzag Ali" or "Mirzag Isfandiyar". Today the prefix has practically disappeared from circulation.
- Yoldash. During the Soviet Union, the traditional "comrade" came into circulation. In Azerbaijani - yoldash. The prefix was also placed before the surname. It sounded like this: "Yoldash Mehdiyev", "Yoldash Khanlarova".
- Kishi. This is a familiar, a little familiar appeal. He is used in conversation by peers: Anwar kishi, Dilyaver kishi, and so on.
- Anvard. It means the same thing, only in relation to a woman: Nergiz Avard, Lale Avard.
There are a few more prefix words used in respect of young ladies:
- hanym - venerable;
- khanymgyz - a respected girl (for young people);
- badji — sister;
- Gelin is the bride.
In addition to the above, there are many more respectful prefixes formed from and, when applying, it is absolutely not necessary that people are actually relatives. There are so many such prefixes that sometimes they become part of the name:
- Bibi is an aunt. Father's sister - Agabibi, Injibibi.
- Amy is an uncle. Father's brother is Balaemi.
- Dinah is an uncle. The mother's brother is Agadain.
- Baba - grandfather: Ezimbaba, Shirbaba, Atababa.
- Badzhikyzy is a niece. Sister's daughter - Boyuk-badji, Shahbaji and others.
Conversational features of male and female names
As in Russian, Azerbaijani names also have diminutive variants. They are formed by attaching affixes:
- -y (th);
- -s (s);
- -ysh (-ish);
- -ush (-yush).
Thus, from the name Kyubra, Kyubush is obtained, and Valida becomes Walish. Nadir's parents are called Nadysh, and Khudayar is called Hoodu. Some diminutive forms take root so much that over time they are transformed into a separate name.
In colloquial speech, names formed by simple abbreviations are quite often used:
- Surya - Sura;
- Farida - Headlight;
- Rafiga - Rafa;
- Aliya - Alya and so on.
There are names suitable for both men and women at the same time: Shirin, Izzet, Haver, Shovket. And some, depending on the gender of a person, form forms:
- Selim - Selima;
- Tofig - Tofiga;
- Farid - Farida;
- Kamil - Kamilia.
Quite often, Azerbaijanis, especially the older generation, have double names: Ali Heydar, Abbas Gulu, Aga Musa, Kurban Ali and the like.
Traditional names of Azerbaijani children
Here is a short list of the names that, according to the Ministry of Justice, became the most popular in 2015. Among boys, these are:
- Yusif - gain, profit.
- Huseyn is wonderful.
- Ali is supreme, supreme.
- Murad - intention, goal.
- Omar is life, long-liver.
- Muhammad is praiseworthy.
- Ayhan is joy.
- Ugur - happiness, a good omen.
- Ibrahim is the name of the prophet Abraham.
- Tunar - light / fire inside.
- Kyanan is born to rule.
Among the girls, Zahra became the record holder - brilliant. The following names are also very popular:
- Nuray is the light of the moon.
- Fatima is an adult, understanding.
- Eileen is a lunar halo.
- Ayan is widely known.
- Zeinab is plump, strong.
- Khadija is born prematurely.
- Madina is the city of Medina.
- Melek is an angel.
- Maryam is the name of the mother of the prophet Isa, beloved by God, bitter.
- Leila - night.
What names did Azerbaijanis stop loving?
As you know, a daughter in the East is not always a desirable phenomenon. Especially if it is the fourth or fifth in a row. Parents will have to marry the grown-up girl, while collecting a considerable dowry. Therefore, in the old days, girls' names were also appropriate:
- Kifayat — enough;
- Gyztamam - enough daughters;
- Besti - that's enough;
- Gyzgayit - the girl has returned.
Over time, the problem of dowry ceased to be so acute. Accordingly, the names have also changed. Now they mean "dream", "beloved" and "joyful". And the old ones, not too positive and beautiful, are practically not used today.
Conclusion
Many Azerbaijanis believe that a child's name determines his fate. Therefore, when choosing it, one should take into account not only the brevity and ease of pronunciation, but also the meaning hidden behind it. surnames in combination with no less euphonious names can bring children joy, prosperity and a long, happy life.
How did the surnames of the peoples of Transcaucasia appear?
