After many years of trying to think of a character name (when I should have been writing), I finally found a good name with Russian heritage, as my character is half Russian. But I struggle with finding a name for her sister that is just as unique yet different. Mischa’s sister is very outgoing, a party girl, and may be seen as shallow, but she is very caring and brave (haven’t gotten to that part in my book yet, cough cough). Please help!
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoya[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_f]Danika[/name_f]
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[name_f]Anja[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Odessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Yelena[/name_f]
[name_f]Yuna[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoya[/name_f]
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Since in Russian culture, [name_u]Mischa[/name_u] is used as a nickname by friends and loved ones for people named Mikhaïl, I think it would be wonderful for his sister to also have a nickname and fantastic long name!
Here are some pretty classic Russian names…
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] “Ana” or “Anya”
[name_f]Aleksandra[/name_f] “Sasha”
[name_f]Yevgenia[/name_f] “Genya”
[name_f]Yelizaveta[/name_f] “Liza”
[name_f]Yelena[/name_f] “Lena”
[name_f]Yekaterina[/name_f] “Katya” or “Keit” (prn. like Kate) or colloquially “Katyusha”
[name_f]Olga[/name_f] “Olya”
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f] “Tanya”
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f] “Natasha”
[name_f]Irina[/name_f] “Ira”
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f] “Sonja”
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alla[/name_f]
[name_f]Larissa[/name_f] “Lara”
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] “Valya”
[name_f]Svetlana[/name_f] “Sveta”
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[name_u]Eldra[/name_u] or [name_f]Vesna[/name_f]
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Thank you so much! I love [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_f]Vera[/name_f], [name_f]Irina[/name_f], [name_f]Genya[/name_f], [name_f]Anja[/name_f], and [name_f]Zoya[/name_f]. Also, does anyone know if there are any Slavic girl names that don’t end with an ‘‘a’’?
yeah, of course there are! here’s a list, all coming from behind the name:
aleks, alice, amálie, anastazie, ani*, antonie, assol (rare + literary), beatrycze, beti* cecilie, dagmar, danuše*, doris, drahuše*, elen, elizabet, emilie, esfir, ester, evženie, ines, iris, ivet, julie, karin, karmen, kate, klaudie, kornélie, květuše*, libuše, lioubov / liubou / liubov / lubov / lyubov, livie, lucie, lýdie, mare, marie, melánie, merjem, miluše*, miriam / mirjam, natali / natálie, neli*, nelli, nensi, nicol, nives, noemi, olivie, patricie, rozálie, rozárie, ruf, rút, silvie, sofie, stefani, sylvie, terezie, valerie, venuše, viktorie, xenie, yesfir, yudif, zejneb, zlatuše*, zoe, žofie
“*” indicates diminutives
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Oh my goodness. You have helped me soooo much! Thank you!
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