Mongolian names. What do Mongolian names mean: interpretation and history of origin. Meaning of Mongolian names for boys and girls

MONGOLIAN TRADITIONS

About some Mongolian proper names

The names of the Mongols are interesting and distinctive in their origin and meaning. Their features and origin were repeatedly mentioned in their works by many oriental scholars, A.M. Pozdneev, Yu.N. Roerich. Mongolian names reflect customs, worldview, traditions, way of life, various cultural and historical factors, religious ideas Mongolian people.

A personal name has a great and symbolic meaning for the Mongols, which is enhanced by its rare use in Everyday life surnames and patronymics (scientific degrees, military ranks, etc. are almost more often used together with a personal name). Mongolian names and names that came through the Mongols are used not only in Mongolia: until the middle of the 20th century, they absolutely prevailed over names of other origins among the Kalmyks, Buryats and Tuvans, partly Altaians and other peoples of Southern Siberia in Russia, and still prevail in areas of China inhabited by Mongols, both among the Mongols and among the Buryats, Oirats, and partly Evenks. A number of surnames around the world are derived from Mongolian names.

Mongolian personal names, due to their specificity, also represent rich material for the history of the Mongolian language. Because they are capable of “preserving” certain linguistic phenomena for a long time, which attracts a lot of attention from researchers.

GROUPS OF NAMES

The role that Christian culture (which originated in the Middle East and came to Rus' through Rome and Byzantium) played for the Russians was played by Buddhist culture for the Mongolian peoples. Buddhism came to the Mongols from India indirectly through Khotan and Tibet. Personal names reflect both the proper Mongolian ancient culture, as well as the cultural and religious influence of Buddhism, primarily its Tibetan tradition.

By origin Mongols have distinct names: actually Mongolian; Mongolian, which is a translation from Tibetan;


combined Mongolian-Tibetan and Mongolian-Sanskrit; Tibetan; Indian. A small percentage historically consists of Chinese, Turkic and Russian names associated with mixed marriages, political courses, etc. By composition.(from about the 17th century) names of two significant components, disyllabic (in the old written spelling), or a combination of disyllabic and monosyllabic (example: Tsagaan “white” + Dorj “vajra” = Tsagaandorzh or Dorjkhuү “vajra + well done”) gained significant popularity. . There are also three-component and even four-component names [source?].


By social status. The name may indicate that its bearer is a hunter, a reindeer herder (names associated with wild animals), a simple herder from the wilderness (short, although often Tibetan); a person from a family where the history of Mongolia (names of khans and statesmen) or the teachings of Buddha (names of Buddhist teachers, deities, sacred books) is valued most highly.


By function names can serve as a talisman, for example, in a family where children often died or a newborn (up to 3 years old) child was sick, he was given a name that did not attract evil spirits: Enabish (not this one), Terbish (not that one), etc. For identification in the absence of surnames, all children in the family were often given names with the same first component: Tumenbaatar, Tumenolziy, Tumendelger.

PERSONAL NAME

Studying Mongolian anthroponyms, one can observe that words denoting a wide variety of objects and concepts can fall into their category. This means that the personal names of the Mongols arose on the basis of a rethinking of common nouns. The overwhelming majority of Mongolian personal names are absolutely identical, structurally and phonetically, with those common nouns from which proper names were formed. Most often, words that are emotionally rich, which are the names of attractive objects, words that serve to designate objects of material and spiritual world person.

The original personal names of the Mongols arose in ancient times. If female names symbolize beauty, majesty, kindness, meekness, then male names mainly express strength, courage, courage and bravery.

BUDDHIST NAMES

Among Buddhist names there are groups of synonymous names: from Skt. vajra comes from Ochir (borrowed through the Sogdian and Uyghur languages), Bazaar (via Tibetan), Dorj (Tibetan translation of the word vajra, in Russian usually rendered Dorzhe, Dorje), from ratna (jewel) - Erdene, Radna, Rinchen (Tibetan translation) etc. Each of these options can exist independently, or be one of the components in multi-component names: Ochirbat (-bat in Mongolian means “strong”, also found separately: Bat, Batu/Batu), Bazarhuү (-khuү “well done”), Khanddorzh (the first part in this case is also Tibetan), etc.

