Dmitri and
Avdotya are the first ones I think of, if I was going to use any. I could also imagine using
Andrei,
Nikolai,
Galina,
Tamara,
Zoya,
Vasilisa.
Arkady,
Kirill,
Onisim,
Oleg,
Zinoviy,
Olga,
Praskovya,
Anastasia seem kinda nice.
I like
Elmira (and some others used in other languages:
Regina,
Anna,
Antonina,
Diana,
Irina,
Inga,
Klara,
Albina,
Kristina,
Konstantin,
Adam,
Isidor,
Viktor,
Lazar,
Valerian, etc) but don't really perceive it (or those) as Russian.
I like some Russian NNs, examples being
Nadya,
Dunya, Vika,
Sasha,
Vanya,
Tolya,
Yarik.
This message was edited 4/15/2025, 6:14 PM