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Oksana sounds nice.

Ksenia has been on my 'Like' list for quite a while. I'm not put off by Ksyusha, since I know that '-USHA' is simply a diminutive suffix, much like -ITA or -ELLE

Ksenia. I've never heard of Ksyusha, but it doesn't appeal to me.

Ksenia! I also grew up in a Russian area so I’m very used to these names. May be more challenging for people not exposed to Russian to pronounce Ksyusha.

Oksana! I love it.

They're both pretty, but I choose Ksenia.

Looking at Ksyusha I have no clue how to pronounce it. That might be a problem, but that's just something I have to learn.

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I don't particular care for Oksana. Although I, as 'name nerd', know it's a genuine name I think it does look incomplete/made-up. I think it sounds rather harsh too.

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Ksenia is easy to pronounce and recognisable. I like the "nia" part, although the name itself is to my style. I do prefer it over Oksana.

I prefer Oksana but I like them both. I don’t like the diminutive Ksyusha.

Whilst I like both, Oksana wins for me. I really enjoy the similarity to Roxana/Roxanne/Roxy, all of which I love. The feisty, fiery vibe is strong in all of them. Also Killing Eve haha.

Ksenia

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Ksyusha sounds unpleasant and vaguely fox-like to me.

Ksenia

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Ksenia (Xenia is even better) - I don't like an oks- sound, moreover Ksenia looks 'authentic' and 'complete' to me, if you can say that about a name.
Ksyusha - I don't particularly like names or NNs with -sha- in them.

Knenia, though I prefer it spelled Xenia.

Don't like either