Some of the names come from the names and images of the Buddhist sacred canon: Zhadamba (Eight Thousand, Prajnaparamita Sutra in 8000 stanzas), Ganzhuur, Danzhuur, Altangerel (“golden light”, in honor of the Sutra of the Golden Light), possibly Badamtsetseg (lotus flower). Last example significant in that it is a female name, derived from the name of a flower, but the name lotus (Sanskrit padma) (and its symbolic meaning) was brought by Buddhism.

The names of the statuses of clergymen can also become names: Bagsha, Khuvrag, Bandi, Khamba, Khutagt

Recently, according to statistics, Mongols began to increasingly abandon foreign names, including Tibetan. Today residents are given names with special features national tradition and history.

MONGOLIAN NAMES RELATED TO PLANT NAMES

Let's take a closer look at the names associated with the names of plants. These are mostly female names. Wishes for girls - to become beautiful, attractive, gentle - form a wide group of names derived from the names of plants, for example: Sarnai - Rose, Khongorzul - Tulip, Zambaga - Magnolia, Saikhantsetseg - Beautiful Flower, Bolortsetseg - Crystal Flower, Munkhnavch - Eternal Leaf and etc.

Female personal names may indicate a relationship to a plant: Urgamal (Plant), Navch, Navchaa, Navchin (Leaf), Delbee (Petal), Navchtsetseg (Leaf-flower), Alimtsetseg (Apple Flower), etc.

There are personal names indicating the time of birth of the baby: Davaatsetseg (Monday-flower), Byam-batsetseg (Saturday-flower), Personal names of Mongolian women can also express the situation in which the child was born: Amartsetseg (Calm flower), Uugantsetseg ( First flower).

Children's names can be associated with the mood or wishes of the parents: Bayartsetseg (Flower-Joy), Tumentsetseg (ten thousand flowers), Tsetsegzhargal. (Flower of Happiness), Goyotsetseg (Beautiful Flower). Names such as Munkhtsetseg - Eternal Flower, Enkhtsetseg - Peaceful Flower, express wishes for long life and health. Wishes for happiness, success in life, and prosperity are reflected in the following names: Bayantsetseg - Rich flower. Buyannavch -L ist benefactor, Urantsetseg - Skillful flower, Battsetseg - Strong flower.

The desire to see your girls graceful and attractive is contained in the names Khongorzul Tulip, Oyuunnavch - Turquoise Leaf, Ariun-tsetseg - Sacred Flower.

There are personal names that arose in connection with the worship of the Sun, Moon, stars, Earth, etc. Narantsetseg - Solar Flower, Odontsetseg - Star Flower, Tuyaatsetseg - Radiant Flower, Gereltsetseg - Light Flower, Baigaltsetseg - Nature - Flower, Khurantsetseg - Rain - flower, etc.

Since ancient times, the Mongols have attached sacred symbolism to various colors. Perhaps in connection with this, personal names denoting colors appeared: Tsagaantsetseg - White color ok, Yagaantsetseg - Pink flower, Ulaantsetseg - Red flower, etc. In color symbolism, the color red acts as a symbol of love, so the personal name Ulaantsetseg can mean “Favorite Flower.” White color, as you know, is considered by the Mongols to bring happiness and prosperity, which means that Tsagaantsetseg is a “Lucky Flower”.

And finally, personal names can indicate a relationship to the material: Erdene-tsetseg - precious flower, Suvdantsetseg - Pearl flower, Mungunnavch - Silver leaf, Shurentsetseg - Coral flower, etc.

Among the personal names listed above, the most popular, frequently occurring word is “tsetseg” - flower. As you can see, this word, which is included in personal names with a complex structure, mainly expresses a positive emotional connotation and an affectionate connotation.

It is appropriate to note here that plant names are extremely rare in male names. For example: Gond - Cumin, Arvay - Barley, Undes - Root.

Among the Mongolian personal names associated with the names of plants, there are the names foreign origin. For example, Sanskrit personal names include Udval (Green-leaved Catchment), Badma (Lotus), Chinese - Lianghua (Lotus), Tibetan - Ninjbad gar (Bather), Serzhmyadag (Poppy), Zhamyanmyadag (Sosyuriya), etc.

