Russian names poll

Girl Names
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Wich ones do you like most?
  • [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
  • Karenina
  • [name_f]Marsha[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Dyveke[/name_f]
  • [name_u]Vanja[/name_u]
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I really like Karenina sounds but it’s way too tied with [name_f]Anna[/name_f] Karenina for me. Also just searched and seems like it’s only a surname in Russian? I don’t know.

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I thought it was a surname until yesterday when someone told me it actually was a first name. But that person might be wrong.

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Tatiana and [name_f]Marsha[/name_f] are lovely

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Tatiana! [name_f]Lovely[/name_f] and very classic in Russian. I have only known beautiful, elegant and intelligent Tatianas, so it’s got lovely associations for me – plus literary ties to, e.g. the heroine of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin.

@ethelmary is right – Karenina is a surname (feminine form of Karenin), not a first name, in Russian. Very pretty sound, but if you’re after authentic Russian first names, Karenina doesn’t fit the bill.

Dyveke is also super pretty with a sweet meaning but it’s Frisian, not Russian. [name_f]Marsha[/name_f] is also not a Russian name; there’s [name_f]Masha[/name_f], but it’s very rarely given as a name on its own – it’s a very common diminutive of [name_u]Maria[/name_u].

And [name_u]Vanja[/name_u] is lovely but it’s a boys’ nickname in [name_f]Russia[/name_f] – short for [name_m]Ivan[/name_m], and again very rarely given on its own.

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Are Russian names ridiculous?

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Sorry for being so wrong. It feels quite embarrassing right now…
I was obviously very wrong, so just ignore the word ”russian”

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Sorry, I didn’t mean to make you feel embarrassed! I thought you might specifically want a Russian name to honour family background or something like that. They’re all beautiful names :heartpulse:

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I really like [name_u]Vanja[/name_u] on a boy as a nn for [name_m]Ivan[/name_m] but no reason it couldn’t work on a girl the more I think about it. It does rhyme with [name_f]Anja[/name_f].

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Thank you🤍

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