In Vitebsk in 2010, only one Adam appeared for every nine Eves

January 4, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In Vitebsk in 2010, there was only one Adam for every nine Eves. The Civil Registry Office of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee told a BELTA correspondent about the most popular and rare names of the past year. Among the most popular girls' names, as in 2009, Daria, Anastasia, Maria, Polina, and Ksenia held strong positions. For boys, Artem, Nikita, Egor, Maxim, and Kirill were in high demand. Among the rare, practically unique female names are Vlada, Amelia, Alla, Zhanna, Lola, Angelika, Dobryana, Slavyana, Nora, Elvira, Daniela, Serafima, Melisa; male names - Elizarr, Edgar, Ustin, Lev, Adam, Klim, Ruslan, Aristarkh, Svyatoslav, Borislav, Naum, Arkhip, Spartak. Parents decided to give four children double names. Now, Timofey Algird, Selvi Victoria, Naomi Sofia, and Daniela Grace live in Vitebsk. The tradition of naming children after characters from literary works and popular films has not faded among the residents of the regional center. Thus, Roxolana, Marianna, Consuela, Christian, and Elisei appeared in the regional center. At the same time, more and more townspeople prefer Slavic and Old Church names when naming a child, the Civil Registry Office noted. In total, from January to November 2010, 3533 children were born in Vitebsk, and 11350 in the region. The highest birth rate was recorded in Novopolotsk, Dubrovensky, Gluboksky, Dokshitsky, and Sharkovshchinsky districts, according to the Committee for Labor, Employment, and Social Protection of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. -0-