EXTRAORDINARY NAMES

Mongols most often give unusual names to children who are sick at a young age, - it is believed that this will help the child recover. The most common names are Byaslag - cheese, Tugal - calf, Ongots - airplane. Names that are derived from the names of flowers are often abandoned - flowers are not eternal. In order for a person to live happily ever after, they give a long name - for example - Luvsandenzenpilzhinzhigmed. People often turn to the lama for advice.

NAME NAME

The name can be given by a Buddhist priest, checking the horoscope, parents, elder relatives, based on the date of birth, good and bad omens, agricultural season, tribal and family origin, memory of ancestors, events in the country and abroad, etc.

Children are usually given names in honor of older relatives, famous lamas, Buddhist deities and saints, sometimes a new name is invented in connection with a specific situation. After the breakup Soviet system The names of the khans of the Mongol Empire gained popularity.

Of particular note is the custom of co-naming twins. The birth of twin children among the Mongols is interpreted as a positive phenomenon, which is reflected in their indispensable co-naming: if both girls are Badraltsetseg (“Inspiration is a flower”), Orgiltsetseg (“Top is a flower”), if a boy and a girl are Unur (Rich) and Unurtsetseg (Rich Flower), etc.
Readers obviously noticed that there is no grammatical category of gender in personal names. In contrast to Russian, Mongolian female and male personal names differ only lexically.

PATRONICAL NAME, SURNAME

Until the beginning of the twentieth century, the name of a well-born Mongol consisted of three parts: family name, patronymic, personal name. Under socialism, family names were prohibited “to eradicate the feudal heritage,” and only patronymics and personal names were used, the latter being a person’s identifier. For example, the name of the astronaut Gurragcha (Zhugderdemidiin Gurragchaa) (mandatorily first the patronymic, which is a name in the genitive case, then the name) can be abbreviated as Zh. Gurragchaa, but not Zhugderdemidiin G.

Since 2000, surnames have come back into use in Mongolia; partly they represent former generic names, but people do not always take as a surname the generic name that their ancestors bore before the revolution; it may be forgotten, it may be absent due to simple origin. The most common among Mongols is that Mongols belong to the Borjigin clan (Mongolian Borzhgon), which is a source of pride, but as a surname it does not make an individual family unique. Many people invent surnames according to their occupation. Thus, the already mentioned cosmonaut Gurragcha took the surname Sansar (translated as “space”)

THE MOST COMMON MONGOLIAN NAMES

The most common names are Solongo, Bat-Erdene. Such people are often given middle names to make it more convenient.

S. Nyamtsetseg, specialist of the Main Directorate of Civil Registration: “These are the most common names and the shortest throughout the country. About 10 names are widely used in Mongolia. For example, 13,395 citizens with the name Bat-Erdene are registered.”

There are also 11,029 Otgonbayars and 10,536 Batbayars registered. The rating of the most popular female names was headed by Altantsetseg and Oyuunchimeg.

Materials used by Sh.NARANCHIMEG. SH.NARANTUYAA.
"News of Mongolia" Ed. MONTSAME Agencies

The mystery of the name has long worried psychologists and scientists. They tried to find out whether it really influences the character and destiny of a person, and also made assumptions about the meanings. Mongolia is a country with the most mysterious and beautiful names. They are unusual, exotic and sonorous. Among them are often the names of famous commanders and conquerors, and this, undoubtedly, can greatly influence the temperament of the wearer. In general, in Mongolia they take the process of coming up with a name for a child very seriously. This is probably due to the fact that, as you know, the Mongols are a very responsible and extremely patriotic nation. Moreover, they value more motherland than the country as a whole. These people also believe that a person who has many acquaintances and friends is “wide as the steppe.” This means that parents strive to name their baby as beautifully as possible so that people will be drawn to him.

Origin and use

Mongolian names, like any other, originate from history, from antiquity. And since the Mongols greatly respect their ancestors, it is a pleasure for them to name their children after them. However, the names reflected not only the traditions, customs and culture of the country, but also factors such as the religion and worldview of the people.