Where do the surnames Dzhugashvili and Tsereteli come from? What connects the Armenian surnames with the Turkish language? Why do Azerbaijanis cancel "Russian" endings in their surnames? We decided to answer these and other questions.
Georgian surnames
Ethnographers attribute the origins of Georgian surnames to the 7th-8th centuries. They most often came from the area of residence, a little less often - from professions, names, patronymics or family title (for example, Amilakhvari or Eristavi).
The structure of Georgian surnames is the same as that of most others: root + suffix. By the suffix of the surname, in many cases it is possible to understand from which region it comes and to which ethnic group its carrier belongs. For example, among Mingrelians, surnames often end in "-ua" (Todua, Gogua) or "-ya" (Gamsakhurdia, Beria), and among Laz - in "-shi" (Khalvashi, Tugushi).
Linguists distinguish 13 main types of suffixes. In many regions of Georgia, mostly in Imereti, Guria, Adjara, Lechkhumi, surnames with the suffix "-dze" are common, which translates as "son" (Gongadze, Shevardnadze, Dumbadze). As of 1997, 1,649,222 people had surnames with this ending.
The second most common is the suffix "-shvili". Its translation is very close to the previous suffix - "child", "child", but sometimes it is just "descendant". By 1997, there were 1,303,723 surnames with the suffix "-shvili". Such an ending is very common in Kakheti and Kartli (Peikrishvili, Kululashvili, Elerdashvili).
The suffix "-iani" is also popular in Georgian surnames. This is the "Svan" ending, which is more typical for the western regions of Georgia. Often such a suffix indicates the noble origin of the ancestor. For example, Dadeshkeliani, Dadiani and Gelovani are princely surnames.
The formation of Georgian surnames has various sources. Some of them come from the baptismal names - Nikoladze, Georgadze, Davitashvili. Some surnames are derived from Muslim names. For example, the surname Jalagoniya is derived from the Muslim male name Jalal ("greatness", "supremacy") and the Georgian noun "goni" ("mind", "reasoning"). There are surnames associated with animals - Lominadze ("lomi" - "lion"), Dzhugashvili ("dzug" - "flock", "flock").
Quite often, Georgian surnames are tied to some locality. Its first bearer often became at the origins of the princely family. This is exactly the surname Tsereteli, which comes from the name of the fortress and the village of the same name, located in the north of the Zemo region - "Tsereti".
Armenian surnames
Armenian surnames are a relatively new phenomenon. At least, they began to be registered officially only from the 19th century, when the population census began and the need for documents arose. However, in aristocratic families, surnames appeared in the Middle Ages - Mamikonyans, Artsruni, Amatuni, Rshtuni. Traditionally, the words "azg" ("clan") or "tun" ("house") were placed before noble surnames. It sounded like "Rod of Mamikoyans" or "House of Artsruni".
Before the appearance of surnames in the common people, in order to distinguish two people bearing the same name, they could say, for example, like this: "Hayk is the grandson of Arno" and "Hayk is the grandson of Garnik". Sometimes a person was given a characteristic nickname - "lame Hmayak", or "Anahit, having twelve children." The need for the formation of surnames arose with the development of society and the increase in population migration.
For the most part, Armenian surnames come from a family ancestor, to whose name an ending was added, indicating belonging. This ending underwent a noticeable evolution: in ancient Armenian it was the suffix "-eants", which was transformed into "-ents". In modern Armenian it took the phonetic form "-yants", which later lost "ts", turning into "-yan".
If earlier, to show belonging to any genus, they said, for example, Davidenz, now it sounds like Davidyan. However, the last "c" did not disappear in all surnames. So some Armenians who moved to Russia in the 19th century retained this ending. But in Armenia itself, in particular, in the Zangezur region, such surnames are still found - Adonts, Bakunts, Kalvarents.
The most common form of the formation of Armenian surnames from names, but often they come from the names of professions and crafts - Atstukhyan ("baker"), Voskerchyan ("jeweler"), Hekimyan ("doctor"), Kartashyan ("bricklayer") or are based on a characteristic human traits - Chakhatyan ("fox"), Karchikyan ("dwarf").
