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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: 49. Chapters: Slavic names, Czech name, D browka, Vladimir, Emma, S awomir, Reza, Ludmila, Ladislav, Boyan, Lubomir, Magdalena, Richard, Ji i, Vladislav, Sviatoslav, Mira, Milorad, Czeslaw, Milosz, Rostislav, Milan, Dalibor, Vojtech, Libu e, Dobroslaw, Vlastimil, Jaromir, Radomir, Dubravka, Marek, Vladan, Minna, Boleslav, Radoslav, Miloslav, Ratko, Branislav, Vera, Bohumil, Zdzis aw, Miroslav, Ljuba, Radim, Slavena, Mstislav, Zbigniew, Radovan, Vitomir, Romana, Sava, Milivoj, Juraj, Dobromir, Sobieslaw, Jarmila, Radka, Ludomir, Dobromil, Bratislav, Vesna, Velimir, Nikoleta, Kvetoslav, Vaclav, Zdenko, Branimir, Stanimir, Stanislava, Ctirad, Branka, Radmila, Godzimir, S awoj, Sambor, Jitka, Przemysl, Zawisza, Bo idar, Janica, Liana, Vladana, Lib na, Bo ena, Dobrogost, Jaroslav, Ctibor, Dobroniega, Slavek, Richenza, Gniewomir, Barbora, Vojislav, Kalina, Lubo, Doubravka, Mikula, Budimir, Drahomira, Neklan, Ratimir, Pribislav, B la, Jolana, Kv ta, Rados aw, Lud k, Matou, Radana, Milu e, Ratibor, Ottokar, Milomir, Odolen, Chrudo, P emysl, Kazi, Sob slav, Vendula, Maro . Excerpt: Given names originating from 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 nam...
