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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Slavic names, Polish name, Stanislav, Name days in Poland, Casimir, Boris, Francis, Nana, Vladimir, Wanda, S awomir, Ludmila, Svetlana, Ladislav, Boyan, Dragan, Lubomir, Milena, Wojciech, Vladislav, Sviatoslav, Charlotte, Zoran, Mira, Kamil, Mieczys aw, Czeslaw, Bronis aw, Neboj a, Du an, Dalibor, Boleslaus, Goran, Slobodan, Zlatan, W odzimierz, Dobroslaw, Vlastimil, Jaromir, Bogus aw, Dragomir, Radoslav, Nemanja, Wies aw, Branislav, Milica, Vera, Bohumil, Radek, Miroslav, Mirko, Tomislav, Radim, Zdravko, Slavena, Vsevolod, Mieszko, Ziemowit, Mstislav, W adys aw, Zbigniew, Milovan, Sava, Slavisa, Dobromir, Jadranko, Ludomir, Dobromil, Miros aw, Svetozar, Vesna, Vaclav, Leszek, Przemys aw, Stanimir, Stanislava, Mladen, wi tope k, S awoj, Sambor, Wenceslaus, Lech, Zawisza, Zbyszko, Bo idar, Jaroslav, Dobroniega, Gniewomir, Vojislav, Kalina, Doubravka, English name, Budimir, Svatopluk, Biljana, Gabija, Ratimir, Pribislav, Zita, Rados aw, Osip, Viera, Ratibor, Mihajlo, Dragoljub, Dra ko, P emysl, Vendula, Dragoslav. Excerpt: Given names originated the Slavic languages are most popular in Slavic countries such as Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, and others. In pre-Christian traditions, a child younger than 7-10 years old would bear a "subtitutional name" (e.g. Niemoj "not mine," Nielub "not loved"), whose purpose was to decrease the apparent importance of a child and protect him or her from the curiosity of evil powers. This practice probably derived from the existence of a high fatality rate for young children at that time. A child who survived 7-10 years was worthy of care and was granted adult status and a new adult name during the ritual of a first haircut. Generally traditional names were dominant until Slavic nations converted ...
