Thread: Foreigners making patronymics

Originally Posted by Oddo

how about Эдмунд Ричардович? Does that sound stupid? (don't say that the Edmund bit is stupid cos it's my real name not one I'm making up)

You can found quite a few Edmunds in Russia. "Ричард" is less common, but you can find some Richards too (and I mean native Russians). So this combination is not improbable.

By the way, 200 or so years ago it was very common thing for Russian to call all the foreigners "по имени-отчеству".

What would be the rules for the formation of a patronymic? I mean, sometimes the name the patronymic derives from remains the same plus the ending, but sometimes there seem to be a change in the spelling altogether — would these be regarded as exceptions or are there phonological / spelling rules for them, too? And would there indeed be such rules that would allow one to make up a patronymic from a given name, or does it take some 'native-like feeling' for such a task?

TIA!

My name is Lori but if I take the closest Russian name to mine and my made up patronymic, my dad's name is Phil it would be Лариса Филиповна which I don't think sounds too bad.

Originally Posted by Larissa

My name is Lori but if I take the closest Russian name to mine and my made up patronymic, my dad's name is Phil it would be Лариса Филиповна which I don't think sounds too bad.

One of my school teachers had that name Лариса Филипповна

My dads name is Landon, is it just me or does that sound really weird?

My name is Steve, but for Russian class we are assigned Russian names.
Evidentally Steve = Дмитрий.

i thought Steve would be степан?

Maybe so. I just showed up to class and the teachers like what name do you want. And I read down the list and found Дмитрий. Thats about it.

I do not know thee, Mr SmartDude Sir, but shouldn't it be 'evidently'? Took me a whole minute to figure out what was wrong about that word. I'm not too bright.

I personaly have nothing wrong with forigners making patronymic. But I just have to wonder, why would they want to follow our Russian ways, when they have their own?

Whats happens if you're a junior? I'd be Norman Normanovich?

Originally Posted by Der Meister

Whats happens if you're a junior? I'd be Norman Normanovich?

Sure

Originally Posted by ElenaSerleva

I personaly have nothing wrong with forigners making patronymic. But I just have to wonder, why would they want to follow our Russian ways, when they have their own?

I think the big intrest is mainly because it is 'different' than what we are used to. For me atleast, its always fun and interesting to see how your name would sound look, in another language.

I think its really cool that so many people are open minded/interested into Russian culture (and other countries), instead of criticizing things they are not used to.

At school I liked making patronymics for foreign scientists.

And I liked drawing funny pictures in textbooks.

Originally Posted by Angel_of_Death-NZ

And I liked drawing funny pictures in textbooks.

I drew black eyes to the characters in my English textbook pics. (with pencil so that I could erase them later, but some people did it with pen)

When I took spanish we had a text book and there was one picture that had some latina women running... sorta like this picture.



I drew police car behind them sorta like this picture.




Anyways if I had oppurtinity to move to Russia and change the name I behold now it would be "Cocky Cockovich Cockovsky". Кокий кокович коковский

i remember seeing in a history book a ww2 pilot giving a 'peace' sign with his fingers...so i scrathed out the index finger so now he is flippin the world off!!! lol. in my drivers ed book there was so much more drawings lol.

Originally Posted by Porosenok

Originally Posted by ElenaSerleva

I personaly have nothing wrong with forigners making patronymic. But I just have to wonder, why would they want to follow our Russian ways, when they have their own?

I think the big intrest is mainly because it is 'different' than what we are used to. For me atleast, its always fun and interesting to see how your name would sound look, in another language.

I think its really cool that so many people are open minded/interested into Russian culture (and other countries), instead of criticizing things they are not used to.

I agree with you. I think it is wonderful that American/English etc. etc. are experimenting with the ways of other cutures. I am from Russia. I was born and reaised in Lenengrad/St. Petersburg. And I myself love experimenting with forigen cultuers (i.e-American). But, I always remember my true roots.

How about:

Брет Нелсоновиш?

My middle name is actually Nelson, which is my father's first name....