looking for a Russian/Ukrainian baby girl name. Our boy pick is [name]Maksim[/name]…so something that would compliment that.
So far I have [name]Calina[/name], [name]Irina[/name], [name]Anya[/name] (dh doesn’t love anya…which is sad b/c that is my first pick)
I love the name [name]Yeva[/name] (which I think is slovakian rather than russian but was my baba’s name).
I’m wondering how people would pronounce it. We always pronounced it yEE-va so that the y was almost silent…much like [name]Eva[/name]. I’m wondering if we would get YEV-a though.
[name]How[/name] would you pronounce [name]Yeva[/name]??
I probably would have pronounced [name]Yeva[/name] [name]YEE[/name]-va had the title of this thread not had ‘Russian’ in - that made me pronounce it YAY-va.
Some more Russian names (I love the spunky [name]Anya[/name] by the way) :
[name]Petra[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Ekaterina[/name]
[name]Yelizaveta[/name]/[name]Elizaveta[/name]
[name]Yelena[/name]
[name]Oksana[/name]
[name]Annika[/name].
I would pronounce [name]Yeva[/name], YAY-va, like [name]Ava[/name] with a Y before it. I love [name]Maksim[/name]! Great pick. I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Anya[/name]. [name]Calina[/name] is very pretty, and [name]Irina[/name] feels a bit old to me, but that’s because I don’t know any young ones. It’d be sweet on a little girl, I think. Some other names you might like:
When I was in [name]Russia[/name] [name]Anastasia[/name] was very popular and I think it is a really beautiful name. [name]Sacha[/name] also is popular for boys and girls and can be the diminutive for [name]Alexander[/name] another superb name.
[name]Julia[/name] is beautiful but they do not pronounce it like the English do.
Otherwise [name]Irina[/name], [name]Tatiana[/name] nn [name]Tanya[/name], [name]Sergei[/name] or [name]Nicholas[/name].
I would go with [name]Maxim[/name] and [name]Anastasia[/name] or [name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Lilia[/name] for sure!!! The 1996 All-Around Gymnastics Champion at the [name]Atlanta[/name] Olympic Games was a beautiful Ukrainian named [name]Lilia[/name]
One of my favorite Russian names is [name]Daria[/name]. It also has traditional nicknames of [name]Dasha[/name] and Darchu (I believe that one’s Hungarian, however).
I just think it’s exotic enough to stand out, but not so weird that she’ll be made fun of.
[name]Maksim[/name] is lovely. I love all of your girls choices too. [name]How[/name] about [name]Sonia[/name]?
I would prn [name]Yeva[/name] with the Y sound. Why not just use [name]Eva[/name]? That would work for honoring her and it is a very multicultural widespread name.
I love [name]Irina[/name] along with [name]Ivanka[/name] and [name]Ivanna[/name] (Feminine variation of [name]John[/name])
I had a Russian friend named [name]Olga[/name], after both her mother and her aunt. She said [name]Olga[/name] was so used in [name]Russia[/name], that even some little babies she knew when shopping groceries had this name, she told me this in 2006, in case you want to use a very known name. [name]Olga[/name]’s mother is a ballet teacher.
If you want a pretty well known name, you can go with [name]Nadia[/name], thanks to [name]Nadia[/name] comaneci-first perfect ten in history (1976 Montreal). She is Rumanian. It is so well known, I know this because people always mistakes my name to [name]Nadia[/name].
I love [name]Tatiana[/name] too, that is to me an alternative to so used [name]Natalia[/name] (I hear it everywhere).
I love love love Madlenka! I think it’s Czech though, so it might not fit what you’re looking for. If we had any eastern European heritage, I would be pulling for it for my little girl. There is a really cute series of children’s picture books we love of the same name, by [name]Peter[/name] Sis. When I saw [name]Yeva[/name], I was rhyming it with [name]Eva[/name] in my head, FYI.
Re [name]Yeva[/name]: When I lived in Kiev, everybody I knew pronounced it YEV-a. I imagine it varies depending on where you are in the Russophone world.
i would pronounce the name Yev-a. my husband’s name is [name]Maksim[/name]! it’s a great name!! his suggestion is [name]Marina[/name], [name]Galina[/name] and Rasa. my favorite is [name]Nina[/name]. I love [name]Marina[/name] and [name]Vera[/name] also.
