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Re: Russian names
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I love Russian names! Hungarian, Russian, and Polish are my fav. names. [in that order] The majority of yours are okay/great:Girls:
Alyona- Cute but nms
Annushka- Great for a dog, I'm not so sure about an actual person
Avdotya- I think this would age very nicely for anyone. [it's a keeper!]
Ekaterina- It's okay, but I prefer Yekaterina.
Elizaveta- I like it, although Eliz/sabeth is very common
Dasha- NN Dash? Never liked this one.
Elena- I like this, it has so many great combos.
Irina- Nice, but nms.
Ivanka- This was my fav. for the longest time, and I still love it.
Karina- same as Irina
Katya- also another of my favorites. I use this a a nn for Yekaterina.
Kseniya- NMS, but it's okay
Nastasya- Love it
Natalya- Love it
Natasha- NMS
Oksana- Great name, love it also
Svetlana- Sophisticated and sweet; would age gracefully
Tanya- Can't stand this one
Zoya- awesome nameBoys:
Demyen- I don't like Damian either
Fyodor- Great in every way
Ilya- NMS
Ivan- I'd never use it, bad associations, but okay name
Konrad- I can't stand this name
Kostya- I love it.
Lev- It's okay, but nms
Mikhail- Lovely and sweet
Miloslav- Not my fav., but definately not terrible
Nikolai- Great, but too common
Radimir- Radical dude....
Rodion- Radiation anyone?
Serezha- One of my favs, would age gracefully
Vasily- Definately better than Basil!
Mine-girls:Aglaya
Anastasiya
Arisha
Asya [NN for Anastasiya]
Elena
Faina
Katya [NN for Yekaterina]
Kira
Lidiya
Marina
Masha
Milena
Misha [girl only]
Nadenka [NN for Nadya]
Nadya
Natalya
Oksana
Svetlana
Tatiana
Yekaterina
ZoyaGuys:
Aleksei
Arseni
Artur
Benedikt
Evgeni
Fyodor
Grigoriy
Grisha
Luka
Maksim
Matvei
Milan
Pasha
Roman
Sasha
Sergei
Vasily
Vilen
Yuri
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I like your list!
Mine-girls:
Anastasiya: I only like the shorter versions of this, like Nastasya, Stacia
Arisha: I've never seen this name before, it's kind of nice
Asya [NN for Anastasiya]: nice short form
Faina: don't like it so much
Kira: I forgot this one, I love it!
Lidiya: It's nice
Marina: I don't like Mary-names so no on this one
Masha: Same
Milena: It looks like a boy's name almost
Misha [girl only]: I would like it if it wasn't getting so popular
Nadenka [NN for Nadya]: I like Nadya better
Nadya: Not my favourite but it's ok
Tatiana: It's overly popularGuys:
Aleksei: Great name, with nn Alek
Arseni: reminds me of Arsenio Hall
Artur: Like the English version better
Benedikt: My uncle is named this
Evgeni: I've never seen this one either. Interesting.
Grigoriy: Bad association
Grisha: gristle
Luka: Like it
Maksim: Max names are too popular
Matvei: Hmm this one is nice
Milan: Ok
Pasha: Don't like the P sound
Roman: Ok
Sasha: seems like more of a girl's name to me
Sergei: way too popular
Vilen: villain
Yuri: nms
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