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AZERBAIJAN TO PROHIBIT RUSSIAN NAMES
March 5, 2013 - 19:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The names that can be given to children in Azerbaijan
could soon be strictly defined - with Russian sounding names like
Maria and Mikhail banned, BBC News said.
The country's Terminology Commission has expressed concern about
names which do not sound Azeri.
"Russian names like Maria, Yekaterina, Olya or Alya will not be
permitted," said Sayali Sadigova, the deputy head of the commission.
Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union until 1991.
Sadigova has said that Russian-sounding names - even if they are not
technically of Russian etymology - are of particular concern to the
commission as they are still perceived as having come from the former
Soviet Union.
Speaking to BBC Azeri, she commented on families who call their child
Dmitri: "Not everyone in Azerbaijan wants to marry their daughter
off to a boy called Dmitri."
The rules would apply only to ethnically Azeri children - people of
other nationalities living in Azerbaijan will still be able to give
their offspring names of their choice.
Double or triple names will also be forbidden.
March 5, 2013 - 19:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The names that can be given to children in Azerbaijan
could soon be strictly defined - with Russian sounding names like
Maria and Mikhail banned, BBC News said.
The country's Terminology Commission has expressed concern about
names which do not sound Azeri.
"Russian names like Maria, Yekaterina, Olya or Alya will not be
permitted," said Sayali Sadigova, the deputy head of the commission.
Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union until 1991.
Sadigova has said that Russian-sounding names - even if they are not
technically of Russian etymology - are of particular concern to the
commission as they are still perceived as having come from the former
Soviet Union.
Speaking to BBC Azeri, she commented on families who call their child
Dmitri: "Not everyone in Azerbaijan wants to marry their daughter
off to a boy called Dmitri."
The rules would apply only to ethnically Azeri children - people of
other nationalities living in Azerbaijan will still be able to give
their offspring names of their choice.
Double or triple names will also be forbidden.