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I know not many people on here care for Mariah, but I am considering using an explicitly Russian name as a MN and wondered if anyone would like to tell me their likes, dislikes and suggestions.
The reason I am looking into this is just for fun right now. I hope that in the future we will adopt a child, perhaps from Kazakhstan, so this is just an idea in case. In reality I'd probably want to keep at least part of the birth name of the child, but... It's just something to think about!

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Here are a few Russian names from this site that I like:
Mariah Yevgeniya
Mariah Kseniya
Mariah Nadezhda (I don't really care for Nadya)
Mariah Natalya or Natalia (DH has said he likes the name Natalie)
Mariah Serafima

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http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/rus_f.php

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I don't want to get too overboard since our last name is already Slavic and tricky to pronounce.

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As for Kazakh names, they seem to be far and few between on this site and elsewhere.
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/kaz.php

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Here's a nice list:
http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/forum/topic163467.html
Anara ("pomegranate") is beautiful

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And an explanation of origins and traditions in Kazakh naming:
http://aboutkazakhstan.com/kazakh-people-names.shtml
(Really like the borrowed Mariam and Hawa)

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Thanks for your opinions!

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This message was edited 1/11/2010, 2:15 PM