I’ve posted before about our problem. We thought we had settled on [name_f]Yevgenia[/name_f] for my future daughter’s second middle, but due to all the babies named Yevgenie in my husbands family not making it, I feel like it’s a bit cursed.
We’re trying to figure out another name to honor his side of the family. His mother’s maiden name is Nemudrov. In [name_f]Russia[/name_f], if used for a girl, would her last name be Nemudrova? This could be a good option for us, but want to use it correctly/traditionally.
Also, using my husband’s name as a patronymic is hard since his name is [name_m]Josh[/name_m]. Does anyone know how to translate that into a Russian patronymic?
*Bonus points to anyone who can tell me what Nemudrov means. I don’t think it’s from a paternal name. Is it an occupational last name? Is it an animal name which I know some Russians names are derived from? Anyway, if I knew it’s meaning, maybe we could find another name that uses the same meaning.
Yes, her name would be Nemudrova.
The Russian form of [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] and [name_m]Jesus[/name_m] are the same, so there isn’t really an established patronymic for it since no one in [name_f]Russia[/name_f] calls their son [name_m]Jesus[/name_m]. There is Иешуа / Ieshua, a transcription of [name_m]Yeshua[/name_m] that could work. In that case patronymic would be Иешуаевна, or Ieshuaevna / Ieshuayevna.
Thanks for the information @amberdaydream. I did find out about the whole [name_m]Joshua[/name_m]/[name_m]Jesus[/name_m] thing, so thank you for actually writing it out for me since I didn’t quite know how to do it myself with this one.
[name_m]Hi[/name_m] there! Not sure if you’re still looking for the meaning of the name Nemudrov, but here is the most popularized version:
It comes from a name Nemudryi, which means “not wise”. This does not mean that the person who was given this name was not wise, it actually means quite the opposite. Thing is, the name serves as a so-called “protector name”. When parents were naming their newborn baby they gave them the names that meant exactly the opposite of what parents dreamed that baby would be. This was done in an attempt to confuse and ward of the evil spirits. So in the case with name Nemudryi, parents hoped for a smart and talented boy. With time, the name Nemudryi turned into Nemudrov, meaning “somebody who belonged to the Nemudryi’s family”. So technically this means that a great great great granddad (probably many greats here because we’re talking circa 12-13 century) in your family had Nemudryi as his first name! [name_f]Hope[/name_f] this was helpful