FIGHTING FOR BEING GVARAMADZE

Abstract

The variance of family names in the first half of the XIXc is caused with different factors. Namely, with the rejection of traditional Georgian surnames. It began in the period of Ottomans, governance and went on in the period of Russia’s domination. One of them are surnames denot-ing skills that replace existed traditional Georgian family names. The history of a surname - Gvaramadze is a clear example. The main reason of the variance of family names is the rejection of tradi-tional Georgian surnames. First Ottomans’ began and then Russians continued it. New surnames were formed from nicknames (Zozoshvili) or from the terms denoting skills which had Russian –Georgian end-ings.