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:
AleksandraAnastasia 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
SofyaUstinyaBronislavaFeodoraAnna nn
Anya,
Anushka, Anechka, Ninochka
Daria nn Dasha
Tatiana nn Tanyusha, Tanyushka, Tatia, Tanechka
Olga nn Olechka, Olenka, Olishka,
Olya, Olisha
ZinaidaYuliya nn Yulenka, Yulishka
Natalya nn
Natasha, Natyashenka
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