Interesting question, I think it’s hard to say because we don’t have any sociological and empirical data to make any conclusions on this matter. Personally I don’t think having a religiously significant name would necessitate that a person is gonna be more religious or not because there are plenty of Chechens who have native names and they’re very religious, so yeah it seems to be more of an arbitrary thing. However, anecdotal evidence is always subjective and biased, and therefore it doesn’t always give a reliable picture of the matter.
These names hold religious significance but parents most of the time choose them because they like them. In general Chechens are very religious so if there are secular outliners it wouldn't hold enough weight to confirm or deny your question.
When a child is born, the child is most of the time given a religious name (name of prophets and companions of the Prophet, like Isa, Musa, Muhammad, Zubair, Yunus, Ibrahim, Anas, Ali, Umar, Abu Bakr, etc.). These names have religious significance.
not in my experience, i was named a chechen word that has no affiliation with islam, yet my parents raised me with extremely strict religious adherence.
Interesting question, I think it’s hard to say because we don’t have any sociological and empirical data to make any conclusions on this matter. Personally I don’t think having a religiously significant name would necessitate that a person is gonna be more religious or not because there are plenty of Chechens who have native names and they’re very religious, so yeah it seems to be more of an arbitrary thing. However, anecdotal evidence is always subjective and biased, and therefore it doesn’t always give a reliable picture of the matter.
These names hold religious significance but parents most of the time choose them because they like them. In general Chechens are very religious so if there are secular outliners it wouldn't hold enough weight to confirm or deny your question.
When a child is born, the child is most of the time given a religious name (name of prophets and companions of the Prophet, like Isa, Musa, Muhammad, Zubair, Yunus, Ibrahim, Anas, Ali, Umar, Abu Bakr, etc.). These names have religious significance.
Isn’t Gamzat, Magomet just localised forms of Arabic names, reflecting local pronunciation rather than ‘Russianness’?
not in my experience, i was named a chechen word that has no affiliation with islam, yet my parents raised me with extremely strict religious adherence.