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Favorite girl Russian fn's

by Cadha (cfmt2013)

2/3/2013, 10:43 AM

What are your favorite Russian first names for a girl?

#Russian

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

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- ninjato

2/3/2013, 11:14 AM

Kira!

- Kinola

2/3/2013, 11:26 AM

Katya

- Sofia +1

2/3/2013, 11:45 AM

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

- Cadha (cfmt2013)

2/3/2013, 11:52 AM

That's quite all right. Plural is fine. Thank you.

- pike (BBH) +5

2/3/2013, 1:15 PM

Zoia, Zosia

I know it's usually spelled Zoya, but I choose to transliterate it thus, which I find more elegant looking.

- Bear +4

2/3/2013, 1:41 PM

Zosia

Zosia is intriguing. Is it related to Zosima / Zosimus? Is the stress on the first syllable (I hope so)?

- pike (BBH) +1

2/3/2013, 1:49 PM

I believe it's only related to Zofia.

- Bear

2/3/2013, 3:53 PM

Ah, well. It's still fascinating. I'm really loving it. :-)

- Ismene (Madyson) +1

2/3/2013, 5:32 PM

Oooo I've never heard of Zosima but I'm totally in love now. Is it the first of second syllable that's emphasized?

- Bear

2/3/2013, 5:45 PM

"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.

This message was edited 2/3/2013, 6:00 PM

- yasmine

2/3/2013, 6:22 PM

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
Klara

Also I like Lera and Zhenya but don't really like Valeria or Evgenia.

- Catalina (Catalina-lirio)

2/3/2013, 6:42 PM

Ooh, lots.

Anastasia
Tatiana
Maria, "Masha"
Larissa
Olga
Xenia
Elisavetya

- humblebee

2/3/2013, 7:08 PM

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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