With pretty much every married woman I know being pregnant right now, I have been hearing and reading a lot about names. So, I decided to add my own names blog post, though with a slightly different twist.
It's about Russian names. And you are free to use one of them for your kid, if you wish. Basically, Russian names are really limited. Everyone has the same ones, chosen from the same list. This results in multiples. In my translation class of 10-ish people, there are three Svetas. Confusing. So, I tried to make a list.
Men's names:
Vladimir, Dmitri, Konstantin, Oleg, Anton, Boris, Aleksandr, Sergei, Aleksei, Stepan, Yurii, Volodya, Maksim, Evgeniy, Nikolai, Valerii, Kirill, Vasilii, Vitalii, Pyotr, Pavel, Igor, Ivan, Mikhail, Ilya, Fyodor, Lev, Gregorii, Georgii, Andrei, Timofei, Stanislav, Vladislav, Mstislav, Svyatoslav
Women's names:
Aleksadra, Irina, Mariya, Marya, Svetlana, Marina, Ekaterina, Tatiyana, Lyubov, Olga, Oksana, Dariya, Anastasia, Nataliya, Anna, Elizaveta, Polina, Vera, Nadyezhda, Elena, Varvara, Valentina, Victoria, Raisa, Rita, Evgeniya, Galina.
What have I missed that is not a short form of one of the above?
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6 comments:
Well, at least in Russia, the whole What-am-I-going-to-name-my-baby problem is a whole lot easier!
Okay, I must talk Greek. The Greeks had the naming system down. Anything really could be a name, but here's the really cool thing: everyone whose awesome gets an epitaph. I.e., Hector the Horse-tamer, Swifted Foot Achilles, etc.
All those babies that are coming are going to need epitaphs! I am ready! Unless, of course, you would want to epitaph them, Sally the Russian Guru.
for women there's Sonya/Sophia. For men, there are a whole bunch more -slav names, like Miroslav and Yaroslav. but on the whole your list is pretty comprehensive.
I wonder what the russian version of Henry is (if there is one). One more way to mispronounce Henrik's name.
Anyway, Fyodor was/is one of my favorites.
BTW, how are you?
Hey, are you going to be in Russia for Christmas festivities?
More I came up with over the weekend:
M: Viktor, Denis, Ignatii, Daniil, Innokentii, Gennadii, Arkadii, Simyon, Anatolii, Artur
W: Sophia, Vasilisa
Some of these men's names are getting pretty obscure, but still. Just making a point here.
Carolyn and I got your postcard!!!! Thanks so much. It's amazing that buildings like that for real exist. And you are around them all the time! Soooooooo cool. It'll definitely be on the fridge when you get back.
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