If we compare Mongolian names and surname, then it must be said that a personal name for a Mongolian is more important than a surname and even a patronymic. For them, it is like a symbol of a person, like a certain amulet that accompanies him throughout his life.

Mongolian names are used not only in the habitats of this nation, because people always and everywhere want to name a child in an original way, so they are quite popular in Russia, China, and even in the USA, in general, where the Mongols have left some trace.

By the way, some surnames around the world are of Mongolian origin, they were formed from words or names.

According to philologists, special role In the study of the language of the peoples of the East, it is Mongolian names that play a role. The list, which includes names that have preserved some long-forgotten linguistic phenomena, is truly large.

Groups of Mongolian names

Usually names are divided according to origin, composition, social status and function. These groups are official and are listed in many sources. The first category includes Mongolian, Tibetan, combined translations from Tibetan and Indian. For the most part, Mongolian names are represented in this section.

The next division appeared during the Middle Ages, when names made up of two independent names came into fashion, for example, Dorj (translated as vajra) and Tsagaan (white), resulting in Tsagaandorj. You can also find three-part or four-part ones.

Social status among Mongols can be shown through names. Some of them are associated with wild animals, therefore, its bearer is either a hunter or a reindeer herder. And a subgroup of Mongolian khans attracts those in whose family history is especially valued. Religious families name their children as Buddha's disciples, teachers and deities. Occasionally, children are called the same as characters in the Holy Scriptures.

Mongols also believe that every name has a function. There are amulets names, they act as protection from evil spirits and are given if children in the family are often sick. Among them are Terbish (not that one), Nokhoy (dog) and Enabish (not this one).

There is another classification, which includes Mongolian male names and female ones, indicating the day of the week on which the child was born. Nyamtso is translated as “Sunday”, and Byamba is translated as “Saturday”.

Mongolian female names and their meanings

It is customary to call girls by names that have the meaning of jewelry or flowers. Erzhena - “pearl”, Sarana - “lily”, Khorgonzul - “flower”, Tsagaantsetseg - “white flower”, Altan - “pink dawn” or “gold”.

As you can see, girls in Mongolia have very beautiful names, as if repeating the curves of petals and the shine of jewelry. If you want to name your girl in an unusual way, you should pay attention to Mongolian names. Feminine can mean a person’s character traits: Alima - “knowledgeable”, “smart”, Aryuna - “pure”, Gerel - “illuminating everything around”, Saina - “good”, Tungalag - “clear, clean and bright”, Unura (pure Mongolian) - “fertile”, etc.

Male names and their meanings

Some masculine Mongolian and in our country, among them Airat - “amazing”, Arat - “shepherd”, as well as Greek political figure, who lived in 271 BC, Batu - from “Batu”, in another meaning translated as “strong”; Boris is a “fighter”. Surely few could have guessed that the latter came from Mongolian.

Among the truly Mongolian names are such names as Altai (“gold”, “moon gold”), Amgalan (“calm”), Baigal (“nature”), Batu (“strong”), Dalai (“ocean”), Mingiyan ( “commander of a thousand soldiers”), Oktay (“understanding”).

The most beautiful Mongolian male names

Every parent wants to give their child the most beautiful name, especially in Mongolia they treat it so reverently. Boys are most often called as follows: Barlas (“fearless”, brave), Naran (“sun”), Tarkhan (“handyman”, “jack of all trades”), Shona (“wolf”), Genghis Khan (from “Genghis” - "strong").

As you can see, male names are translated mainly as “brave” or “strong”; such qualities are the most important for Mongolian men. Newborn boys are often given names that symbolize physical strength and inner rod.

The most beautiful female names

Mongolian names for girls, on the contrary, are more aimed not at the qualities of a person, but at his external attractiveness. The most beautiful are considered to be Alimtsetseg (“apple blossom”), Delbee (“petal”), Zhargal (“happiness”), Erdene (“jewel”), Tseren (“long-lived” - a talisman name).

Most often, girls are given names that denote beauty, meekness, purity and grace, most of them have just such semantics. Parents of girls believe that their children will remain as innocent as they were in childhood if they call them something affectionate.

