So my cousin is having a baby girl in [name]June[/name]/[name]July[/name].
Her other children are [name]Maya[/name], [name]Emilia[/name] nn [name]Mila[/name], [name]Alessandra[/name] nn [name]Ali[/name], Valdimir nn [name]Vlad[/name] & [name]Dennis[/name] nn [name]Den[/name].
My cousin is half german-half russian and her husband is english.
The names which were considered and rejected:
[name]Rose[/name], [name]Nina[/name], [name]Stephanie[/name], [name]Olga[/name], [name]Odessa[/name], [name]Zoe[/name], [name]Victoria[/name], [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Ellen[/name], [name]Irma[/name], [name]Irene[/name]/[name]Erin[/name], [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Catherine[/name].
I actually speak Russian, wow! I don’t know much about [name]German[/name] names, but think these could work in Russian, [name]German[/name] and English:
[name]Elena[/name]/[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Dana[/name] - my favorite Russian name, means “God’s gift”
[name]Tatiana[/name] nn [name]Tanya[/name]
[name]Natalie[/name]/[name]Natasha[/name]/[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Stepania[/name]/[name]Stefania[/name] - lovely twist of [name]Stephanie[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]/[name]Anya[/name] - popular in both [name]Russia[/name] and [name]German[/name]
[name]Eva[/name] - worldwide popular, Russians pronounce it “e-vuh”(e like in the word “rEmedy” and a like in “car”)
[name]Evelina[/name]/[name]Eveline[/name]
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Sasha[/name]
[name]Zoya[/name] - Russian [name]Zoe[/name]
[name]Tina[/name] - my favorite [name]German[/name] name
[name]Diana[/name]/[name]Diane[/name]
[name]Arina[/name] (a like in the word “car”)
[name]Nadya[/name]
Ulia
[name]Ekaterina[/name]
[name]Svetlana[/name]/[name]Sveta[/name]/[name]Lana[/name]
[name]Daria[/name]
[name]Luba[/name]
[name]Polina[/name]/[name]Paulina[/name]
[name]Milana[/name] - “mee-luh-nuh”
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Sofia[/name]
I can come up with more if you’d like me to.
I know two russian kiddos… Miliana [name]Mil[/name]–ee-ah-na and [name]Ivan[/name]