Avtonom Explained

Avtonom (ru|Автоно́м) is a Russian Christian male first name.^[1] Its feminine version is Avtonoma.^[2] The name is derived from the Greek word autonomous, meaning one living by one's own laws. "Avtonom" continued to be a form used by the Russian Orthodox Church, having replaced an earlier form Autonom (Russian: Аутоно́м).^[3]

Its colloquial variant is Avtomon (Russian: Автомо́н).

The diminutives of "Avtonom" are Avtonomka (Russian: Автоно́мка), Avtom (Russian: Авто́м), Avtoma (Russian: Авто́ма), Toma (Russian: То́ма), Avtya (Russian: А́втя),^[4] and Noma (Russian: Но́ма).

The patronymics derived from "Avtonom" are "Russian: Автоно́мович" (Avtonomovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Russian: Автоно́мыч" (Avtonomych), and "Russian: Автоно́мовна" (Avtonomovna; feminine).

Last names derived from this first name include Avtonomov and Antomanov.^[5]

People with this first name

• Avtonom Golovin (1667–1720), Russian military leader

References

Additional reading

• [1] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.
• [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.
• Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
• И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001.

Notes and References

1. Superanskaya, p. 23
2. Superanskaya [2], p. 278
3. Superanskaya [2], p. 34
4. Petrovsky, p. 36
5. Ganzhina, p. 12