“Can I definitely give my child this name?” Tajikistan launches service to check approved names”

A new online registry allows parents in Tajikistan to check whether a chosen name is on the official list, explore its meaning and origin, and find matching names. Enthusiasts from Tajikistan have launched Nomvar. tj , an online registry of national Tajik names containing 3,461 names — 2,007 male and 1,454 female. The service is based on the latest official baby-name registry approved by the State Language and Terminology Committee. It is available in Tajik, Russian and English. Users can search and filter names by gender, origin and initial letter. Each name has a dedicated card providing information about its meaning and origin, as well as its spelling in the original language, including Persian or Arabic. According to the developers, the meanings have been compiled from verified sources, and new information will be added to the database as it becomes available.

The service is free and operates on a non-commercial basis. Its creators say the main goal is to help parents check a name in advance and make sure it appears on the official list before going to a civil registry office. “A deep cultural meaning” One of the project’s creators, Anushervon Salimov , is a developer with more than 10 years of experience. He developed Nomvar together with his wife, while other family members help research and verify the meanings, origins and etymology of names. The creators currently live in Russia, where Salimov completed a master’s degree at Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI. ” “Nomvar is not our only project. We develop all our products within the framework of the Compito team. “Our overall goal is to create useful digital solutions for everyday tasks. We want to make complex or inconvenient processes easier to understand, save people time, and help them get the…