Re: Mischa, Sasha, Aleksei...
in reply to a message by LMS
Nope, nope, and nope! :-)
However, I definitely prefer Mischa and Sasha as nicknames, for Mikhail and Aleksandr respectively.
Aleksei Aleksandr is quite repetitive in looks, sound, and (partially) meaning, so I would go for Aleksei Mikhail.
Miranda

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However, I definitely prefer Mischa and Sasha as nicknames, for Mikhail and Aleksandr respectively.
Aleksei Aleksandr is quite repetitive in looks, sound, and (partially) meaning, so I would go for Aleksei Mikhail.
Miranda

Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.