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My female favorites are nothing extraordinary (Anastasia, Ekaterina, Tamara, Tatiana, Marina, Natalia) but I find them lovely. I don't really have any masculine favorites.

Alyona --like as a nickname
Annushka --really like as a nickname
Avdotya --like it
Ekaterina --love it
Elizaveta --love it
Dasha --like as a nickname
Elena --love it, but can't use it thanks to my wicked Russian step-grandma
Irina --love it
Ivanka --like it
Karina --like it
Katya --love, especially as a nickname for Ekaterina
Kseniya --like it
Nastasya --prefer Anastasiya or Anastasia
Natalya --love it
Natasha --really like it
Oksana --like it
Svetlana --like it
Tanya --like it as a nickname
Zoya --really like it

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Demyen --prefer Demyan
Fyodor --like it
Ilya --love it
Ivan --really like it
Konrad --nms
Kostya --love as a nickname
Lev --like it
Mikhail --really like it (and Misha)
Miloslav --like it
Nikolai --love it (and Kolya)
Radimir --like it
Rodion --like it (and Rodya)
Serezha --prefer as a nickname
Vasily --really like it (and Vasia)

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Some of my favorites:

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Aglaya
Agata
Aleksandra
Darya

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If I had to change my name, it would be Svetlana Petronella.

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And since I've read The Brothers Karamazof, Ivan is one of my favorite names of all time, and Dmitry almost makes the list. I hate Alexei but I love Alyosha. I also like Nikolai "Kolya" and Pyotr "Petya" a lot. And Anatoliy, Afanasiy, Aleksandr, Anastasia, and Vitaliy. (When I was going through Russian Names to add to my list, I only got to A and then got bored.)

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Now I will read your post.

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Girls: I like most all of them, but I prefer full names for nicknames. Here are the ones I love:
Annushka
Avdotya
Elizaveta
Dasha
Irina
Ivanka
Natasha
Oksana
Svetlana
Zoya

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Boys: Same
Ivan
Konrad
Mikhail
Miloslav
Nikolai
Serezha
Vasily

There are an awful lot of nicknames on here, and I will just say straight off that I absolutely despise nicknames as first names.

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Girls:
Alyona -Strongly dislike it, but I love Yelena.
Annushka -Fine as a nickname, but unbearably cutesy as a given name.
Avdotya -This could really grow on me, I like it.
Ekaterina -Adore it!
Elizaveta -Gorgeous
Dasha -Adorable as a nickname, but hideous as a given name.
Elena -Adore this
Irina -Beautiful
Ivanka -As a nickname, sure. As a given name, no way. I find it rather harsh, though.
Karina -I find it very cutesy.
Katya -See Dasha
Kseniya -Looks so trydneigh and I don't care for the sound.
Nastasya -See Katya
Natalya -Gorgeous!
Natasha -See Natasaya
Oksana -Not a fan
Svetlana -I find it really harsh and ugly
Tanya -It's a nickname, and not even a nice one.
Zoya -Beautiful!

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Boys:
Demyen -Did you mean Demyan? Either way, I hate the name, sorry.
Fyodor -Ugly IMO
Ilya -Ditto
Ivan -I don't mind the Russian way (ee-VAHN), but EYE-van is awfully harsh.
Konrad -So harsh
Kostya -Another nickname
Lev -Not a fan
Mikhail -Love this
Miloslav -I much prefer Miroslav
Nikolai -LOVE it!

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Cute names!

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I love Russian names! My favorites are:
Boys: Luka, Misha, and Ivan
Girls: Sasha, Anya, and Anastasiya

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I love Katya.
The only others I can think of that I like are Anna and Roman.
Oh, and Masha, that one os okay.

This message was edited 7/10/2007, 12:20 PM

I love Russian names! Hungarian, Russian, and Polish are my fav. names. [in that order] The majority of yours are okay/great:

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Girls:
Alyona- Cute but nms
Annushka- Great for a dog, I'm not so sure about an actual person
Avdotya- I think this would age very nicely for anyone. [it's a keeper!]
Ekaterina- It's okay, but I prefer Yekaterina.
Elizaveta- I like it, although Eliz/sabeth is very common
Dasha- NN Dash? Never liked this one.
Elena- I like this, it has so many great combos.
Irina- Nice, but nms.
Ivanka- This was my fav. for the longest time, and I still love it.
Karina- same as Irina
Katya- also another of my favorites. I use this a a nn for Yekaterina.
Kseniya- NMS, but it's okay
Nastasya- Love it
Natalya- Love it
Natasha- NMS
Oksana- Great name, love it also
Svetlana- Sophisticated and sweet; would age gracefully
Tanya- Can't stand this one
Zoya- awesome name

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Boys:
Demyen- I don't like Damian either
Fyodor- Great in every way
Ilya- NMS
Ivan- I'd never use it, bad associations, but okay name
Konrad- I can't stand this name
Kostya- I love it.
Lev- It's okay, but nms
Mikhail- Lovely and sweet
Miloslav- Not my fav., but definately not terrible

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For girls I really like:

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Tatiana, nn Tanya
Natalya, nn Natasha
Irina
Sofya, nn Sonya
Olga
Mariya, nn Masha
Anastasiya
Anna, nn Anya
Kira
Kseniya

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Boys:

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Aleksey
Mikhail, nn Misha
Aleksandr, nn Sasha
Nikolai, nn Kolya
Dmitriy
Andrei
Pyotr, nn Petya

Of yours, I like:

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Elena
Irina
Ivanka
Karina
Natalya
Natasha
Oksana

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Ivan
Mikhail
Nikolai

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Also:

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Anastasia
Angelina
Annika
Anya
Lana
Lara
Larisa
Lena
Marina
Milena
Nikita
Sabina
Sasha
Selena
Sofiya
Valentina (GP)

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Alexei
Andrei
Anton
Dmitri
Grigori
Rolan
Sergei
Viktor