Russian/Soviet Girls Names?

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I’m currently in the process of planning and starting a story based during the Cold War and I need name ideas for my main character. I will have characters from both sides of the iron curtain but my main character is going to be a soviet who is recruited as an undercover spy at the age of 14. I have been looking at names but none have really stuck. Any ideas?

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Some gems include Engelsina, Ninel, Barrikada, and Traktorina.

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I can’t think of any more names, I hope these help :blush:

[name_f]Yeva[/name_f], [name_f]Irina[/name_f], [name_f]Angelika[/name_f], [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_f]Galina[/name_f], [name_f]Alla[/name_f], [name_f]Alina[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Anya[/name_f], [name_f]Ivana[/name_f], [name_f]Natalya[/name_f], [name_f]Katya[/name_f] or [name_f]Katusha[/name_f], [name_u]Maria[/name_u] with a nn [name_f]Masha[/name_f], [name_f]Natasha[/name_f] or [name_f]Tasha[/name_f], [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] with a nn [name_u]Sasha[/name_u], Valeriya / Valerija, [name_f]Lara[/name_f] or [name_f]Larissa[/name_f], [name_f]Olga[/name_f], [name_f]Iana[/name_f] or [name_f]Yana[/name_f], [name_f]Ksenia[/name_f], [name_f]Elizaveta[/name_f], [name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f], [name_f]Polina[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] or [name_f]Nastya[/name_f] / [name_f]Nastassia[/name_f], [name_f]Arina[/name_f], [name_f]Daria[/name_f] with a nn [name_f]Dasha[/name_f], Vitaliya, Ralina :sparkles:

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If you check on behindthename you can set the country to one of the former soviet states or language to Russian and then check the popularity graph to see if it would have been used back then(not sure if they go back that far though)

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I love so many Slavic names. Faves are…

[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] “Anya”

[name_f]Anna[/name_f] “Anya”

[name_f]Natalia[/name_f] “Natasha”

[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f] “Tanya”

[name_f]Oksana[/name_f]

[name_f]Olga[/name_f] “Olya”

[name_f]Karolina[/name_f]

[name_f]Mila[/name_f]

[name_f]Marya[/name_f]

[name_u]Maria[/name_u] “Masha”

[name_f]Yelena[/name_f] “Lena”

[name_f]Yelizaveta[/name_f] “Liza”

[name_f]Yekaterina[/name_f] “Katya” or “Keit” (prn. like Kate), or colloquially “Katyusha”

[name_f]Yevgenia[/name_f] “Genya”

[name_f]Polina[/name_f] “Polly”

[name_f]Aleksandra[/name_f] “Sasha”

[name_f]Yulia[/name_f]

[name_f]Irina[/name_f] “Ira”

[name_f]Sofia[/name_f] “Sonja”

[name_f]Marina[/name_f]

[name_f]Vera[/name_f]

[name_f]Alla[/name_f]

[name_f]Larissa[/name_f] “Lara”

[name_f]Svetlana[/name_f] “Sveta”

[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] “Valya”

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