Talk:Eastern Slavic naming customs

message: When I was doing some research for Wikipedia , google showed me a curious name: litvinenkovich@mail.ru
The surname "Litvinenkovich" is triple-patronymic generation:
*Litvin - a nickname or surname
*Litvinenok - son of Linvin
*Litvinenkov - son of Litvinenok
*Litvinenkovich - son of Litvinenkov
I.e. basically Lithuaniansonsonson :-) Can any surname beat it? Staszek Lem (talk) 18:45, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Is enok a patronymic or a diminutive? —Tamfang (talk) 22:41, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It is both. I guess this construction originated as a patronymic nickname (kind of "Litvin Junior", "Little Litvin") an turned into a surname, as the nicknames go. Lokys dar Vienas (talk) 01:11, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  A candidate for Guinness Book? 

message: The article claims (in a caption) that Veruschka von Lehndorff's given name, Vera, is Slavic. I found this questionable (though not unbelievable). There is a Slavic root věra meaning "faith, belief", underlying the name Vera in Slavic cultures... but von Lehndorff is German, of German aristocratic descent. While she was born in East Prussia, perhaps making a Slavic name more likely, this statement needs a citation. If it can't be supported, it can perhaps still be rescued, by removing the claim of it being a Slavic name (in this instance) and simply pointing out that she's adopted a Slavic diminutive for her Slavic-compatible name. -- Perey (talk) 03:33, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Taking a look at the article on the name Vera, it suggests that the name itself originated in Slavic languages and the only suggestion it had a different origin is poorly sourced. I would also argue that the fact it is being pared with a Slavic diminuitive makes it obvious that we are dealing with a Slavic name. Worth looking into but I don't think it merits a dubious tag.--Yellow Diamond Δ Direct Line to the Diamonds 01:24, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vera as Slavic name 

message: I would like to propose no longer using the name that is also the name of the person currently in the position of Supreme-Commander-in-Chief of an army that is waging a war outside of the borders of its country. There seems to be no particular use for precisely this name to be used as an example, and readers - such as myself - (may) feel uncomfortable (to say the least) now that that name is used in the context of an article about naming customs, i.e. with no particular relation to that person.
I call on anyone knowledgeable to replace it with a name that can serve well as an example.Redav (talk) 00:30, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal: replace name that is also name of commander of an army waging a war outside the borders of its country 

message: Either this article is only about russian names and is called russian names or it is about east Slavic names in general and keeps it's current title.  Right now aside from a WP:LEDEBOMB it is only about russian names not east slavic ones—blindlynx 22:12, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scope and Title 

message: I have reverted this article to this version, before a series of edits by . These edits introduced a great deal of editorializing, POV, and just plain incorrect material, much of it written incomprehensibly.  The edits also removed a lot of correct, properly sourced material.  Most of the edits since then have been fairly minor, or have partially reverted or corrected the edits by 213.87.145.86.  In my judgment it's easier to simply revert to this earlier version. —Psychonaut (talk) 15:42, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reversion to pre-213.87.145.86 version 

message: Does the section "Anglicisation" say anything not equally applicable to writing in the source language(s)? —Tamfang (talk) 20:27, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  in writing