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Apparently my parents didn't know what to name me for about a week and eventually settled on Daniel, in this spelling it was a very unusual name in Soviet Union
by danielodievich 3y ago
Apparently my parents didn't know what to name me for about a week and eventually settled on Daniel, in this spelling it was a very unusual name in Soviet Union at the time. I think they liked some famous polish actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Olbrychski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Olbrychski.
A more slavic spelling of this is Danilo but it was even less popular than Daniel.
I knew only one other Daniel and he was a son of family's friends and apparently named after me. I didn't much care for him, but that's beside the point.
Coming to USA and it was a bit sad to no longer have a very unique name. It's okay though, my last name is very unique...