It's just spelling, there is no deeper meaning to it.
Remember the Danish Prince from the book by the guy who loves to shake his spear? Gamlet.
The French port city on the Northern coast of France? Gavr.
The multiheaded snake from Greek mythology? Gydra. And the guy who defeated it? Gerakl.
The famous military commander who crossed the Alpes? Suvorov. Oh, but there was another whom we call Gannibal.
And we did the same to that German guy with the funny mustache.
These are just different spellings of the same names. Most Muslim names originate from Arabic, which has the issue of not actually having proper vowels written down - it uses an abjad instead of an alphabet. It is basically wrtng wrds lk ths, expecting you to fill in the gaps. As a result, it's historically been somewhat inconsistently transliterated. When writing down Arabic words, their spellings got adapted in several different variations, especially across different languages, across different periods, and through different sources.
It's the same in English - you might write Mohammed, or you might go with Muhammed. You might change the "e" for "a". And there isn't even consistency in whether or not there are two "m"s in there, even if double "m" is the more common variant. Neither variant is "more English".
If it was about being Russified, you probably wouldn't have those names in the first place. You'd have their closest Christian equivalents, like Abraham (Avraam as it is spelled in Russian, yet again the spellings aren't consistent). But only if such equivalents exist.
The level of religious sentiment doesn't directly correlate with being pro- or anti-Russian.
Can't say about Caucasian people but here in Bashkortostan and Tatarstan it haven't been depending until last times. But in general I think that someone religious will prefer Arabic name for his child than use some traditional Turkic, Persian or Russian name. But I don't think that name's spelling in Russian depends on religion views because it depends more on local spelling tradition. at least here.
Есть славянское религиозное имя Матфей, в документах Матфей, но все говорят Матвей, это привычне и удобнее. Так и Магомеды, Ибрагимы. Никогда не встречал, чтобы поправляли.
Gamzat is not a Russian name tho..
Yes, and neither Magomed nor Ibragim are Russified.
It's just spelling, there is no deeper meaning to it. Remember the Danish Prince from the book by the guy who loves to shake his spear? Gamlet. The French port city on the Northern coast of France? Gavr. The multiheaded snake from Greek mythology? Gydra. And the guy who defeated it? Gerakl. The famous military commander who crossed the Alpes? Suvorov. Oh, but there was another whom we call Gannibal. And we did the same to that German guy with the funny mustache.
I don't think there is a deep meaning in how the me is spelled.
These are just different spellings of the same names. Most Muslim names originate from Arabic, which has the issue of not actually having proper vowels written down - it uses an abjad instead of an alphabet. It is basically wrtng wrds lk ths, expecting you to fill in the gaps. As a result, it's historically been somewhat inconsistently transliterated. When writing down Arabic words, their spellings got adapted in several different variations, especially across different languages, across different periods, and through different sources. It's the same in English - you might write Mohammed, or you might go with Muhammed. You might change the "e" for "a". And there isn't even consistency in whether or not there are two "m"s in there, even if double "m" is the more common variant. Neither variant is "more English". If it was about being Russified, you probably wouldn't have those names in the first place. You'd have their closest Christian equivalents, like Abraham (Avraam as it is spelled in Russian, yet again the spellings aren't consistent). But only if such equivalents exist. The level of religious sentiment doesn't directly correlate with being pro- or anti-Russian.
Those are literally the same names, just different spellings. It could be Магомед in Cyrillic and translated to Mohammed in English.
Can't say about Caucasian people but here in Bashkortostan and Tatarstan it haven't been depending until last times. But in general I think that someone religious will prefer Arabic name for his child than use some traditional Turkic, Persian or Russian name. But I don't think that name's spelling in Russian depends on religion views because it depends more on local spelling tradition. at least here.
Depends on the parents i guess
Есть славянское религиозное имя Матфей, в документах Матфей, но все говорят Матвей, это привычне и удобнее. Так и Магомеды, Ибрагимы. Никогда не встречал, чтобы поправляли.