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ArchivesMeaning of the masculine compound name Razanbek / Razanbey.
I just discovered these names via the patronymic Razanbeyevich (written as Разанбеевич in Russian Cyrillic script). There is a Russian professional soccer player with that patronymic, namely Anri Khagba (b. 1992): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anri_Khagba . His ethnicity is probably not 100% Russian, though.
Looking at the patronymic, Razanbey (Разанбей) is probably the name of Khagba's father. The Russian Google also gives 518 hits for the name Razanbey. However, Razanbek (Разанбек) might also be a possibility, since the Russian Google gives 106 hits for that name. It gives 0 hits for Razanbeg (Разанбег), though. Either way, it makes little difference, since Razanbek and Razanbey are clearly related to each other: either Razanbek is a variant form of Razanbey, or the other way around.
Research on Facebook has learnt that these are extremely rare names nowadays: there were 0 hits for both Razanbek and Razanbey. They haven't even survived in surnames. Well, not in their full form at least, since I did come across the patronymic surnames Razbegaev, Razbekov and Razbeyko. Those surnames come from Razbeg (Разбег), Razbek (Разбек) and Razbey (Разбей) respectively, which may be short forms of Razanbek/Razanbey. Of those names, only Razbek is still used as a first name in this day and age - contemporary bearers mainly seem to come from Kazakhstan. Also, in the case of Razbeg, it must be noted that razbeg is also a modern Russian noun meaning "running start, run-up". Check out the Wiktionary article for it:
http://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B3
Either way, Razanbek and Razanbey are clearly compound names. They very much remind me of similar masculine compound names used in Chechnya, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, such as Aslanbek and Sultanbek. I don't know what the meaning is of the first element in Razanbek/Razanbey, but it looks like it may be Persian or Arabic in origin. The second element is most likely derived from the Ottoman Turkish military title beg (also bey) meaning "lord, chief(tain), master", making it the Turkish equivalent of the Arabic-Persian military title amir, emir. The etymological origin of this military title is uncertain, however. Some experts theorize it is derived from Old Turkic bég, which itself is probably ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic bek meaning "firm, solid, stable". Others theorize it is ultimately derived from Old Iranian baga (possibly via Sogdian beĝe) meaning "God, lord, master". Also compare Uzbekistan, which is the name of a country in Central Asia.
In short, what I would like to know is: does anyone here happen to have an inkling about the meaning and origin of the first element of Razanbek/Razanbey? If so, I would dearly like to hear about it. :)
Thank you very much in advance,
Lucille
Looking at the patronymic, Razanbey (Разанбей) is probably the name of Khagba's father. The Russian Google also gives 518 hits for the name Razanbey. However, Razanbek (Разанбек) might also be a possibility, since the Russian Google gives 106 hits for that name. It gives 0 hits for Razanbeg (Разанбег), though. Either way, it makes little difference, since Razanbek and Razanbey are clearly related to each other: either Razanbek is a variant form of Razanbey, or the other way around.
Research on Facebook has learnt that these are extremely rare names nowadays: there were 0 hits for both Razanbek and Razanbey. They haven't even survived in surnames. Well, not in their full form at least, since I did come across the patronymic surnames Razbegaev, Razbekov and Razbeyko. Those surnames come from Razbeg (Разбег), Razbek (Разбек) and Razbey (Разбей) respectively, which may be short forms of Razanbek/Razanbey. Of those names, only Razbek is still used as a first name in this day and age - contemporary bearers mainly seem to come from Kazakhstan. Also, in the case of Razbeg, it must be noted that razbeg is also a modern Russian noun meaning "running start, run-up". Check out the Wiktionary article for it:
http://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B3
Either way, Razanbek and Razanbey are clearly compound names. They very much remind me of similar masculine compound names used in Chechnya, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, such as Aslanbek and Sultanbek. I don't know what the meaning is of the first element in Razanbek/Razanbey, but it looks like it may be Persian or Arabic in origin. The second element is most likely derived from the Ottoman Turkish military title beg (also bey) meaning "lord, chief(tain), master", making it the Turkish equivalent of the Arabic-Persian military title amir, emir. The etymological origin of this military title is uncertain, however. Some experts theorize it is derived from Old Turkic bég, which itself is probably ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic bek meaning "firm, solid, stable". Others theorize it is ultimately derived from Old Iranian baga (possibly via Sogdian beĝe) meaning "God, lord, master". Also compare Uzbekistan, which is the name of a country in Central Asia.
In short, what I would like to know is: does anyone here happen to have an inkling about the meaning and origin of the first element of Razanbek/Razanbey? If so, I would dearly like to hear about it. :)
Thank you very much in advance,
Lucille
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