Strange names

Mongolia is a country where children are named beautifully and with meaning. However, there is also a good sense of humor there, as well as an understanding of beauty. There are a number of names in the Mongolian tradition that have strange and even unexpected translations, so it is impossible to take them seriously.

But it turns out that they have an important function and are given to sick children. The meaning of Mongolian names can be different, for example, “cheese”. The name Byaslag is translated exactly like this. Ontsog means nothing more than “airplane”. And in order for a person to live a long time, they give a long and difficult to read name (Luvsandenzenpilzhinzhigmed).

But the strangeness of the Mongols does not end there; if parents do not know what to name their baby, they simply turn to the lama for advice.

IN rural areas they give it to children. I will continue the topic of personal Mongolian names and talk about what names the residents of the city of Erdenet, Orkhon aimag, have.

What to name your child? If a rainbow appeared in the sky on your daughter’s birthday, then your daughter will most likely be named Solongo(“solongo” - rainbow). If a son was born on a sunny day, he will probably be given a name Naran or Naranbaatar(“naran” – sun, “baatar” – hero).

A person born on the night from Sunday to Monday will be named Nyamdavaa or Davaanyam(“yum” - Sunday, “davaa” - Monday). Lhagwa And Lkhagvasuren were born on Wednesday (“lkhagva” - Wednesday), Purevbaatar- a hero born on Thursday (“purev” - Thursday), Byamba And Byambatsetseg– on Saturday (“byamba” - Saturday, “tsetseg” - flower).

Girls are often given names related to flowers. For example, name Bolortsetseg means “Crystal Flower” (“bolor” - crystal), Tsagaantsetseg – « White flower», Ulaantsetseg- "Red flower", Battsetseg- "Strong flower" Urantsetseg- “Skillful flower”, Ariuntsetseg- "Sacred Flower" Erdenetsetseg- "Precious Flower" Suvdantsetseg- “Pearl Flower”, Shurentsetseg- “Coral flower.” The list of colors can be continued endlessly. The name of the flowers can also be used as a name. For example, name Khongorzul translated as tulip.

The birth of a child is always a holiday. Therefore, the son can be called Bayar(“bayar” - holiday) or Batbayar(“bat” - strong, reliable), or Bayarhuu(“huu” - son). And the girl - Tsengelmaa(“tsengel” - fun, entertainment, amusement).

In order for the child’s fate to be successful, you can call him Azjargal(“az” - happiness, luck; “zhargal” - happiness, bliss, pleasure”).

Nyamzhargal– Sunday happiness (“yum” - Sunday; “zhargal” - happiness”). It's a beautiful name, isn't it?

For a boy to grow up strong, you can call him Ganzorig(“gan” - steel; “zorig” - courage, bravery, willpower). By the way, this is the name of the director of the mining and processing plant. Maybe the right name allowed him to achieve success and become a leader.

Deputy Director's name: Ganbaatar- translated as steel hero. Also a very respected person.

And here is a boy with a name Dolgoon, most likely, will grow up calm, quiet and gentle. After all, this is exactly how this word is translated.

Delger– extensive, spacious, wide, abundant. I know a man with that name, he is really tall, large and broad in the shoulders. This name can also be considered as a compound name: “del” - national clothing, “ger” - yurt.

Amarbatwill grow up prosperous and reliable (“amar” - calm, prosperous; “bat” - solid, strong, durable, reliable).

For a girl to grow up honest and pure, she will be called Ariunaa or Ariun-Erdene(“ariun” - pure, sacred, holy, honest; “erdene” - jewel, treasure). Or Tselmeg, which translates as clear, pure.

If parents want their daughter to be smart, they will give her a name Oyuun or Oyuuntsetseg(“oyun” - mind, reason, intellect).

Girl with name Enkhtuvshin will be calm and peaceful (“enkh” - calm, peace; “tuvshin” - peaceful, calm, quiet).

In personal names, the words “erdene” - jewel, treasure, “jargal” - happiness, “monkh” - eternal, immortal, forever, “suvd” - pearls - are often found. Female name Suvdaa means pearl. Name Baigalmaa from the word “baigal” - nature.

