Octobering

thumb|250px|Octobering in 1927. Octobering was a naming ceremony which occurred during the early era of the Soviet Union, which involved giving a name to a newborn, introduced by the state on the official basis of Marxist–Leninist atheism as an attempt to replace the religious tradition of christening. The term serves as a translation of two synonymous Soviet neologisms: Oktyabryenie, coined in an analogy to Kreshcheniye, literally, the sacrament of "baptism", and Oktyabriny instead of '''', the latter being a family celebration on the occasion of baptism.

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thumb|250px|Octobering in 1927. Octobering was a naming ceremony which occurred during the early era of the Soviet Union, which involved giving a name to a newborn, introduced by the state on the official basis of Marxist–Leninist atheism as an attempt to replace the religious tradition of christening. The term serves as a translation of two synonymous Soviet neologisms: Oktyabryenie, coined in an analogy to Kreshcheniye, literally, the sacrament of "baptism", and Oktyabriny instead of '', the latter being a family celebration on the occasion of baptism.

The term Oktyabriny is distinct from Oktyabrina, which is a Soviet given name. All three words are derived from the word Oktyabr, (October), commemorating the October Revolution.