[Opinions] Favorite Russian Names?
My boyfriend adores Russian names. So I was wondering, what are your favorite Russian names? I am trying to find something he'll like that I like. :)
Any suggestions?
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The names I like: * means because of good associations
Andrei (Andriusha)*
Aleksandr (Alek, Sasha, Shurik)*
Stanislav (Slava, hate Stas)
Vyecheslav (Slava)
Oleg (Olyezhka)*
Osip (Osya)*
Modest (Modya)*
Mikhail (Misha)*
Lev (Lyova)
Ilia (Iliusha)*
Grigory (Grisha is adorable!)
Mark (Marik, Markusha)
Aleksey (Lyosha)
Gennady (Love Gesha or Gena)*
Maria (Masha)
Anna (Anya)*
Marina (Marisha)*
Yelena (Lena, Lenka)*
Inna (Inka)*
Dislike Ludmila and Lyuda, love the pet form Mila*
Ksenia (Ksiusha)
Kira*
Bronislava (Bronya)* In theory it is nms at all... ;)
Nina
Sofia (Sonya)
Lidia (Lida)
Andrei (Andriusha)*
Aleksandr (Alek, Sasha, Shurik)*
Stanislav (Slava, hate Stas)
Vyecheslav (Slava)
Oleg (Olyezhka)*
Osip (Osya)*
Modest (Modya)*
Mikhail (Misha)*
Lev (Lyova)
Ilia (Iliusha)*
Grigory (Grisha is adorable!)
Mark (Marik, Markusha)
Aleksey (Lyosha)
Gennady (Love Gesha or Gena)*
Maria (Masha)
Anna (Anya)*
Marina (Marisha)*
Yelena (Lena, Lenka)*
Inna (Inka)*
Dislike Ludmila and Lyuda, love the pet form Mila*
Ksenia (Ksiusha)
Kira*
Bronislava (Bronya)* In theory it is nms at all... ;)
Nina
Sofia (Sonya)
Lidia (Lida)
I have a feeling this will be long. I like many and I'm a big fan of Russian diminutive forms, so I put those next to the names.
Anna "Anya/Annushka"
Agafya
Anastasiya "Asya"
Aleksandra
Agata
Agnessa
Alisa
Darya
Irina "Irinushka"
Larisa "Lara/Larushka"
Lyudmila
Nadezhda "Nadya"
Natalya "Nata/Natasha"
Marina
Mariya "Masha"
Milena
Svetlana "Svetya"
Sofiya "Sonya"
Tatiana "Tanya"
Viktoriya
Olga "Olya"
Oksana
Raisa
Roza
Tamara
Vasilisa
Vera "Verochka/Verusha"
Violetta
Varvara "Varya"
Veronika
Yelena
Yekaterina "Katya/Katenka"
Yeva
Yuliya
Yevgeniya
Zoya
Zinaida
Zinoviya
Aleksey "Alyosha"
Anastas
Anatoliy
Andrey
Anton
Arkadiy
Arseniy
Boris
Daniil
Dmitriy "Mitya"
Grigoriy "Grisha"
Gavriil
Feodosiy
Aleksandr "Sasha/Sashenka"
Ilya
Ilari
Iosif
Kirill
Lavrentiy
Leonid
Lev
Luka
Konstantin "Kostya"
Makariy
Pavel "Pasha"
Mikhail "Misha"
Nikolai "Kolya"
Nikita --yes, this is a male name
Ivan "Vanya"
Maksim "Maks"
Maksimilian
Matvey
Miloslav
Miroslav
Moisey
Nazariy
Pyotr "Petya"
Pankrati
Rodion "Rodya"
Samuil
Semyon
Sevastyan
Stanimir
Stanislav "Stas"
Timofey
Valentin
Varfolomey
Vasiliy "Vasya"
Viktor
Vitaliy "Vitya"
Sergey "Seryozha"
Vladimir "Volya"
Yuriy "Yura/Yurochka"
Yuliy
Yevgeniy "Genya"
Anna "Anya/Annushka"
Agafya
Anastasiya "Asya"
Aleksandra
Agata
Agnessa
Alisa
Darya
Irina "Irinushka"
Larisa "Lara/Larushka"
Lyudmila
Nadezhda "Nadya"
Natalya "Nata/Natasha"
Marina
Mariya "Masha"
Milena
Svetlana "Svetya"
Sofiya "Sonya"
Tatiana "Tanya"
Viktoriya
Olga "Olya"
Oksana
Raisa
Roza
Tamara
Vasilisa
Vera "Verochka/Verusha"
Violetta
Varvara "Varya"
Veronika
Yelena
Yekaterina "Katya/Katenka"
Yeva
Yuliya
Yevgeniya
Zoya
Zinaida
Zinoviya
Aleksey "Alyosha"
Anastas
Anatoliy
Andrey
Anton
Arkadiy
Arseniy
Boris
Daniil
Dmitriy "Mitya"
Grigoriy "Grisha"
Gavriil
Feodosiy
Aleksandr "Sasha/Sashenka"
Ilya
Ilari
Iosif
Kirill
Lavrentiy
Leonid
Lev
Luka
Konstantin "Kostya"
Makariy
Pavel "Pasha"
Mikhail "Misha"
Nikolai "Kolya"
Nikita --yes, this is a male name
