Easy to Pronounce Russian Names!

Writers' Corner
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So currently the names I have are:
Matriona (Protagonist - mat-riona)
Olexi (Matriona’s brother)
[name]Dannica[/name] (Matriona’s sister)

Are these simple to pronounce names?

I also need a name for Matriona’s mother, grandparents and brother. Her mother and uncle were raised during Soviet times if that helps!

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I can pronounce Olexi and [name]Dannica[/name] but I’m not sure of your protagonist’s pronounciation

The only Russian names I can think of are the standard:
[name]Nikolai[/name]
[name]Dimitri[/name]
[name]Katya[/name]
[name]Petra[/name]

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[name]Masha[/name], [name]Pasha[/name], [name]Pavel[/name], [name]Valentina[/name], [name]Olga[/name], [name]Irina[/name], [name]Vasiliy[/name]… There are loads of easy to pronounce Russian names.

The ones you’ve got already are easy to say, yes.

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The Soviet Union lasted for the better part of the century (1922-1991)!

Russians are quite traditional when it comes to names, so here are some normal ones:

Males born around 1900’s:
[name]Nickolai[/name], [name]Alexandr[/name], [name]Aleksei[/name], [name]Mikhail[/name], [name]Ivan[/name], [name]Vasiliy[/name], [name]Sergei[/name], [name]Georgy[/name], [name]Pyotr[/name], [name]Vladimir[/name]

Females born around 1900’s:
[name]Anna[/name], [name]Maria[/name], [name]Alexandra[/name], [name]Tatiana[/name], [name]Olga[/name], [name]Yelena[/name], [name]Vera[/name], [name]Elisaveta[/name]

Males born between 1970-1990’s:
[name]Sergey[/name], [name]Dimitri[/name], [name]Alexei[/name], [name]Mikhail[/name], [name]Vladimir[/name], [name]Igor[/name], [name]Nikita[/name], [name]Maksim[/name]

Females born between 1970-1990’s:
[name]Yelena[/name], [name]Olga[/name], [name]Tatiana[/name], [name]Natalia[/name], [name]Irina[/name], [name]Anna[/name], [name]Svetlana[/name], [name]Polina[/name]

and russian names are very easy to say, it’s straight forward.

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I don’t find your names particularly Russian. The names suggested by the previous posters would be more authentic.

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Many of the ones I was going to suggest were already posted, but here are a few more:
[name]Ludmila[/name]
Inna
[name]Natasha[/name]

[name]Anton[/name]
[name]Ilya[/name]
[name]Luka[/name]
[name]Oleg[/name]
[name]Yuri[/name]

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Matriona is a Russian girls name meaning Lady.
Olexi is alternative of [name]Alexi[/name].
[name]Dannica[/name]'s name is Slavic, picked by her father, who isn’t Russian.
I should’ve explained in my post, they don’t live in [name]Russia[/name], but their uncle and grandparents do.

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[name]Anastasia[/name], I believe, is russian (correct me if I’m wrong) and also very easy to pronounce. I love the suggestions of [name]Katya[/name] and [name]Dimitri[/name].

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My knowledge of russian names are limited to players of the NHL (and their wives and daughters). I really like [name]Svetlana[/name] and Alyonka. Made me want a russian character just to name them that. A russian teacher from my highschool named his daughter Nadiesda she goes by [name]Nadia[/name].

[name]Pavel[/name], [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Pasha[/name], [name]Sergei[/name] are the easily pronouced male ones I can think of from the NHL.

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Girls:
[name]Nataliya[/name]/[name]Natalya[/name]/[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Liliya[/name]/[name]Lilya[/name]/[name]Lilia[/name]
[name]Larisa[/name] “[name]Lara[/name]”
[name]Yekaterina[/name]/[name]Ekaterina[/name] “[name]Katia[/name]/[name]Katya[/name]”
[name]Yuliya[/name]
[name]Yelena[/name]/[name]Elena[/name]
Anatasiya/[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Svetlana[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Irina[/name]
[name]Kira[/name]
[name]Lidiya[/name]/[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Veronika[/name]
[name]Yelizaveta[/name]/[name]Elizaveta[/name]
Viktoriya

Boys:
[name]Luka[/name]
[name]Konrad[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name]
[name]Karl[/name]
[name]Anton[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Alexei[/name]
[name]Nikita[/name]
[name]Pavel[/name]
[name]Viktor[/name]
Nikolay/[name]Nikolai[/name]
[name]Vasily[/name]

I hope these help!

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I like those names you have =)
Also a good option (if I do say so myself) is my own name, [name]Nikita[/name]. It’s really a male name but, due to it’s feminine sound, has been used for girls outside of [name]Russia[/name]. It means ‘Unconquered’, or ‘[name]Victory[/name]’. If you do actually decide to use it, I would recommend using it for a male since your family here are Russians =).

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[name]Varenka[/name] is one of my favorites.