I've been in love with
Ilya since I was little. I don't know where I first heard it, but it's lived in my heart as long as I can remember.
Alexei and
Svyatoslav make me smile.
Volodya is gorgeous, but I've never cared for
Vladimir so I hesitate to list it.
You've forgotten some of my favorites:
Maksim,
Nikita (m),
Anatole /
Anatoliy / Tolya,
Yevgeniy /
Zhenya, Ilarion, Arcady,
Konstantin /
Kostya,
Evdokia /
Eudoxia, Vasilia,
Natalia /
Natasha,
Irina.
I can't find it in the database or my baby name book. But many of the 18th century Russian novel I read back in the day had a character named Ippolyte, or something like that. It was the Russian form of
Hippolyte.
Can anyone tell me the spelling of the Russian form please? Thanks.