My Russian Baby Names

General Name Discussion
1

Thought I would share my list here. Husband is a Russian immigrant so we are picking names that are Russian and are also family names (from either side of the family).

Girls names: [name_f]Irina[/name_f], [name_f]Varvara[/name_f] (nickname [name_f]Vara[/name_f]), [name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f] (nickname [name_f]Katya[/name_f]), [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], and [name_f]Maria[/name_f]

Boys: [name_m]Vladimir[/name_m] (not my favorite but has very sentimental meaning - nickname [name_m]Vladi[/name_m]), [name_m]Mikhail[/name_m] (nickname [name_u]Mischa[/name_u]), [name_m]Ilya[/name_m], and [name_m]Anton[/name_m]

I also really like [name_m]Nicolai[/name_m] but it’s already been claimed.

What about you? What are your favorite Russian names?

2

I’m half Bulgarian with Czech heritage and a Russian student so I also have a great interest in Slavic names and [name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f], [name_m]Vladimir[/name_m] and [name_m]Anton[/name_m] are also on my favorite Slavic names list! (Although [name_m]Anton[/name_m] is also a traditional [name_m]German[/name_m] name to be precise.) I think that especially [name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f] has a very classic but still spunky feel to it! Some more that I love are:

Girls:
[name_f]Yelizaveta[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] ([name_f]Natasa[/name_f], Nastusya, [name_f]Tasia[/name_f])
[name_f]Sonya[/name_f]
[name_f]Alisa[/name_f]
Lyubov
Ninel (gotta honor your idols, lol😉)

Boys:
[name_m]Rurik[/name_m]
[name_u]Nikita[/name_u]
[name_m]Vadim[/name_m]
[name_m]Slavik[/name_m]
[name_m]Vyacheslav[/name_m]
Yarik
Miroslav

3

Miroslav and [name_u]Nikita[/name_u] are great names!

4

[name_m]Alexei[/name_m]
[name_m]Ilya[/name_m]
[name_m]Maksim[/name_m]
[name_m]Lev[/name_m]

[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f]/[name_f]Katja[/name_f]
Helina

5

For girls I really like [name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f] (sounds so classy and beautiful!), Inej (absolutely love this name), [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] and [name_f]Katinka[/name_f].

And for boys I like [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m], [name_m]Alexei[/name_m]/Alexey, [name_u]Sacha[/name_u] and [name_m]Dmitri[/name_m].

6

[name_f]Anastasiya[/name_f]
[name_f]Katya[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
Kseniya
[name_f]Liliya[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatyana[/name_f]

[name_m]Alexei[/name_m]
[name_m]Mikhail[/name_m]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Vladimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitry[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lev[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]