Also often found in personal names is the word “zayaa” - fate, fate. Interesting name Hoszayaa, translated as paired fate (“hos” - pair, paired).

Many girls' names end with "tuyaa" - translated as "ray". Name Narantuya means Sunbeam(“nar” – sun, “naran” – sunny), Altantuyaa- golden ray (“alt” – gold, “altan” – golden), Ariuntuya- sacred ray (“ariun” – holy, sacred).

More interesting names: Altanhuyag– golden chain mail (“altan” - golden; “huyag” - shell, armor, chain mail). Ganhuyag- steel chain mail. Mongonzagas– silver fish (“mongon” - silver, “zagas” - fish).

It turns out that in Mongolia almost all names are unique and unrepeatable. And every child grows up special, unlike anyone else.

The names of Mongolian women consist of three groups: native national, borrowed foreign and Buddhist names that came from Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Indian languages.

Ancient Mongolian names were of a nominal nature, denoting phenomena of nature and the surrounding world. Mongolian female names were often formed from the names of flowers, plants, animals, symbolizing tenderness, grace, attractiveness (Kerme - “squirrel”, Zambaga - “magnolia”, Oyunnavch - “turquoise leaf”, Delbee - “petal”). Names could also come from the names of the character qualities that the parents wanted to endow the newborn with, external features(Sergelen – “cheerful”, Enkhtuvshin – “calmness, peacefulness”). Names-wishes for the blessings of life were also used - wealth, health, happiness (Zhargal - “happiness”, Bayantsetseg - “rich flower”, Battsetseg - “strong flower”).

With the spread of Buddhism among the Mongols, Lamaist Tibeto-Sanskrit names firmly entered into use, meaning various religious concepts, names of days and months of the Buddhist calendar, celestial bodies (Dulmaa - “savior, mother”, Sugar - “Venus”).

In the process of interaction of the Mongols with other peoples of Europe and Asia, the national onomasticon was enriched with borrowed names of different origins: Arabic, Turkic, Chinese, Russian. These names make up a small percentage of the total number of Mongolian names.

New names

New variants of female names among the Mongols were formed using components indicating the category of grammatical gender: endings -maa, -suu, -chin, -ka. This made it possible to distinguish female names from male ones, which often have the same stem. New names also arose as a result of combining two names into one compound. The components could be both Mongolian and Tibetan names: for example, Davaatsetseg - “Monday flower” consists of the Tibetan name Davaa, meaning “Monday” and the Mongolian Tsetseg - “flower”.

Beautiful Mongolian female names

Beautiful Mongolian female names are mainly derived from the names of flowers and jewelry (Chimeg - “decoration”, Altan - “golden”, Erzhena - “pearl”, Erdene - “jewel”, Khongorzul - “tulip”, Sarnai - “rose”). In the national name book there are many adjectives that come from the same stem - -tsetseg (“flower”), -tuyaa (“shine”), adding an affectionate coloring to the sound of the name. To the base was added the name of the day of the week on which the girl was born or some good character trait, the name of a heavenly body, jewelry, etc. (Suvdantsetseg - “pearl flower”, Narantsetseg - “sunny flower”, Gootsetseg - “beautiful flower”, Byambatsetseg - “Saturday flower”, Amartsetseg - “calm flower”, Alantuyaa - “golden radiance”, Ariuntuyaa - “sacred radiance”). Many sonorous Mongolian female names and their meanings indicate attractive feminine qualities– beauty, grace, meekness, purity: Gerel – “illuminating”, Saina – “good”, Tungalak – “clear, pure”.

Popular Mongolian female names

The most popular female Mongolian names are traditional national names: Mishael - “smile”, Altansetseg - “golden flower”, Bolormaa - “crystal”, Erdenechimeg - “precious decoration”, Oyunchimeg - “turquoise decoration”, Solongo - “rainbow”, Anuzhin , derived from the name of the wife of Khan Galdan Boshigto Anu Khatan. Recently come into fashion short names: Och – “spark”, Zul – “candle”, Od – “star”, Anu – the name of the Mongol queen.

