Avgustina

Avgustina (Russian: Августи́на) is an uncommon Russian female first name.[1] Its masculine versions are Avgustin[2] and Avgust.[1] The name is derived from the Latin word augustus, which means majestic, sacred, and was borrowed by Russians from Byzantine Christianity.[1] Its colloquial forms are Avgusta (А́вгуста) (which can also be a separate, albeit related, name) and Gusta (Гу́ста).[2]

The name was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.[3] In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars,[4] which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.[5]

Its diminutives include Ava (А́ва),[6] Avgustinka (Августи́нка), Avgusta (Авгу́ста), Gusta (Гу́ста), Gustya (Гу́стя), Ustya (У́стя), Gusya (Гу́ся), Gutya (Гу́тя), and Tina (Ти́на).[2]

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References

Notes
  1. Nikonov, p. 63
  2. Petrovsky, p. 32
  3. Superanskaya [2], pp. 23 and 277
  4. Superanskaya [2], pp. 22 and 277
  5. Toronto Slavic Quarterly. Елена Душечкина. "Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов" (in Russian)
  6. Superanskaya [1], p. 250

Sources
  • В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (Looking for a Name). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988. ISBN 5-268-00401-8
  • Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
  • [1] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
  • [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5
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