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[Opinions] Favorite girl Russian fn's
What are your favorite Russian first names for a girl?

This message was edited 2/3/2013, 11:51 AM

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I love Kira, Vera, and Olga. Oh, and Irina, Darya, Galina, Agata, Alisa, Natalya, Zinaida, Larisa/Lara, and Anastasia. So many pretties...I also love Anya, and I'd use it on its own, though many would sniff that it's strictly a nn in Russia.
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Ooh, lots.Anastasia
Tatiana
Maria, "Masha"
Larissa
Olga
Xenia
Elisavetya
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I like lots! My favourites at the moment are probably Maria and Nastasia. Maria / Masha
Anna / Anya
Ekaterina / Katya
Elena / Lena
Eva
Anastasia / Nastasia / Nastia
Natalya / Natasha
Sofia / Sonya
Irina / Ira
Valentina / Valya
Margarita
Marina
Esfir
Taisia / Taisa
Tatyana / Tanya
Nadezhda / Nadya
Serafima / Sima
Vasilisa
Faina
KlaraAlso I like Lera and Zhenya but don't really like Valeria or Evgenia.
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Zoia, ZosiaI know it's usually spelled Zoya, but I choose to transliterate it thus, which I find more elegant looking.
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ZosiaZosia is intriguing. Is it related to Zosima / Zosimus? Is the stress on the first syllable (I hope so)?
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Oooo I've never heard of Zosima but I'm totally in love now. Is it the first of second syllable that's emphasized?
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"ZO-see-muh," is how I've heard it. :-)I have to confess that I heard it as a male character in "The Brothers Karamazov." Father Zosima. But if Zosimus is a Latin male name, I don't see how Zosima wouldn't have been the feminine form, even if it did later become a male name in Russia. The database does have a feminine form, Greek Zosime.

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I believe it's only related to Zofia.
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Ah, well. It's still fascinating. I'm really loving it. :-)
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I can’t do only one!
Since we share the usage of a lot of them, on my real life list are:

Anastasiya
Eva
Isidora
Lara
Larisa
Lena
Sofiya
Veronika
Yuliya
Zoya And as nicknames I’d use:Anushka
Anya
Asya
Katya
Masha
Nika
Olya
Petya
Shura
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That's quite all right. Plural is fine. Thank you.
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Kira!
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