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Re: Names from dream I had a while ago
by nesstya
2/16/2025, 2:31 AM
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
I did not expected Akim to be from Joachim :0
Would Yela be ok diminutive for Yelizaveta?

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- Babochka   +2
2/16/2025, 11:08 AM
Yela means "(she) ate" in Russian. Not a pleasant nickname.
- nesstya
2/17/2025, 6:08 AM
Thank you for info! I didn't thought about it.
- Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk (Tovaryshka_Anya)
2/16/2025, 2:43 PM
Yes that is true aswell, but it could still be short for Yelena or may be Yelizaveta. That would make it less common. Though, it would be fine as a short form of Yelyzaveta in Western Ukraine where people do not speak Russian so much. Our word for eat is yila (їла). We do not use Yela very often here.

This message was edited 2/16/2025, 2:46 PM

- Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk (Tovaryshka_Anya)
2/16/2025, 3:08 AM
Yela is short for Yelena, though if Yelizaveta wanted to be Yela too I don't think anyone would have problems with it. Liza is more common for Yelizaveta, I also met one who went by Veta once.

This message was edited 2/16/2025, 3:08 AM