The surnames of the inhabitants of western Armenia have their own peculiarity. The entry of this part of the country into the Ottoman Empire affected the fact that the roots of many Armenian surnames are of Turkish origin. So, the surname Demirchyan comes from the Turkish word "demirchi" - "blacksmith". Ethnographer Levon Abrahamyan notes that the letter "h" in Armenian surnames usually indicates a craft, because in Turkish the names of crafts end in "chi", for example, "bardakchi" ("potter"). The Armenian surname derived from this word is Bardakchyan.
A curious feature of some Armenian surnames is the prefix "melik", indicating a noble origin (Melik-Hakobyan), as well as "ter", which was used by clergy and meant "father", "lord" (Ter-Petrosyan).
Azerbaijani surnames
The appearance of surnames among Azerbaijanis occurs at the beginning of the 20th century - mainly, these are the first years of the establishment of Soviet power in Azerbaijan. Back in the 19th century, the anthroponymic model of Azerbaijanis consisted of the main name and the name of the father. For men, the words "oglu" or "zadeh" (both mean "son") were added to them, for example, Ibrahim Sattar oglu, and for women - "kyzy" ("daughter") - for example, Reikhan Kurban kyzy.
However, such names were typical for representatives of the privileged classes, they were the first to receive surnames from the moment of the formation of Soviet Azerbaijan. For some time, ordinary people retained a two-part anthroponymic model - a discriminating nickname and a name attached to it: for example, Kechal Mamed ("bald Mamed"), Cholag Abdulla ("lame Abdullah") or Uzun Hasan ("long Hasan").
The first Azerbaijani surnames were often based on the name of the father or grandfather. Such a name was added without changes, but the word denoting a son or daughter, for example, Aliaga Selimzade, merged with it. Similar surnames are found now - Jafaroglu, Safaroglu, Ramazanzade. However, already in the first years of Soviet power, Azerbaijanis began to take Russified versions of surnames - Aliyev, Samedov, Vezirova, Mansurov.
Despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of Azerbaijani surnames are patronymics, sometimes there are surnames associated with the occupation, for example, the surname Vekilov comes from the word "vekil" ("lawyer", "defender").
Surnames that contain the word "khan" - Talishkhanov, Gubakhanov, Shekikhanov, imply belonging to a noble family. For example, the surname Bakikhanov originates from the “Baku khans”.
Azerbaijani surnames are widely used outside the country. According to the Civil Registry Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, in 2011 two Azerbaijani surnames were among the five most common surnames in Georgia - Mamedov (25,968 people) and Aliyev (17,605 people).
In March 2013, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice decided to return Azerbaijani surnames to their original sound. From now on, as before, they will end with "-zade", "-oglu" and "-kyzy". The Ministry explained this decision by the fact that the Turkic, Iranian and Arabic roots of Azerbaijani surnames are not combined with the Russian suffixes "-ov" and "-ev".
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Preliminary remarks
According to the 1999 census, 78,295 Azerbaijanis lived in the Republic of Kazakhstan. They were represented in all regions, but most of them were located in the south of the country - in South Kazakhstan (24.732), Almaty (16.073), Zhambyl (10.595) regions. In 1999, there were 6,529 Azerbaijanis in Almaty. The residence of a rather large Azerbaijani diaspora in Kazakhstan makes it possible to carry out extensive studies of the functioning of proper names in their environment - personal names, surnames. Such studies are important not only in purely cognitive terms - from the point of view of studying one of the national systems of proper names in a foreign language and foreign cultural environment, far from the main area of residence of the people, but also from an applied point of view. Indeed, many Azerbaijanis have long taken root in Kazakhstan, are citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the registry office and the passport service are faced with the task of unified fixation of the names and surnames of Azerbaijanis in the registration records, in the documents of title. Unfortunately, neither the registry office nor the passport departments are provided with reference books on the spelling of Azerbaijani names and surnames, and this causes inconsistency in the written transfer of these names and surnames. Published in 1990 with the most active participation of the author of these lines, the directory "Names of the peoples of Kazakhstan" contains only a small list of personal names of Azerbaijanis and is rather illustrative for an essay on the anthroponymy of Azerbaijanis. Thus, the task of studying the names and surnames of Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan continues to be relevant. Taking this into account, the author of this publication, in the process of analyzing the choice of names for newborns in Almaty, also carries out a sample of Azerbaijanis.