Ivan "Vanya"
Maksim "Maks"
Maksimilian
Matvey
Miloslav
Miroslav
Moisey
Nazariy
Pyotr "Petya"
Pankrati
Rodion "Rodya"
Samuil
Semyon
Sevastyan
Stanimir
Stanislav "Stas"
Timofey
Valentin
Varfolomey
Vasiliy "Vasya"
Viktor
Vitaliy "Vitya"
Sergey "Seryozha"
Vladimir "Volya"
Yuriy "Yura/Yurochka"
Yuliy
Yevgeniy "Genya"
My favorites are:
Aleksandra
Aleksandrina
Anastasiya
Angela
Angelina
Anna
Darya
Ekaterina
Elena
Eva
Katerina
Katia / Katya
Marianna
Marina
Mariya
Milena
Nataliya / Natalya
Sasha
Selena
Sofiya / Sofya
Sonya
Tatiana / Tatyana
Valentina
Viktoriya
Yulia / Yuliya
Yuliana / Yulianna
Zoya
Adam
David
Dimitri
Isaak
Luka
Maksim / Maxim
Mark
Robert
Roman
Sergei / Sergey
Aleksandra
Aleksandrina
Anastasiya
Angela
Angelina
Anna
Darya
Ekaterina
Elena
Eva
Katerina
Katia / Katya
Marianna
Marina
Mariya
Milena
Nataliya / Natalya
Sasha
Selena
Sofiya / Sofya
Sonya
Tatiana / Tatyana
Valentina
Viktoriya
Yulia / Yuliya
Yuliana / Yulianna
Zoya
Adam
David
Dimitri
Isaak
Luka
Maksim / Maxim
Mark
Robert
Roman
Sergei / Sergey
Boys:
Anton
Boris
Dmitri
Grigori
Ignati
Ilya
Konstantin
Leonid
Lev
Maksim
Nikolai
Oleg
Osip
Rodion
Roman
Rurik
Sergei
Stepan
Tikhon
Timofei
Trofim
Valentin
Vanya
Vasili
Viktor
Vitali
Vladimir
Yakov
Girls:
Darya
Irina
Klara
Lara
Larissa
Lena
Marta
Masha
Nadezhda
Nadya
Natalya
Natasha
Nikita
Nina
Petya
Raisa
Serafima
Sofya
Sveta
Tamara
Tanya
Tatyana
Valentina
Vera
Yekaterina
Yelena
Yelisaveta
Zina
Zinaida
Zinovia
Anton
Boris
Dmitri
Grigori
Ignati
Ilya
Konstantin
Leonid
Lev
Maksim
Nikolai
Oleg
Osip
Rodion
Roman
Rurik
Sergei
Stepan
Tikhon
Timofei
Trofim
Valentin
Vanya
Vasili
Viktor
Vitali
Vladimir
Yakov
Girls:
Darya
Irina
Klara
Lara
Larissa
Lena
Marta
Masha
Nadezhda
Nadya
Natalya
Natasha
Nikita
Nina
Petya
Raisa
Serafima
Sofya
Sveta
Tamara
Tanya
Tatyana
Valentina
Vera
Yekaterina
Yelena
Yelisaveta
Zina
Zinaida
Zinovia
My few very favorites--like the ones that I know are my favorites without searching through the Russian names and just seeing which ones strike my fancy--are:
Miroslava
Polina
Bogdana
And probably any other name with a -mira or -slava ending. Don't know why, but I tend to really like those. Not as big on the male -mir or -slav equivalents, though, for whatever reason.
Miron
Boris
Pavel
Miroslava
Polina
Bogdana
And probably any other name with a -mira or -slava ending. Don't know why, but I tend to really like those. Not as big on the male -mir or -slav equivalents, though, for whatever reason.
Miron
Boris
Pavel
Ekaterina is the only one I like at the moment.
I love Russian names! I really like
Anne "Anushka"
Anastasia
Olga (too ugly for a lot of people)
Nadezhda
Dimitri
Aleksander "Sasha"
Pavel "Pasha"
I'm sure there are more, but I can't think of them. I also love a lot of diminutives like Anushka, Nadya, Anya etc.
ETA: http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/rus.php You're bound to find something amongst that, good luck! :)
Anne "Anushka"
Anastasia
Olga (too ugly for a lot of people)
Nadezhda
Dimitri
Aleksander "Sasha"
Pavel "Pasha"
I'm sure there are more, but I can't think of them. I also love a lot of diminutives like Anushka, Nadya, Anya etc.
ETA: http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/rus.php You're bound to find something amongst that, good luck! :)
This message was edited 9/8/2007, 11:56 AM