Aventina (given name)

Aventina () is a Russian female first name.Petrovsky, p. 34 Its masculine version is Aventin.

The name was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 277 However, according to other sources, this name is non-canonical.Petrovsky, pp. 28 and 34 In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars,Superanskaya, pp. 22 and 277 which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.Toronto Slavic Quarterly. Елена Душечкина. "Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов" It was rationalized as a form of the male name Aventin, itself a form of Aventinus, a son of Hercules.Superanskaya, p. 277

The diminutives of "Aventina" are Aventinka (), Ava (), Venya (), Vena (), and Tina ().

References Notes

Sources Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.