As a result, interesting material has accumulated characterizing the choice of names from the 1930s to the present day (the last surveyed year was 2006). It still has to be processed and made on the basis of the data obtained, one or another generalization. To date, a list of personal names of children from Azerbaijani families who were born in Almaty in 2005-2006 has been compiled. In 2005 the whole city was covered. For 2006, there are no data on Bostandyk region and the collection of material on Auezov region has not been completed yet (the available data for this region are taken into account). A total of 304 newborns from Azerbaijani families (154 boys and 150 girls) were counted, the names of which formed the basis of the list below. The names of the parents of the children have been added to them, which were also written out in the course of working with the birth certificates. Finally, the list of names is supplemented with names from the essay “Anthroponymy of Azerbaijanis” from the above-mentioned reference book “Names of the peoples of Kazakhstan”. The author of this article was directly involved in collecting the names for that list and in compiling it. We are talking about the names of Azerbaijanis from the Kaskelen and Talgar regions of the Almaty region.
Now the task is to accumulate the initial anthroponymic material, on the basis of which it would be possible to solve a whole range of both scientific-theoretical and scientific-practical problems, including the problem of uniform spelling of personal names. Therefore, the list below cannot be considered as a recommendation for the correct written fixation of the names of Azerbaijanis. Its task is to show what names and what forms (variants) of names are now common among Azerbaijanis in the surveyed territory. However, this list can help to solve certain applied problems even now - to help the Azerbaijanis of Kazakhstan (and, possibly, from other regions) to decide on the choice of a name for a newborn. After all, reference books on Azerbaijani personal names are practically inaccessible outside Azerbaijan. On the Internet (at least in the Russian-speaking sector), there is also surprisingly little material on Azerbaijani names, despite the fact that Azerbaijani anthroponymics has been studied quite well in Azerbaijan itself, and one could expect the existence of sites on the subject with an extensive list of Azerbaijani personal names.
General information about the personal name system of Azerbaijanis
The system of personal names of Azerbaijanis is characterized by both common features for the majority of Turkic peoples, and specific.
The main stages of the formation of names are similar, the cultural and historical layers of names coincide. In ancient times, names were used derived from the words of the native language. As Islam spread, they were supplanted and only a few survived. The names brought by Islam were mostly of Arab-Persian origin. In the XX century. after the October Revolution of 1917, the de-Islamization of the name list began, accompanied by the borrowing of anthroponyms from the Russian and other national names.
The personal names of Azerbaijanis reflect the listed stages of development. Among them, names of various linguistic origins stand out: Turkic, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, etc. The names of Turkic origin include, for example: male Altai, Aslan, Bakhadyr, Damir, Teymur; female Altyn, Turkan, Chichek... Names Ilyas, Isa, Ismail, Raphael; Maria, Rufina, Hannah Hebrew origin. They got to the Azerbaijanis indirectly - through the Arabic or Russian language. Especially a lot of borrowings from Arabic and Persian languages, for example: male Alim, Ansar, Latif, Mavlud, Mehman, Mustafa, Nazir, Nariman, Polad; female Dilara, Zuleikha, Lala, Leila, Simuzar, Susan... In the Azerbaijani name photograph there are borrowings from European ones, including Russian, ( Vyacheslav; Diana, Marina, Svetlana), Georgian ( Tamara), Turkish ( Alipasha), German ( Telman, Louise, Elvira), Indian ( Indira) languages. One of the reasons for the enrichment of the repertoire of personal names is the presence of nationally mixed marriages with the participation of Azerbaijanis.
What Azerbaijanis and other Muslim Turks have in common is the diversity of the repertoire of names used for naming children, which is much greater than, for example, among Russians, Ukrainians, and Germans. And in the same way, their male names of active use are wider than the female ones.
