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What Russian names do you like?
I'm trying to rename some characters.
One is a girl currently named Fedosia, but I'm not entirely feeling it.
Second is her male instructor (currently nameless).
Anything appreciated.
I'm trying to rename some characters.
One is a girl currently named Fedosia, but I'm not entirely feeling it.
Second is her male instructor (currently nameless).
Anything appreciated.
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I like
Aleksandr
Aleksei
Andrei
Anton
Dimitri/ Dmitri
Ivan
Konstantin
Lev
Nikolai
Petya (not so much of Pyotr, too difficult to pronounce!)
Valentin
Viktor
Vladimir
Aleksandra
Anja/ Anya
Ekaterina/ Yekaterina
Elena/ Yelena
Elizaveta/ Yelizaveta
Julia/ Yulia/ Yuliya
Lidiya
Maria/ Mariya
Nadezhda
Sofia/ Sofiya/ Sonya
Valentina
Valeria/ Valeriya
Viktoria/ Viktoriya
Aleksandr
Aleksei
Andrei
Anton
Dimitri/ Dmitri
Ivan
Konstantin
Lev
Nikolai
Petya (not so much of Pyotr, too difficult to pronounce!)
Valentin
Viktor
Vladimir
Aleksandra
Anja/ Anya
Ekaterina/ Yekaterina
Elena/ Yelena
Elizaveta/ Yelizaveta
Julia/ Yulia/ Yuliya
Lidiya
Maria/ Mariya
Nadezhda
Sofia/ Sofiya/ Sonya
Valentina
Valeria/ Valeriya
Viktoria/ Viktoriya
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So, so many.
Evdokiya / Yevdokiya / Avdotya
Praskovia (see: Praskoviya)
Zvonimira
Xenia / Ksenia / Kseniya / Aksinya
Zlata
Pavlina / Polina
Zoya
Apollinaria (see: Apollinariya)
Zinaida
Kreszentia
Marina (= little Maria)
Agrafena
Oksana
Evpraksiya / Yevpraksiya
Matrona
Zinovia / Zinoviya
Some of these might be from other Slavic languages, not just Russian.
Evdokiya / Yevdokiya / Avdotya
Praskovia (see: Praskoviya)
Zvonimira
Xenia / Ksenia / Kseniya / Aksinya
Zlata
Pavlina / Polina
Zoya
Apollinaria (see: Apollinariya)
Zinaida
Kreszentia
Marina (= little Maria)
Agrafena
Oksana
Evpraksiya / Yevpraksiya
Matrona
Zinovia / Zinoviya
Some of these might be from other Slavic languages, not just Russian.
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Fedosia sounds too archaic.
I'd use:
Girls names popular in the 2000s:
Anna (Anya)
Yekaterina (Katya)
Alexandra(Sasha)
Viktoria (Vika)
Anastasia (Nastya)
Darya (Dasha)
Maria (Masha)
Alyona
Yelizaveta(Liza)
Polina
Boys names popular in the 1980s and 1990s:
Alexandr(Sasha)
Maksim
Alexey
Andrey
Mikhail(Misha)
Dmitry (Dima)
Roman (Roma)
I'd use:
Girls names popular in the 2000s:
Anna (Anya)
Yekaterina (Katya)
Alexandra(Sasha)
Viktoria (Vika)
Anastasia (Nastya)
Darya (Dasha)
Maria (Masha)
Alyona
Yelizaveta(Liza)
Polina
Boys names popular in the 1980s and 1990s:
Alexandr(Sasha)
Maksim
Alexey
Andrey
Mikhail(Misha)
Dmitry (Dima)
Roman (Roma)
This message was edited 10/6/2014, 5:55 PM
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One of my sisters is called Mila, I'm pretty sure it is Russian :) (pronounced mee-luh)
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Mikhail
Anatoly
Vitaly 'Vitya'
Viktor
Nikolai 'Koyla'
Dmitri 'Dima'
Andrei
Yasha
Aleksandr 'Sasha'
Evegniy
Kirill
Sergei
Pyotr
Svetlana 'Sveta'
Oksana
Snezhana
Milena
Zhanna
Yelena
Petra
Katya
Natasha
Elena
Irina
Maria 'Masha'
Kseniya
Ivanna
I put some of the nicknames that I know assiocated with the names! Most names have a short version, which you can form other nicknames from. Svetlana can became Svetka (although this is a sort of 'mean' nickname if I remember correctly), Sveta, Svetochka, etc. I'm also working on a story with Russian characters so I've trying to learn more about the naming style as well.
Anatoly
Vitaly 'Vitya'
Viktor
Nikolai 'Koyla'
Dmitri 'Dima'
Andrei
Yasha
Aleksandr 'Sasha'
Evegniy
Kirill
Sergei
Pyotr
Svetlana 'Sveta'
Oksana
Snezhana
Milena
Zhanna
Yelena
Petra
Katya
Natasha
Elena
Irina
Maria 'Masha'
Kseniya
Ivanna
I put some of the nicknames that I know assiocated with the names! Most names have a short version, which you can form other nicknames from. Svetlana can became Svetka (although this is a sort of 'mean' nickname if I remember correctly), Sveta, Svetochka, etc. I'm also working on a story with Russian characters so I've trying to learn more about the naming style as well.
This message was edited 10/6/2014, 7:15 PM
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I especially like these:
Alexey / Aleksey
Dima
Dimitri
Feodor
Gavriil
Isidor
Nikolai
Anastasia
Isidora
Katerina
Natasha
Natasia
I also recently saw a movie with a female russian character named Nastia. It wasn't a nickname for Anastasia or anything. And the Russian people I know are named Timur, Svetlana, Anna, Viktoria and Anton. The last three are siblings, and V & A are twins.
Alexey / Aleksey
Dima
Dimitri
Feodor
Gavriil
Isidor
Nikolai
Anastasia
Isidora
Katerina
Natasha
Natasia
I also recently saw a movie with a female russian character named Nastia. It wasn't a nickname for Anastasia or anything. And the Russian people I know are named Timur, Svetlana, Anna, Viktoria and Anton. The last three are siblings, and V & A are twins.
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