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[Opinions] Ilya, and some other Russian names
I posted recently about Olga. I am in a Russian name phase lately because at this festival there was a group of 5 Russian speakers and I was bowled over by awesome the entire time.(Their names were: Ilya, Olga, Andrey, Tatiana, and Bayr. Bayr is pronounced "By Ear" with a Russian accent. He said it was some sort of tribal name? or something? and that he was half Mongolian? or something? and he had gotten made fun of a lot in school for being half mongolian with a crazy name. I like all of their names anyway.)Ilya is the Russian form of Elijah. Think Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. It is not a girl name actually. He pronounced it "Ill-ya" as in "Killya" or "Willya." The way that that pronunciation makes the tongue go makes it so it is often rendered three syllables. (This is the way I say a lot of -ia names. I think "-ya" and pronounce "almost i a." Julya, Cecilia, etc.)Anyway I think it is a great name and almost every time I talked to him I would be thinking "ILYA AWWW ILYA" because I think it is an incredibly cute name / word / phonetic entity.The pet form is Ilyusha but he did not use it and I only used it twice. BUT ISNT IT CUTE AWWWHis middle name is Felixovich
So anyway I have been thinking about some more Russian names because I went through a phase with them a while back.Mikhail I don't like that much but I love Misha
Maria I love Mashka for
Gavril I think is my favorite, and I love the nickname Ganya
Dmitry I love, and Mitya and Dima
Aleksandr nn Sasha
Alexei is growing on me, will someone sell me on it?
Anastasia I have always liked but sometimes feel it is a bit too cliche-exotic
Lev I love
Ivan and Vanya I have long loved
Modest I am absolutely crazy about, despite how silly it is
Yaromir
Agafya
A couple random ones like AfanasiyI know Russian name discussions pop up every so often on here but I am still curious about whether you guys can "feel" Russian names and if so which ones you like
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Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 10:41 AM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  MariaNikolaievnaRomanova  ·  6/18/2008, 10:44 PM
You really want Lenin for a namesake?  ·  BrilliantBlue  ·  6/18/2008, 4:31 PM
Re: You really want Lenin for a namesake?  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 7:19 PM
Re: You really want Lenin for a namesake?  ·  Kate  ·  6/18/2008, 8:31 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Bronislava  ·  6/18/2008, 4:21 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 7:07 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Bronislava  ·  6/19/2008, 10:23 AM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Silent85  ·  6/18/2008, 2:18 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 6:31 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Lillian  ·  6/18/2008, 2:07 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 6:28 PM
Re: Viktor Benedikt  ·  Lillian  ·  6/18/2008, 9:20 PM
Bayr  ·  Akis  ·  6/18/2008, 12:21 PM
Re: Bayr  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 6:10 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Kristen  ·  6/18/2008, 11:20 AM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 6:06 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Hannah Ruth  ·  6/18/2008, 11:19 AM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 6:02 PM
I have a soft spot for Ilya...  ·  hannah_1721  ·  6/18/2008, 11:16 AM
Re: I have a soft spot for Ilya...  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 5:59 PM
I much prefer Dmitri - it looks a lot cleaner to me. (NT)  ·  hannah_1721  ·  6/18/2008, 8:19 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Sofia  ·  6/18/2008, 11:08 AM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 5:53 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Sofia  ·  6/20/2008, 4:21 AM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  jeziana  ·  6/18/2008, 10:58 AM
OMG  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 5:49 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  PirateCleen  ·  6/18/2008, 10:55 AM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 5:38 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Aileen  ·  6/18/2008, 10:52 AM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 5:36 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Aileen  ·  6/18/2008, 5:52 PM
Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names  ·  Tippins  ·  6/18/2008, 7:20 PM