Specific features are also characteristic of the Azerbaijani name list, which are due to the action of both linguistic and non-linguistic factors. An important non-linguistic factor in the history of Muslim names, influencing the repertoire of names, is the presence of various trends in Islam, the main of which are Sunni and Shi'ism. “The names of Abdallah, Ali, Muhammad, Hasan are worn by both Sunnis and Shiites, but a person named Abu Bakr, Umar or Usman can hardly be found among the Shiite population, at the same time the Sunnis will hardly name their children Javad, Kazim, Naki , Taki ”(A. Gafurov). Azerbaijanis are Shiites. This circumstance determines certain differences in the repertoire of Azerbaijani names from the names of other Muslim Turks who adhere to Sunnism (for example, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Uighurs). At the same time, a male name appears in the list below. Abu Bakir... How can one explain the presence of this uncharacteristic name for Shiites? Perhaps, the fact that the passport record "Azerbaijanis" does not correspond to reality. Indeed, after the Meskhetian Turks resettled in Kazakhstan and Central Asia during the Great Patriotic War, some of the latter took the nationality of “Azerbaijanis”. Therefore, perhaps the bearer of the name Abu Bakir is actually a Turk or one of his parents is of Turkish nationality. On the other hand, the de-Islamization of Azerbaijanis, which took place in Soviet times, could also manifest itself in the obliteration of the differences between the names of Shiites and Sunnis.
The specific linguistic features of Azerbaijani names in comparison with other names of the Turkic peoples of Kazakhstan is their pronunciation. For example, Kazakhs have names Gulmira, Gulnar, Gulsum... In the Azerbaijani language, the initial sound of similar names is pronounced more muffled - closer to the sound "k" - Kulmira, Kulnara, Kulthum... Also noteworthy are some differences in the gender of the names. So, the Kazakhs have names Diamond, Sultan- male. Among Azerbaijanis, these names can be given to both boys and girls. Obviously, this also applies to the name Rahman(we witnessed it on a female person).
For Azerbaijanis, as well as for other Muslim Turks, the use of names with repetitive components is typical. Components are often found in male names Ali - / - ali, -man, -khan, -din, -dar, -zhan, -bek (Alisultan, Nurali, Nariman, Muratkhan, Zhalatdin, Ilimdar, Alibek, Ahmedzhan). In female names there are components such as Kul - / - kul, -khanym, -ban and etc. ( Kulchichak, Yazkul, Balakhanym, Mehriban).
Some names are typical for Azerbaijanis and can serve as a kind of indicator of a person's nationality, for example: male names Bayram, Mamed, Mehdi, Mehman, Oruch, female Isminaz, Sevil, Simuzar, Shusha(from the name of the city in Nagorno-Karabakh).
What names are given to Azerbaijanis in Almaty today?
Analysis of data on the names of newborns from families of Azerbaijanis for 2005-2006. shows that the names of the active use of Azerbaijanis are diverse: 119 male names for 154 boys and 110 names for 150 girls. This is a big plus, since the main function of a personal name is to distinguish between people. Only 25 male names and 24 female names met more than twice. Here are the leaders of the names, indicating the number of names (it is given in brackets): male Ali (5), Emil (5), Ibrahim (3), Ramin (3), Ruslan (3), Yusuf(3); female Milan (8), Leila (5), Alina (4), Arzu (4), Fatima (4), Seville(3). As you can see, the names are presented here as typical for Muslim Turks in general or for Azerbaijanis in particular. But there are also borrowings of the XX century - masculine Emil, female Milan, Alina, which testify that Azerbaijanis are not very conservative in naming issues and are open to outside influences. It is curious that Muslims of other nationalities, Turks and non-Turks - Kazakhs, Uyghurs, Tatars, Chechens, and others - also refer to the same borrowed names (to all or only a part of them) when naming children.
Below are separate lists of names of men and women of Azerbaijani nationality. This is the result of processing extracts from birth certificates. Explicit variants of the same name are separated by a slash. However, the ratio of variants of the same names needs further study and clarification. Important: the spelling of the names reflects their functioning in the documents, in this case, in the birth records. Therefore, the given spellings should in no way be regarded as normative.
Hopefully, as the data is processed, the lists of names will grow.
