Avtonom
Avtonom (Russian: Автоно́м) is a Russian Christian male first name.[1] Its feminine version is Avtonoma.[2] The name is derived from the Greek word autonomous, meaning one living by one's own laws.[1] "Avtonom" continued to be a form used by the Russian Orthodox Church, having replaced an earlier form Autonom (Аутоно́м).[3]
Its colloquial variant is Avtomon (Автомо́н).[3]
The diminutives of "Avtonom" are Avtonomka (Автоно́мка), Avtom (Авто́м), Avtoma (Авто́ма), Toma (То́ма), Avtya (А́втя),[4] and Noma (Но́ма).[1]
The patronymics derived from "Avtonom" are "Автоно́мович" (Avtonomovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Автоно́мыч" (Avtonomych), and "Автоно́мовна" (Avtonomovna; feminine).[4]
Last names derived from this first name include Avtonomov and Antomanov.[5]
People with this first name
- Avtonom Golovin (1667–1720), Russian military leader
- Avtonom Ivanov (died 1907), Russian Duma clerk
- Avtonom Vylkov (1876–1952), Romanian priest
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 Superanskaja, Aleksandra Vasilʹevna (2005). Sovremennyj slovarʹ ličnych imën: spavnenie, proizchoždenie, napisanie [Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling] (in Russian). Institut Jazykoznanija. Moskva: Ajris Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-5-8112-1399-3.
- ↑ Superanskaya 2005, p. 278.
- 1 2 Superanskaya 2005, p. 34.
- 1 2 Petrovskii, Nikandr Aleksandrovich (2000-03-14). Slovar russkikh lichnykh imen Bolee 3000 imen [Dictionary of Russian First Names] (in Russian). Astrel. p. 36. ISBN 5-17-002940-3.
- ↑ Ganžina, Irina M. (2001). Slovarʹ sovremennych russkich familij [Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names] (in Russian) (Naučno-populjaranoe izd ed.). Moskva: Ast [u.a.] p. 12. ISBN 978-5-237-04101-9.
Sources
- Superanskaya, A. V. (2005). Словарь русских имён [Dictionary of Russian Names] (in Russian). Moscow: Издательство Эксмо. ISBN 5-699-14090-5.