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Well, I can name many names that are widely used in Russia, but are spelling variants of names with roots in other languages, and names of Russian origin, such as:

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Aleksandra
Anastasia nn Nastya, Stasya, Tasya
Maria nn Masha, Mashka, Marinochka, Mashinka, Marushka, Marisha
(Y)ekaterina nn Katya, Katyusha, Katyushka, Kata, Katinka, Katyenka, Katrushka
(Y)evgeniya nn Zenouska, Zenya
(Y)elena nn Yelenka, Yalenchka
Irina nn Irushka
Antonina
(Y)elizaveta
Sofya
Ustinya
Bronislava
Feodora
Anna nn Anya, Anushka, Anechka, Ninochka
Daria nn Dasha
Tatiana nn Tanyusha, Tanyushka, Tatia, Tanechka
Olga nn Olechka, Olenka, Olishka, Olya, Olisha
Zinaida
Yuliya nn Yulenka, Yulishka
Natalya nn Natasha, Natyashenka
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This message was edited 12/14/2005, 2:39 PM