Male names
Abbas, Abdallah, Abdullah, Abdurahman / Abdurrahman, Abilfas, Abu-Bakir, Abulfat, Agabek, Agil, Adam, Adel, Adil, Azer, Aziz, Ayvaz, Akif, Alei, Ali, Alibaba, Alibek, Aligusein, Alim, Alipasha / Valipasha, Alisker, Alikhan, Aliyar, Almaz, Alkhan, Alyosman, Albert, Anar, Anvar, Ansar, Araz, Arzu, Arif, Arshabek, Asid, Asim, Asif, Aslan, Aslanbek, Astana, Afgan, Afiz / Afis, Ahmed / Akhmet, Ahmedzhan, Bagrad, Bayram, Bakir, Balabek, Bahruz, Bakhtiyar, Bashir, Beglar, Beksara, Binali, Bislam, Vagif, Valekh, Vasif / Vasip, Vidadi, Vugar, Vusal, Vyacheslav, Gabil, Gadir, Giyaz, Gorkhmaz Goshgar, Gulam, Davud / Davut, Daniyar, Dayanat, Javid, Jalalkhan, Jamshid, Jafarkhan, Dunedar, Dunyamaly, Jalatdin, Zhambasar, Zakir, Zaur, Zakhar, Zeibar, Zeynal, Zilmkhan, Zohrabl / Sukhrab, Ibragal Ilgar, Ilimdar, Ilkin, Ilyas, Iman, Isa, Islam, Ismail, Ismailbek, Ismikhon, Israfil, Isfandi, Kadyrakhun, Kamal, Kamran, Karadzha, Karim, Kayan, Kenan, Kulakhmed, Kurban / Kurban, Kydyr, Latif / Lyatif Latifshah, Lutfidin, Mavlyud, Magam units / Mohammed, Mazahir, Malik / Maliksha, Mamed, Mammadhuseyn, Marif, Mahir, Mahmud, Mehdi / Mehti, Mehman, Mehrali, Mikail / Mikail, Minasip, Mirza, Mirmukhamed, Mubaris, Mugdat, Murad / Murat, Mutazhan / Murtuz, Musa, Muslim, Mustafa, Mufate, Muhammad / Muhammad / Muhammad, Muhammadamin, Muhammadali / Muhamedali, Mukhlis, Navai, Profit, Nazarali, Nazim, Namig / Namik, Nariman / Narman, Nasib / Nasimi Nizami, Nizar, Niyaz, Niyazi, Novruzali, Nuradil, Nurali, Nuriddin / Nureddin, Omarali, Omyar, Orman, Oruj / Orush, Orkhan, Osman, Pasha, Polad / Polat, Polam, Polaf, Ravil, Rahim / Regim, Raim, Ram, Ramaz, Ramazan, Ramil / Ramil, Ramin, Ramis / Ramiz, Rasim, Rasimbek, Rasul, Rafail, Raphael, Rafik / Rafig, Rafet, Rakhat, Rahman / Rehman, Rashid Rashit, Ridvan, Rizvan, Rishal, Rovshan, Roman , Ruslan, Rustam, Rufat, Saadin, Sabir, Savalan, Said, Sayrab, Salim, Salman, Samad, Samad-Vurgun, Sameddin, Samir, Sanzhah, Sarvan, Safar, Seyran, Selmanbey, Suleiman, Sultan, Talif, Taleh, Tamerlane , Takhir / Tagir, Teimur, T Elman, Temirkhan, Timur, Tirali, Tolik, Tofik, Turan, Famil, Famil, Farid, Fariz, Farman, Farhad, Fakhraddin, Fakhrat, Ferlan, Fizuli, Fikret, Firudin, Firuz, Khajarat, Khalid, Khalizat, Khalil, Hamat, Hamza, Hamzat, Hamid / Hamit, Khanpolad, Hasan / Hasan, Hussein / Khusan, Chingiz, Shadman, Shaislam, Shamil / Shamil, Shams, Sharif, Shakhmurat, Shenik, Elzhan, Elbrus, Elvin, Elgam, Eldar, Elman / Elmurat, Elnaz, Elnar, Elnur, Elsever, Elkhan, Elyaz, Emil, Emran / Imran, Yunus, Yusuf, Yadigar, Yasin, Yasha, Yashar
Female names
Adjar, Adiya, Aida, Aybaniz, Aygun / Aygun, Ayna, Ainura, Aysel, Ayten, Almaz, Altuna, Altyn, Almina, Alfiya, Amina, Amria, Anara, Angela, Asia, Asli, Askhanim, Asya, Afat, Afsana, Bagdakul, Balakhanym, Basti / Bosti, Bilor, Bulgarkhanym, Valida, Vahida, Vusala, Ganila, Gezal, Geyvar, Glabat, Gulavatin, Gulizar / Gullizar, Gulbasta, Gulzhokhra, Gulnaz / Gulnarchami, Gulzhokhra, Gulnaz / Gulnazhami Julsanat, Gulnazh Joan, Diana, Dila, Dilara, Dilbar, Dinara, Dunia, Duria, Esma, Zhamilya / Jamila / Jamila, Zaida, Zakia, Zalina, Zamina, Zamira, Zarina / Zorina, Zahida, Zeynab / Zeineb, Zemfira, Zubaida, / Zubeida Zuleikha, Zulfat, Zulfiya, Zukhra, Ilaha, Ilduz, Ilhama, Ilyana, Indira, Isminaz, Kabira, Kamala / Kamale / Kamala, Kamila / Kamila, Ken, Kulbahar / Gulbahar, Kulginar, Kulmira / Gulmira, Kulnara / Gulna / Gulna Gulnar, Kulsum, Kulchichak / Gulchichak, Kunesh, Lala, Laman, Lamia, Levaza / Livaza, Leila, Liana, Lydia, Luiza, Lunara, Lyazat, Mavikul, Madina, Mainura, Malakhat, Malika, Maral, Marina, Maria, Ma riyam, Makhpula, Maya / Maya, Mehpara / Mekbara, Mehriban / Meiriban, Minara, Minaya, Mumina, Nazakat, Nazila, Naibe, Naila / Naila, Nargezel, Narkiz / Nargiz / Nargiza, Nargila, Narkul / Nargul, Narmina, Narkhanym, Nasiba, Nasiya, Natella / Natela, Nikar / Nigar / Nigara / Nigar, Nikarkhanym, Nina, Nugrisha, Pali, Pambukh, Peruza, Pufiya, Rabiat, Rabin, Ragima-khanum, Razia, Raisa, Raikhan, Ramila, Ratha, Rakhilya, Rahman, Raya, Reikhan, Rose, Rubaba, Ruiza, Rusia, Rufina, Rufia, Rukhiya, Saadat, Sabina, Savat, Saida, Salima, Salminaz, Samira, Sania, Safiya, Sahiba, Svetlana / Sveta, Sevda, Sevil / Sevil / Civil, Sevinj, Sevchi, Sima, Simuzar, Sophia, Stella, Sultan, Sura, Suraya / Sureya / Suray, Susan, Syumbul, Tamara, Tamilla, Tarana, Takhira, Takhmina, Telli, Tunzala, Turan / Turan, Ulviyya, Umara, Farah, Farida, Fatima, Fakhriya, Firuza, Khazri, Khalida, Khally, Khanna, Khanym, Khanimzar, Khatyn, Khayala, Khelshan, Khidzheran, Khoshavoz, Khuraman, Chinara, Shabnam, Shakar, Shahrabanum, Shahrizada, Shusha, Elvi, Elerah, Elmira / Elmira, Elnara / Elnara , Elnura, Emilia, Esmira, Yazkul
The rules for the design of the constituent parts of the "addressee" property when using proper names in it are subject to the general spelling rules of the Russian literary language.
In double (triple, etc.) non-Russian proper names no matter what spelling they have (separate or hyphenated) all parts are capitalized as shown in the example. When abbreviating initials, the general rule applies:
- If a name consists of several constituent parts, then each part of it is indicated by an initial (that is, one initial letter with a period for each part of the composite name). See Examples 1 and 2.
Example 1
Reducing "Khozh-Ahmed Sultanovich"
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Deputy Chairman of the Management Board
H.-A. S. Suleimanov
Example 2
We shorten the foreign name, separated by a hyphen "Anne-Marie Decot"
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m-me A.-M. Descotes,
Chief Records manager
Example 3
If the foreign name is spelled separately "Anne Marie Decot"
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m-me A.-M. Descotes,
Chief Records manager
The constituent parts of the name can be written not only with a hyphen (as in Examples 1 and 2), but also separately (Example 3). In any case, when abbreviating to initials, a hyphen is placed between them (see Examples 1-4) to make it clear that these are the initials of the constituent parts of a single whole, for example, a name (compare Examples 4 and 5).
