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Alisa, Anastasia and Varvara (nn Varya) are very popular in Russia, Teodora is extremely rare, but the other girls’ names and nicknames sound foreign. Weixin is especially weird.

Weixin is interesting, and I can't really pronounce it, but it sounds pretty enough. Sophie always seemed like more a an American name, so that is also cute even though I prefer Sofie to Sophie. Alisa reminds me of Ayn Rand, because that was her real name, and I can't stand her philosophy or her devoted fans, so that name is kind of ruined for me. And Teodora is really pretty, I think it sounds more feminine and light without the The.

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For boys, I love Lev because of Trotsky, my favorite politician, and Petya is nice but that sounds feminine to me. Misha and Sasha sound masculine enough though, especially Misha.

The girls' names are really unexpected for Russia. The boys have typical Russian male names.

A 3 year old Stacey, especially in Russia, is very interesting! I like Sophie, Teodora "Tea", Alisa and Lev.

I like Varvara, Sophia, Varya, Alisa, and Petya.

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Out of curiosity, why were you there? Were you volunteering or something?