The official Russian naming formula consists of three components: personal first name, patronymic , and last name. In the West, two or more personal names are common in the official naming model : Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean Baptiste Poklen, Anna Maria Mozart, Erich Maria Remarque, and others. Familiarity with the documents of the distant past makes it clear that almost until the XVIII century, Russians were also referred to by two personal names in a number of cases (The Watch Book of Vologda 1616-1617 / / Vologda: Local History Almanac. Vologda, 1994. Issue 1; The Watch Book of Beloozero in 1616-1617 / / Beloozero: Historical and Literary Almanac. Vologda, 1994. Issue 1; Scribal book of Veliky Ustyug 1626-1627 / / Byst na Ustyuz: Istoriko-kraevedcheskiy sbornik. Vologda, 1993). Usually, the first was a calendar (Christian) personal name, while the second was a non - calendar Russian name, for example: Fetko Bazooka (Vologda), Titko Sorry (Beloozero), Fedko Gushcha (Veliky Ustyug), Vaska Shchapok (Veliky Ustyug), etc. This kind of two-name pattern was also observed in the three-term and four-term naming models, which included a semi-patronymic and sometimes a family name in addition to personal names: page 97 Ivashko Koshkar Ivanov son of Chyurikov, Efrem Tupik Ondreev son of Gorbatoi, etc. (Acts of socio-economic history of North-Eastern Russia at the end of the XIV-beginning of the XVI century. Moscow, 1958. Vol. 2; further-ASVR). Non-calendar personal names were divided into two groups: intra-family and nickname names. The first ones were given to the child immediately after birth. These included Pervushka, Vtoryshka, Tretyak, Zhdan, Vazhny, Shumilko, and others. The nickname was already given to an adult. It indicated some noticeable trait of character, behavior, and appearance of a person called Bestuzhy, Mumble, Gulyayko, Melen, Rosputa, and others. Intra-family names, as well as Christian names, could occupy the first place in the naming model, for example: ... Read more