Example 4
We shorten "Yunus Bek 1 Bekirov" (the person does not have a middle name)
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to CEO
MUP "Industrial Center"
J.-B. Bekirov
Example 5
We shorten "Yusuf Bek 1 Alievich Sharifov" (the person has a middle name)
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JSC "CONCOM"
Chief Engineer
Y.-B.A. Sharifov
- If a patronymic consists of several component parts, then in the same way each part is designated by the initial, these parts are "connected" by a hyphen:
Example 6
Abbreviation "Halimat Abrek-Zaurovna"
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Chief Accountant of ANHP LLC
H.A.-Z. Kerimova
- In eastern Arabic, Turkic and Persian names, there are components that denote belonging to the clan, social status, etc., and are official words (bek 1, oglu, kyzy, khan, aha, zade, shah, pasha, el, etc.)... They are always written with a lowercase letter; can be separated from the name or appended to it with a hyphen, for example: Jomar Fazyl oglu Aliyev; Mamed-oglu Salem Mamedov, etc. When abbreviated to initials, these service words are not taken into account:
Example 7
Abbreviation "Jomar Fazyl oglu Aliyev" and "Mamed-oglu Salem Mammadov"
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D.F. Aliev and M.S. Mamedov
In addition, it must be remembered that personal names are extremely individual and each bearer of a name can support certain rules for its spelling 1, declension and abbreviation, which differ from the general rules.
When conducting business correspondence, it is necessary to first find out and clarify through the secretary of the organization or on its external website the correctness of spelling and the possibility of declining non-Russian names and surnames of officials and employees so as not to violate the etiquette of business correspondence.
- 1 If "Beck" is written with a capital letter (Examples 4 and 5), then this is part of the name / patronymic. And if with a small "bek", then this word already denotes belonging / status - when the name is shortened to initials, it drops out (as in Example 7).
The origin of Azerbaijani surnames.
Until the 19th century, the full name of Azerbaijanis consisted of the personal name and the name of their father. The words “oglu”, “zadeh” were added to the father’s name, which meant “son, offspring” or in female names “kyzy” (“daughter”), for example, Ibrahim Sattar oglu, Suleimanbek Hasanzade or Reikhan Kurban kyzy. Basically, representatives of the nobility and intellectuals had such a name forum or personal name + father's name. With them, in fact, begins history of modern Azerbaijani surnames according to the Russian model, which were necessary when entering the civil service in tsarist Russia. For example, Mirza Fatali (Akhundov), Abaskuli Aga (Bakikhanov).
Most ordinary people at that time added a distinguishing nickname to their personal name - Kechal Mamed (bald Mamed), Cholag Abdulla (lame Abdullah), Uzun Hasan (long Hasan). Such nicknames could later give a special interpretation of Azerbaijani surnames- Kechalov, Cholagov, Uzunov.
The surnames are based on the Russian model.
The formation of Azerbaijani hereditary names took on a mass character with the establishment of Soviet power. This process completely ended only in 1930. There was nothing difficult in assigning surnames - the name of the father or grandfather was taken as a basis and the ending characteristic of Russian surnames -ov, -ev was added. Thus, meaning of Azerbaijani surnames mainly associated with the names of the closest ancestors - Mansurov, Guliyev, Musaev, Aliyev. V dictionary of Azerbaijani surnames occasionally there are surnames with the ending in -skiy (-skaya), formed from geographical names - Shushinskiy (town of Shusha), Lemberanskiy (village Lemberan). Declination russified Azerbaijani surnames occurs in accordance with the rules of the Russian language.
Return to national origins.
In recent years, proposals have been increasingly heard in Azerbaijan to abandon Russified surnames. Some call instead to take Azerbaijani nicknames or pseudonyms, which would later become the names of the genus. Others advise to massively change Russian endings to Azeri -lu, -lyu, -ly, -zade. Considering that 80% in list of Azerbaijani surnames alphabetically have Russian endings, then you can imagine how laborious and lengthy this process will be. Perhaps the citizens of Azerbaijan will follow the example of many Tajiks and simply discard the Russian endings. Then the surname will sound like the father's personal name - Ali Dzhangir (Ali Dzhangirov), Vagif Said (Vagif Saidov).
Top Azerbaijani surnames gives an idea of which surnames are the most common and popular.
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