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HelpRe: Some Russian names
in reply to a message by Felie
Well, as far as I know...
Genya (Геня) - it's not used at all, imo. Gena (with a hard G) is a nn for Gennadi, and Zhenya / Zhenia — Evgeni.
Nazariy (Назарій) - it's a Ukrainian form, in Russian it should be Назарий, there is no letter 'i' in modern russian.
It's more like a 'church name', I mean, according to Wiki famous bearers are mostly bishops.
I think, Nazar is a more conventional 'wearable' form.
But all in all Nazar and Nazariy are extremely rare and old-fashioned.
Anastasiy (Анастасий), Iriney (Ириней) - same as Nazariy.
Although my mother once knew someone, whose father was named Anastas, I believe Anastas was born in the 1940s-50s. (But honestly, I don't know where he was from).
Diminutives, that are not used as stand alone names:
Stas, Fedya.
Tonya, Lera.
Irredeemably dusty, 'your great grandmother' dusty:
Mariya, Ustinya.
And I agree with ari on transcription issues.
I like Kira, Klara, Ilia and Lilia (these spellings).
Lilia is my long time favourite, actually. But it's an international name already...;)
Genya (Геня) - it's not used at all, imo. Gena (with a hard G) is a nn for Gennadi, and Zhenya / Zhenia — Evgeni.
Nazariy (Назарій) - it's a Ukrainian form, in Russian it should be Назарий, there is no letter 'i' in modern russian.
It's more like a 'church name', I mean, according to Wiki famous bearers are mostly bishops.
I think, Nazar is a more conventional 'wearable' form.
But all in all Nazar and Nazariy are extremely rare and old-fashioned.
Anastasiy (Анастасий), Iriney (Ириней) - same as Nazariy.
Although my mother once knew someone, whose father was named Anastas, I believe Anastas was born in the 1940s-50s. (But honestly, I don't know where he was from).
Diminutives, that are not used as stand alone names:
Stas, Fedya.
Tonya, Lera.
Irredeemably dusty, 'your great grandmother' dusty:
Mariya, Ustinya.
And I agree with ari on transcription issues.
I like Kira, Klara, Ilia and Lilia (these spellings).
Lilia is my long time favourite, actually. But it's an international name already...;)
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