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Help[Opinions] Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names
in reply to a message by Tippins
I might as well just get this out right at the beginning, so...
I LOVE RUSSIAN NAMES!
Ok, now that we've put that out of the way, I must say that I totally agree Ilya is adorable and Ilyusha is even MORE adorable! Olga and Tatiani are too Romanov, abd Bayr sounds like a recneck trying to say bear. Andrey is find, but I love Andrei. And while we're on the topic of Russian names, I must say that I also love Pyotr and Vladimir. Here are my thoughts of the other ones.
Mikhail -- Totally agree with you about Mikhail and Misha.
Maria -- Mashka is adorable indeed, but Maria is so blah.
Gavril -- Seems like the name of a sword from a mediocre fanfiction about Lord of the Rings, sorry.
Dmitry -- I have always and will always love this name. Nothing could ever change that for me.
Aleksandr -- I love this, especially nn Sasha! Though I do prefer Alexis prn uh-LEK-see. I'd use it in a second.
Alexei -- Well there we go, same prn as Alexis. Um, it's awesomely Romanov, minus the princess part? Does that sell it? Plus, it's so mysterious and... Slavic.
Anastasia -- I've always loved this, too, but feel it's a tad pretentious. I've stuck it with Antoinette for now, another one I love be find to be slightly cliche.
Lev -- I love it! I'd never even heard of it before, honestly. But I love Lvov, which is similar.
Ivan -- Ivan is another one of my absolute favorites. So much better than just plain old John!
Modest -- Moussorgsky! The Russian composer of Night on Bald Mountain! That's one hell of a song, by the way.
Yaromir -- I can't get over the "yar" for some reason, not sure why.
Agafya -- Reminds me of guffaw.
Afanasiy -- I reall like this. It's so unique and ethnic.
I LOVE RUSSIAN NAMES!
Ok, now that we've put that out of the way, I must say that I totally agree Ilya is adorable and Ilyusha is even MORE adorable! Olga and Tatiani are too Romanov, abd Bayr sounds like a recneck trying to say bear. Andrey is find, but I love Andrei. And while we're on the topic of Russian names, I must say that I also love Pyotr and Vladimir. Here are my thoughts of the other ones.
Mikhail -- Totally agree with you about Mikhail and Misha.
Maria -- Mashka is adorable indeed, but Maria is so blah.
Gavril -- Seems like the name of a sword from a mediocre fanfiction about Lord of the Rings, sorry.
Dmitry -- I have always and will always love this name. Nothing could ever change that for me.
Aleksandr -- I love this, especially nn Sasha! Though I do prefer Alexis prn uh-LEK-see. I'd use it in a second.
Alexei -- Well there we go, same prn as Alexis. Um, it's awesomely Romanov, minus the princess part? Does that sell it? Plus, it's so mysterious and... Slavic.
Anastasia -- I've always loved this, too, but feel it's a tad pretentious. I've stuck it with Antoinette for now, another one I love be find to be slightly cliche.
Lev -- I love it! I'd never even heard of it before, honestly. But I love Lvov, which is similar.
Ivan -- Ivan is another one of my absolute favorites. So much better than just plain old John!
Modest -- Moussorgsky! The Russian composer of Night on Bald Mountain! That's one hell of a song, by the way.
Yaromir -- I can't get over the "yar" for some reason, not sure why.
Agafya -- Reminds me of guffaw.
Afanasiy -- I reall like this. It's so unique and ethnic.
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