It's not so much a family as a broken family; here's the scenerio: the main character falls in love with this russian man
Vladimir Orlov, who has seperated from his wife after the death of their young daughter. I can't decide on names for the wife or daughter, here's what I have so far for the wife: (and the nn are optional too)
Anastasiya (
Nastya)
Mariya (
Masha)
Svetlana (
Lana)
Yekaterina (
Katya)
Yelena,
Elena (
Lena)
Nataliya (
Natasha)
and for the daughter:
Mariya (
Masha)
Ludmila (Lyuda) -- means love, and I thought that might be symbolic
Nadezhda (
Nadya)
Liliya (Lilya)
OksanaDariya (Dasha)
Nataliya (
Natasha)
ALSO, the main character ends up having a child by
Vlad without his knowledges, she's married to someone else, and it's all a big secret. I was thinking of having her name her child--a girl--after
Vlad's dead daughter. What do you think of that idea? a bit much?
Thanks!
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Nadia