Modern traditions

Modern Mongolian names for girls are closely related to the centuries-old history of the people, most of them are ancient Mongolian names, Tibeto-Sanskrit and mixed compound names. Among the Mongols, it is rare to find foreign-language names - the people preserve centuries-old traditions of naming.

In the list of Mongolian male names you can find both native national and cult Buddhist names, and names borrowed from different peoples.

Traditional ancient names most often have the common nature of nicknames and are associated with phenomena and objects of the surrounding world, nature, animals, plants (Chuluun - “stone”, Sohee - “axe”, Tuya - “ray”, Baigal - “nature”, Shona - “wolf”, Undes – “root”). Mongolian male names and their meanings often indicate the characteristics of the owner - appearance, character, occupation (Arat - “shepherd”, Girey - “black, black-haired”, Tsookhorbandi - “freckled”, Turgen - “fast”). Personal names often had the character of wishes for a good fate, longevity or qualities inherent in a man - courage, strength, wisdom (Ganbaatar - “steel hero”, Hagan - “great ruler”, Munkh - “eternal”, Oyuun - “wise”).

From the 13th century, Buddhism gradually began to spread among the Mongols, and with it Lamaist names - Tibetan, Sanskrit, Indian. Religious names generally mean key concepts and symbols of Buddhist philosophy, ranks of clergy, calculation of the Buddhist calendar, names of heavenly bodies (Namdag - “holy”, Samdan - “deep-thinking”, Davaa - “Monday, moon”). Often, Lamaist names in the process of use formed new compound names by adding traditional Mongolian names (for example, Purevbaatar - “hero born on Thursday”, where Purev from Tibetan is “Thursday”, Baatar from Mongolian is “hero”).

Among male Mongolian names there are sometimes borrowed names of various origins: Greek, Turkic, Arabic, Chinese. This is explained by the interaction of the Mongols with other peoples of Asia and Europe in different historical periods. Representatives of the nation often use Russian names, used both in full and in abbreviated form (Boris, Borya).

New names of the Mongols

The Mongolian name book is constantly updated with new variants that are formed from existing names. For example, Tumurkhuyag - “iron armor” comes from the names Tumur - “iron” and Khuyag - “armor”. Double names may consist of a Mongolian and a Tibetan name, of two Mongolian or two Tibetan names (Tserenchimed - derived from the Tibetan names Tseren and Chimed, meaning “longevity” and “immortal”). One stem can give rise to many names: for example, from -bat (“strong, strong”) the names Batbold, Ouyunbat, Battumur, etc. are formed.

Beautiful male Mongolian names

Beautiful Mongolian names for boys are not only colorful and sonorous, but also reflect real masculine qualities, symbolizing inner core and physical strength, character virtues, good wishes: Oktay - “understanding”, Amalan - “calm”, Sain - “good, good” , Jirgal - “happiness, fate”, Ganzorig - “steel willpower”. Beautiful names can mean the names of heavenly bodies, beautiful objects: Altai - “golden moon”, Naran - “sun”, Erden - “jewel”.

Popular, unusual and rare Mongolian male names

Unusual Mongolian names are born due to significant events or the imagination of the child’s parents. So, after the Mongolian cosmonaut’s flight into space, original names Sanchir – “Saturn”, Samsar – “space”. Sometimes boys are given long names consisting of several names. Such extraordinary options are difficult to remember and pronounce, especially long name became Nominchulu(lapis lazuli+stone+mind+fate+eternal+jewel+peace+perfection). Quite exotic and rare names are obtained from a mixture of foreign and national names: for example, Maximilanalexanderbodgerel.

Recently, they have been in demand among Mongols old names Mongol khans, the most frequent of which were Temujin and Genghis Khan. In the list of popular male Mongolian names recent years leading places are occupied by national and Buddhist names, such as Bat-Erdene, Batbayar, Otgonbayar, Lkhagvasuren. Short names are in demand: Bat – “strong”, Oyu – “mind”, Nar – “sun”.

Modern traditions

Today, Mongols still use Tibetan and Sanskrit names, less often Russian and European variants that came through the Russian language. However, most modern parents prefer ancient national names, adhering to ancient naming traditions.