That russian "ah"

hi berries! i need your suggestions, please :slight_smile:
I love girls names that have a long, foreign “[name_m]Ah[/name_m]” sound in the middle of the name, such as in: nadia, katja
or at the start of the name, such as in: annika or anja.

the roots of these name are usually swiss, german or russian.
Problem is, i can’t think of any more names than the ones i mentioned above :slight_smile: Could you help me out?

[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], [name_f]Ivana[/name_f], [name_f]Anouk[/name_f], Amalthea, [name_f]Amalia[/name_f]… This is hard! :stuck_out_tongue:

Here are some names from different cultures.

[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Oksana[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Alejandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Katharina[/name_f]
[name_f]Raphaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Fernanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Lisandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Melania[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Flavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Fabiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Renata[/name_f]
[name_f]Tania[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]/[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daria[/name_f]
[name_f]Anoushka[/name_f]
[name_f]Larissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Milana[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Svetlana[/name_f]
[name_f]Danica[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Chiara[/name_f]
[name_f]Mafalda[/name_f]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Donatella[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalba[/name_f]
[name_f]Bibiana[/name_f]/[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Adriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Mattea[/name_f]
[name_f]Samara[/name_f]
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f]
[name_f]Damiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilaria[/name_f]/[name_f]Hilaria[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]

I love [name_f]Nadia[/name_f] and [name_f]Annika[/name_f]! And the suggestions of [name_f]Anouk[/name_f] or [name_f]Amalia[/name_f]! Those are fantastic! :slight_smile:

What about:

Gracja (Polish name, so sort-of similar origins. Pronounced GRAHsyah. Maybe it could be spelled [name_f]Gracia[/name_f] too?)
[name_f]Milana[/name_f] (mee-lah-nah. There’s a little Belarussian girl in my church with this name! I like [name_f]Milena[/name_f] more, but I think [name_f]Milana[/name_f]'s really cute)
[name_f]Mara[/name_f] (or even [name_f]Zara[/name_f], [name_f]Cara[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Lara[/name_f], etc.!)
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alla[/name_f]
[name_f]Nastia[/name_f] (sort of in the same vein as [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], but it wouldn’t really work very well in an English speaking country, unfortunately. :()
[name_f]Valeria[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonina[/name_f]/[name_f]Antonella[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
[name_f]Darya[/name_f]
[name_f]Galina[/name_f]
[name_f]Zhanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Zana[/name_f]/[name_f]Zanna[/name_f] (Depending on how you say [name_f]Susanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Susana[/name_f], that, too)
Zlata (which I find so quirky and intriguing!)
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
Kapitolina (which is probably really crazy, but I like it, haha)
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]/[name_f]Natalya[/name_f]
[name_f]Oksana[/name_f]
[name_f]Olesya[/name_f] (Russian form of [name_f]Alexa/name_f)
[name_f]Renata[/name_f]
[name_f]Svetlana[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f] (depending on your enunciation)
[name_f]Yana[/name_f]

Good luck!

I didn’t see [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] on the lists above :slight_smile:

My faves are:
[name_f]Anneliese[/name_f]
[name_f]Amaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f]
Avelina

I love [name_f]Gracia[/name_f] and [name_f]Daria[/name_f]!
[name_f]Renata[/name_f] as well, though it’s a bit frilly feeling to me.
I actually know a young girl named [name_f]Yanna[/name_f]. Very cool name!

My family is Polish-American and has always called me by the Polish version of my name ([name_f]Catherine[/name_f]), which is [name_f]Katarzyna[/name_f] (prn: [name_f]KAT[/name_f]-ar-JIH-nah (with the “ar” syllable said very fast and with a sort of rolling r) – my best rendition of the Polish prn. It’s really beautiful if you say it right), nn [name_f]Kasia[/name_f]. Either of those would work. My cousin (actually in Poland) just named her daughter Malzena (prn: maul-[name_f]JEN[/name_f]-a). The Polish prns are difficult to translate and that could cause problems, but the names are so beautiful it’s almost worth it. :slight_smile:

Your prn of the name [name_f]Katarzyna[/name_f] sounds exactly like how we pronounce my cousins name ‘[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]’ :slight_smile: Very beautiful, yes!
Thanks for your suggestions berries! Keeo them coming :slight_smile:

Maybe

[name_f]Amadea[/name_f]
[name_f]Mattea[/name_f]
[name_f]Amara[/name_f]
[name_f]Adhara[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Annora[/name_f]
Amora
[name_f]Raisa[/name_f]
Thaïs
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Martina[/name_f]
[name_f]Daria[/name_f]
[name_f]Flavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] it helps!