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Aleksei is a male Russian name. I don't get this fear of "too feminine", it is an old Russian name. Besides, he could always use Alek or Alex as nn.

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But Sasha and Mischa are nn, I would name a boy Alexander and Michael or Michail and use Sasha or Mischa as nn.

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"You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."
(On Children by Kahlil Gibran)