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[Opinions] Names of Bulgarian students
I recently began my year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant at a high school in Bulgaria, and these are the students' names I've learned so far:Male:Kostadin "Koko"
Radostin
Dragomir
Stanislav "Sonny"
Pavlin
Galin
Rosen
Kamen
Aleksandr "Alex"
Kristian (x2)
Paul
Dennis (x2)
Russi (I'm not sure how he spells it, but it's pronounced "ROO-see.")
Dimitar (x2; one goes by Mitko)
Miroslav "Miro"
Ivan Female:Aleksandra
Eva / Iva (I'm not sure how she spells it, but it's pronounced "EE-va.")
Stephanie
Margaret (probably an Anglicization of Margarita)
Mariya Elena "Mel"
Pelagia / Pelagiya (love this)
Gabriela (x2)
Ralitsa
Elitsa
Miglena "Meggie"
Svetoslava "Svet" (so grand)
Viktoriya
Valentina
Tatyana
Vanesa
Nelina "Neli"
Ivanina
Iovana
Ioana
Kremlina
Anzhelina
Rositsa
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I'm a fan of:Kostadin
Pavlin
Galin -prefer Galen
Kamen
Aleksandr
Kristian
Dimitar
IvanAleksandra
Eva (I think with that pronunciation it's Iva)
Mariya Elena
Pelagiya
Gabriela
Svetoslava
Viktoriya
Valentina
Tatyana
Vanesa
Ioana
Rositsa
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There is some interesting names in Bulgaria. Oddly, I can also tell you that Cyrillic writing was first written in Bulgaria.
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