List Russian first names

тилн The Russian List of the first names S

Principal male first names /.../ intuitive phonetics

Николай (/nikolaï/, equivalent of Nicolas)
Борис (/baris/, derived from Borislav, Slavic name pre-Christian meaning " combatant of the bien")
Владимир (/vladimir/, Slavic name pre-Christian meaning " Lord of Univers")
Пётр (/piotr/, equivalent of Pierre)
Андрей (/andréï/, equivalent of Andre)
Александр (/aliexandr/, equivalent of Alexandre)
Дмитрий (/dmitri/, of Greek origin)
Сергей (/sergueï/, of Greek origin, equivalent of Serge)
Алексей (/alekseï/, of Greek origin, équivaent of Alexis)
Иван (/ivan/, equivalent of Jean)

Principal female first names

Елена (/iélena/, equivalent of Helene)
Наталья (/natalya/, equivalent of Nathalie)
Мария (/mariya/, equivalent of Marie)
Ольга (/olga/, first name pre-Christian derived from Helga )
Александра (/aliexandra/, equivalent of Alexandra)
Оксана (/oksana/, female first name Ukrainian most widespread)
Ксения (/ksenia/, of the Greek Xenia )
Екатерина (/ekaterina/, equivalent of Catherine)
Анастасия (/anastassiya/)

Diminutives

The diminutives (e.g. Tony for Anthony) exist for practically all the names. Here some current names and them (S) diminutive (S).

Alexandre (Александр) - > Sacha (Саша), Chourik (Шурик), Alex (Алекс)
Nikolaï (Николай) - > Kolia (Коля)
Vladimir (Владимир) - > Volodia (Володя), Vova (Вова)
Dmitri (Дмитрий) - > Dima (Дима), Mitia (Митя)
Ivan (Иван) - > Vanya (Ваня), Ivanouchka (Иванушка)
* Maria (Мария) - > Chewed (Машa)
Anastasia (Анастасия) - > Nastia (Настя), Assia (Ася)
Olga (Ольга) - > Olya (Оля)
Elena (Елена) - > Léna (Лена), Aliona (Алена)
Natalia (Наталья) - > Natacha (Наташа), Nata (Ната)

Certain diminutives have particular alternatives, for example Alekseï - > Lyokha, Vania - > Van' ka, Aliocha - > Aliochka, Sacha - > Sachka etc). The majority of the female diminutives finish in " a" or in " я" (/ya/). To express a relation of amicality or intimacy more marquéee one will use the superlative form, " - еньк" (/ïenk/) like suffix: Masha - > Mashen' ka, Kolia - > Kolien' ka, Sacha - > Sachen' ka… Marichka NezRbrow (носстрах) - >GratadOf Fanyouchka (груша) Hambalaboudia (спасибо) - >Boubouckha (козел) Paulinichoy (кролик) - >Savicouchkov (жизнь)

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