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Three possible explanations it seems -
1.From the dialect word yesenia, meaning Autumn, osen' in standard Russian. In this case it is taken to be a name or nickname for a child born in Autumn.
2. A diminutive form of the male given name Evsevii (Greek Eusebius)
3. A diminutive form of the male given name Yesip a variant of Yosip or Yosif (Joseph).
1.From the dialect word yesenia, meaning Autumn, osen' in standard Russian. In this case it is taken to be a name or nickname for a child born in Autumn.
2. A diminutive form of the male given name Evsevii (Greek Eusebius)
3. A diminutive form of the male given name Yesip a variant of Yosip or Yosif (Joseph).
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Interesting! Do you know to which dialect yeseia belongs? Just curious.
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According to my Russian source Yesenia ('winter') is from the dialect of Ryazanschine, which I take to be Ryazan province, south-east of Moscow. The poet Sergei Yesenin was born in this province.
Sorry for the late reply to this, I did not notice the supplementary question.
Sorry for the late reply to this, I did not notice the supplementary question.
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I think it's most likely the first origin.
This message was edited 9/7/2012, 4:56 PM
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