The family name came quite late in life to a personcompared with the name and patronymic. Before the introduction of Peter I, nicknames and derived words from occupation and position were used as a designation for kinship.
National question
The reflection of national identity often found a way to nicknames.
Trying to hastily determine the nationality of oneonly last names, you can be trapped. After all, it may happen that the originally Russian generic nicknames like Ivanovs and Semenovs belong to other nations. Each case must be disassembled individually.
For example, the name Abramov.The origin of this generic name, it would seem, has Jewish roots, along with Moses, Samsonovs, Davydovs, Samoilovs. Such biblical names and their derivatives have formed a number of surnames, however, according to the conclusions of specialists, basically such personalized forms belong to the Russian nationality.
Deciding where roots of one or another kind come from is not as simple as it seems at first glance.
Of course, there are Jewish surnames,formed from the Russians. There are many such generic nicknames in the spaces of the former Russian Empire. And Abramovs, Yakovlevs, Davydovs can have both Jewish and Russian roots. But still, most of them are not Jews, since the end of the “–s” is not characteristic of this nationality and is used very rarely.
Surname Abramov: origin and meaning
Происхождение фамилии Абрамов берет начало со since the time of the old Slavic tradition to give babies baptismal names for the dates. Such own name became derivative and strongly entered use. This is a fairly common phenomenon for the generic nicknames of Slavic nationalities. Thus, we can safely say that the origin of the Abramov family in Russia is closely connected with the arrival of the Christian religion in our lands.
A thousand years ago, most of the righteous,listed in the calendar, were the names of the Greek, Roman and Jewish peoples. Since at that time it was customary to baptize children in honor of the saints, exotic nominal forms of the time appeared in society, which people used in their own ways. Therefore, soon Abraham became Abraham, David - Davyd, Joan - Ivan. According to the new names, nicknames appeared, diminutive pet forms. Thus, the origin of the names of Abramov, Abrashin, Abrashkin and others leads to a single source - the biblical Abraham.
This character of the Holy Scripture is considered the forefather of Arabs, Jews and Arameans. His image was synonymous with righteousness and morality.
Name Abramov: geographical origin
It so happened that the history of different nations sometimes intertwined with each other. It is not always possible to establish certain facts in some global events, not to mention individual families.
There is a version that the origin of the name Abramovmay be associated with the ancient type of Slavic families, which were formed from the place of residence of the founder of the family. This tradition is common not only in our country, but also in the lands of Western Europe. For example, in Poland, noble families were formed from the geographical name of properties.
It is likely that some Abramovs were from villages and villages of a consonant name, for example, Abramovo. It is known that in the territory of the former Russian Empire there are many similar settlements.
Censuses of different years claimed that this surname was quite common among different classes: nobles, burghers, Cossacks, merchants.
Few facts
Every family has its origin.
It is known that many modern Abramovs are descendants of peasants, since this generic name was extremely common in the villages.
Most of these people are not relatives, they are namesakes.
The origin of the name Abramov among the clergy was very common, since they were often appropriated by seminarians, because Abraham was a very revered saint.
Among the Don nobility met representatives with such a generic name.
The very process of the formation of surnames is long, therefore it is impossible to establish where it first appeared.
Listen to the sound of your generic name.That it identifies a person with their ancestors. To feel the commonality of generations, it is enough to listen to the magic of the sound of this sound combination, which determines the place of everyone in the family tree of humanity.
