Philosophy of a Name: Ukrainian Context

The article is devoted to the spiritual content peculiarities issue in the process of proper nouns creation in spiritual Ukrainian culture. The true value of a name, as a philosophical, cultural, spiritual and historical phenome-non, is highlighted. The first aim of the work is to discover the specific features of names’ appearance and spiritual components by structural analysis and hermeneutic methodology in cross-sections of elite-sacral, elite-secular and folk names in ancient ethnic Ukrainian tradition. The second is to analyze the valued vectors of spiritual roots in name giving culture. The third is to draw attention to the specific influence of Christianity on culture and symbolism of a name giving process. The last is to examine the current cross-section of the given problem.