name
Seveki
seh-VEH-kee
sɛˈvɛkiListen
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Syllable breakdown
Seveki
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Evenki (Russia/Siberia)
- Meaning
- an Evenki name derived from Seveki or Seweki, the supreme heavenly deity of the Evenki pantheon, lord of the upper world, protector of humans and animals, and master of hunting luck; names derived from divine beings were traditionally given to children who arrived under auspicious circumstances or following a period of hardship, invoking the deity's protective power over the child's life; the name reflects the deeply animistic religious worldview of the Evenki, which has persisted alongside and beneath Orthodox Christian influence since the seventeenth century
- Gender
- male
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