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I'm Russian but I would not give my kids Russian names. If the kid is not going to live in Russia, I just don't see the point of having the child have to spell out his/her name and constantly correct people who cannot pronounce it. I also think that a lot of Russian spellings just look plain stupid and/or trendy in English (like they extra y in names like Maria, Sofia, etc). There are, however, plenty of names that are used in both English and Russian and sound equally attractive in both languages, I'd aim for one of those.