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Help[Opinions] Re: Ilya, and some other Russian names
in reply to a message by Tippins
Olga -not a big fan, old woman-ish name here (I've never met an Olga younger than 60)
Ilya -ok, but prefer the Croatian form Ilija
Andrey -like it, prefer Andrej
Tatiana -like it, also like Tajana
Bayr -not sure, seems a bit nicknamish to me
Mikhail -like it, prefer Mihael
Maria -I like it, also like Masha as a nn
Gavril -very bad association with the name Gavrilo (Gavrilo Princip was a Serb who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and started World War I)
Dmitry -I love Dmitar
Aleksandr -like Aleksandar
Alexei -love it and Aleksej
Anastasia -love it and nn Alix
Lev -ok, prefer Lav
Ivan -love it, but it's very popular here and I'd never use it
Modest -ok, not for an English speaking country
Yaromir -prefer Jaromir, but nmsaa
Agafya -weird, nsaa
Afanasiy -even I have trouble with pronouncing this one, lol
Ilya -ok, but prefer the Croatian form Ilija
Andrey -like it, prefer Andrej
Tatiana -like it, also like Tajana
Bayr -not sure, seems a bit nicknamish to me
Mikhail -like it, prefer Mihael
Maria -I like it, also like Masha as a nn
Gavril -very bad association with the name Gavrilo (Gavrilo Princip was a Serb who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and started World War I)
Dmitry -I love Dmitar
Aleksandr -like Aleksandar
Alexei -love it and Aleksej
Anastasia -love it and nn Alix
Lev -ok, prefer Lav
Ivan -love it, but it's very popular here and I'd never use it
Modest -ok, not for an English speaking country
Yaromir -prefer Jaromir, but nmsaa
Agafya -weird, nsaa
Afanasiy -even I have trouble with pronouncing this one, lol
This message was edited 6/18/2008, 11:09 AM
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So Olga's old womanish in Croatia too? :P I think it has a permanent old-witch stereotype here.
Wow, I wouldn't have made the connection between Gavril and Gavrilo Princip in a bazillion years. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
Alix for Anastasia is interesting! I like Alix a lot also. How is it pronounced how you are saying it? I'm saying it almost identically to Alex.
LOL Afanasiy I love its awkwardness. It makes me feel like I'm chewing on a stress ball or something.
Thanks!
Wow, I wouldn't have made the connection between Gavril and Gavrilo Princip in a bazillion years. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
Alix for Anastasia is interesting! I like Alix a lot also. How is it pronounced how you are saying it? I'm saying it almost identically to Alex.
LOL Afanasiy I love its awkwardness. It makes me feel like I'm chewing on a stress ball or something.
Thanks!
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