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Baby
Name Story: Fyodor - Given by God |
by:
Elmar
Alex |
It's
always a lot of thinking when you need to
choose the name for your baby. There are
many good names but this makes the task
still harder. Some people can't explain
why they've named their baby so, but the
others tell you exciting stories about choosing
baby names. I collect these stories and
here's one of my collection.
It is believed there's something mysterious
about naming a baby and that the name can
determine the future of the child. That's
why some parents try to find out the meaning
of the names before choosing one. Often
a baby is named after the great person -
the King or President, Olympic champion
or movie star.
In Russia there's a tradition to name the
first-born son after his grandfather. This
makes the naming process somewhat easier
if the family follows this tradition.
Pavel Medvedev, an engineer from St.Petersburg,
Russia, and a father of three sons tells
this story.
"My name is Pavel. I was named after my
grandfather according to our family tradition
to call a first-born son after his grandfather.
Now, my father's name is Mikhail and I thought
I would call my son after him - Mikhail.
"The problem was that my wife asked me to
name our son after HER father, i.e. my father-in-law.
Well, I had to yield (after all it was her
who borne our baby, so she deserved to name
him) and we called our son Vitaly - after
my father-in-law.
"Now the problem was that my wife didn't
want any more children. For the next ten
years I tried to persuade her to have one
more baby. When I managed to do so and our
second son was born I naturally called him
Mikhail - after my father to follow the
family tradition.
"Now, everybody was happy and satisfied.
Neither my wife nor I wanted more children,
but suddenly 18 months later the third son
was born. Actually, we didn't plan to have
him but this smart guy appeared notwithstanding!
Well, there's a fallacy that a nursing woman
can't get pregnant. I think many couples
make the same mistake. At least whenever
I see children of whom one is a year older
than the other (like our second and third
sons) I think their parents thought that
way.
"We did a lot of thinking to name the third
son and then suddenly I said he would be
called Fyodor. Neither my wife nor I had
relatives or ancestors with this name and
everybody was surprised and unhappy with
my idea. But I insisted because I was absolutely
sure that it was the right name for the
boy. Later on I found in the book describing
baby names meanings that Fyodor means "given
by God". Indeed the boy was given by God.
All our relatives later on agreed I had
made the right choice.
Q - Pavel, you say this son was given by
God. But don't you think any baby is given
by God?
A - Oh, yes, of course. But people believe
they can plan their family: how many children
to have, when to get them born, even to
choose if it will be a boy or a girl. Fyodor
was absolutely out of planning. God decided
for us that we would have him. And something
interesting that I didn't know the meaning
of the name when I thought he would be called
Fyodor. But the meaning of the name proved
to be just to the point.
About the Author
El Alex collects information about baby
names and baby name stories all over the
world. His collection is big and still
growing. He is a father of three boys.
People gladly tell him their stories.
If you have an interesting baby name story
please send it to him. Russian baby names
can be found at http://russian-baby-names.com
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