Guess the Guess the riddle.riddle.

What belongs only What belongs only to you but used to you but used more often by more often by

others?others?

Name given at birth

750000750000 Names in the worldNames in the world

The longest name The longest name

consists of consists of

1,478 letters.1,478 letters.

The shortest name The shortest name is is

U-a Chinese name.U-a Chinese name.

What’s in your What’s in your name?name?

The hypothesis isThe hypothesis is::If a person knows the If a person knows the origin of his name he origin of his name he

can adapt his life to its can adapt his life to its meaning.meaning.

The aims areThe aims are::1. to enlarge students’ scope 1. to enlarge students’ scope by studying some facts about by studying some facts about

giving names.giving names.2. to motivate students’ 2. to motivate students’

curiosity and develop their curiosity and develop their desire to know the meanings desire to know the meanings

of the names.of the names.3. to master English by 3. to master English by

learning, watching, studying learning, watching, studying information.information.

We used the following We used the following methods:methods:

1.reading special 1.reading special literature.literature.

2.watching TV 2.watching TV programmes. programmes.

3.analysis, synthesis.3.analysis, synthesis.4.questionnaire, survey.4.questionnaire, survey.

ChrysippuChrysippus (about s (about 281-209 281-209 years BC)years BC)

Anthroponomy

«Anthropos»-people «onim»-name

In many cultures, the child In many cultures, the child was given two nameswas given two names::

Anna MariaAnna Maria

Mark JosephMark Joseph

Elena EdwardElena Edward

In the Indian tribes a young man learned his real name in the day of recognition of his age.

The ancient Greeks gave the child the of gods

Aphrodite

Zeus

Naming in Kazakhstan

The Turkish The Turkish namesnames

«Aynur»(Ay Nur)- « Moon Light»

«Aigul(Ay Chug) » - « Moon Flower»

Amangeldy- “To come back Amangeldy- “To come back alive”alive”

Kyztumas- “Not to give Kyztumas- “Not to give birth for girls”birth for girls”

Kotibar- “he has a Kotibar- “he has a butt”butt”

Sasikbaj- “smelly baj”Sasikbaj- “smelly baj”

Men’s names are often Men’s names are often ended on –baj, -bey, -khan.ended on –baj, -bey, -khan.

Women’s names are often Women’s names are often ended on -ghul, -nur.ended on -ghul, -nur.

The Arabic namesThe Arabic names

Al-Iskander (Alexander of Macedon)

Giving a name in Russia

Radomir

Dobromila

Svyatoslav

“slav”VyacheslavJaroslavBorislav

Vilen

Oktyabrina

Idea

After the revolution names:

Giving a name in Britain

Margaret ThatcherDavid Williams

Sean-same as JohnSean-same as John;;Liam-same as WilliamLiam-same as William;;

Seamus-same as Seamus-same as JamesJames;;

Seanna-same as Seanna-same as Joanna.Joanna.

Many Irish surnames begin Many Irish surnames begin withwith

O’… ‘from the family of’O’… ‘from the family of’;;

Fitz… Fitz…Mac…Mac…Kil…Kil…Gil…Gil…

meaning ‘son of’

O’BrienO’BrienMacDonaldMacDonald

O’NeilO’NeilKilmartinKilmartin

So many So many countries so countries so many names.many names.

As you name a ship so it floats.

TABLE 1TABLE 1

QUESTIONNAIRE

Name__________________________ age_______________ Yes No

1. Do you like your name? 2. Do you know its meaning? 3. If yes, does you character reflect its meaning?

4. What is your favourite male’s name? 5. What is your favourite female’s name?

TABLE 2TABLE 2Do you like your name?

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Yes No

TABLE 3TABLE 3 Do you know its meaning?

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Yes

No

The most favourite

male names

Dmitrij Timur

The most favourite

female names

Ekaterina Aisulu

We analyzed 534 names of We analyzed 534 names of students and 50 names of students and 50 names of

school staff and stated school staff and stated that…that…

the most often used the most often used Kazakh namesKazakh names

Female names 1. Malika – 7 persons

2. Karina – 5 persons3. Dana – 5 persons

4. Kamilla – 4 persons5. Aigerim – 4 persons.

Male namesMale names

1.Iljyas – 4 persons 2.Alisher – 4 persons3.Timur – 4 persons4. Nail’ – 3 persons 5. Dias – 3 persons

the most often used the most often used Russian namesRussian names

Female names 1.Anastasiya – 19 persons

2.Ekaterina – 13 persons

3.Darya – 10 persons

4.Alina – 10 persons

5.Anna – 9 persons

Male namesMale names

1.Nikita – 10 persons 2,Vladislav – 8 persons

3.Dmitrij – 6 persons 4.Aleksandr – 6 persons

5.Danil – 5 persons

The top names and The top names and their meaningstheir meanings::

Anastasia- return to lifeNikita-winnerMalika-the queen, princessIlyas-the power of Allah

It is also interesting to note It is also interesting to note that there are a lot of that there are a lot of

singled and unusual names singled and unusual names such assuch as

Zlata “golden, honey”

Milena- sweet, tender.

Savva“Sagittarius”

The name is the

to a human soul

Thank you for Thank you for your attention!your attention!