Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Editor - 06 August 2007

Ukrainian Naming Traditions

Expectant parents pour over pages of baby names. Names are plucked from a genealogical line to honor a family member. Sometimes people abandon their birth names as a means to chart a new future. What’s in a name, you ask -- quite a lot according to Ukrainian tradition and ancient naming rituals.



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