Any surname, first of all, is a hereditary name passed from generation to generation, which indicates that a person belongs to a particular family. At the same time, the surname always carries the characteristics of the family. And for those who investigate the surname of the genus, it is especially important and valuable that, along with the surname, the character trait, the behavior of the ancestor, is inherited.
Instructions
Step 1
The reason for the appearance of not every surname is easy to determine. And, starting the research, one should not forget that the path traversed by a surname from an ordinary word to a nickname and surname is not only lengthy, but also unpredictable.
Take, for example, the all-Russian surname Blinov. It was not formed from the word "damn". And so. There was a certain person whose non-baptismal name was Damn. Why a person was given such a nickname is almost impossible to find out reliably. But this nickname gave life to the surname. After all, the name Blinov means - Blinov's son, Blinov's son.
Some surnames can indicate what kind of character, behavior, physical qualities the ancestor had. For other surnames, as in the case of the Blinov surname, one can only speculate about the reasons for the appearance of a nickname, a non-baptized name.
To find out the secret of your last name, you can go one of three ways.
Step 2
First, go to the library and study such books as Unbegaun "Russian Surnames", Nikonov "Geography of Russian Surnames", Fedosyuk "Russian Surnames" and others.
Step 3
Secondly, you can use the services of Internet sites that offer decoding of surnames.
And, thirdly, you can go the longest and most expensive way and order a study of the surname with the simultaneous compilation of a family tree. Agencies engaged in such research use in their work not only ordinary scientific works on onomastics, but also analyze sentinels, scribes, expenditure, church books. Naturally, such work can become an original and valuable gift-discovery that will be passed on from generation to generation.
