Most Popular Baby Names in (pick your country, si man)

[TBoneTX 44,674]

See this, see man: http://www.babynamefacts.com/popularnames/countries.php?country=BRS

They also have a link for Ukraine, and for several of the former Soviet states, but not for Russia itself, no man.

Very interesting, and a great way to kill time while surf-Webbing, si man.

How many UB beneficiaries' names are on the most-popular lists, among participants here, huh man?

I don't see "T-Bone" anywhere, no man.

Sidebar observation in regard to picking one's country: You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends on the furniture, nose man... er, no man.

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For Russia - (From Elena's models)

Lena (Elena, Alena, Alyona)

Olya (Olga)

Masha (Maria)

Natasha (Natalia, Natalya, Nataliya)

Luda (Ludmila, Liudmila)

Lara (Larisa)

Sveta or Lana (Svetlana)

Liza (Elizaveta, Elisaveta)

Katya (Ekaterina, Yekaterina)

Anya (Anna)

Vika (Viktoria, Victoriya)

Juli (Juliya, Yulia, Julia)

Ira (Irina, Irena, Iryna)

Tanya (Tatiana, Tatyana)

Alka (Alla)

Dasha (Daria, Darya, Dariya)

Zhenya or Jenny (Evgenia / Yevgeniya)

Sasha (Alexandra / Aleksandra)

Valya (Valentina or Valeria)

Rita (Margarita)

Nadya (Nadezhda)

Galya (Galina)

Lina (Angelina or Evangelina or Alina or Adelina)

Lilya (Lilianna or Lilia)

Lika (Angelika)

Polya (Polina)

Nika (Veronika)

Ulya (Uliana / Julianna)

Elya (Eleonora)

Lyuba (Lyubov)

Nastya (Anastasiya)

Zulya (Zulfia)

Vita (Violetta)

Mila (Milena or Ludmila)

Yana (Yanina)

Tina (Alevtina)

Lida (Lidia)

Slava (Miroslava or Svyatoslava)

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Управление ЗАГС города Москвы опубликовало данные за первое полугодие 2010 года. В столице России родилось 60 050 младенцев, что на 4 576 больше по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года. При этом мальчиков родилось на 2000 больше, чем девочек.

Самыми популярными именами среди мальчиков являются Александр, Максим, Иван, Артем и Дмитрий. А лидирующие имена среди девочек - Мария, Анастасия, Дарья, Анна и Елизавета. Также по заявлению начальника Управления ЗАГС, Ирины Муравьевой, в этому году появилось много необычных славянских имен, например, Радость, Огнеслав, Еремей Покровитель и Лука-Счастье.

http://www.krokha.ru/news/2010-07-15/samye-populyarnye-imena-detei-v-2010-godu

Names in Russia don't change that much with the fashions. In the 20s etc., they had some crazy names, but not so much since.

Edited August 11, 2011 by eekee

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For Russia - (From Elena's models)

Lena (Elena, Alena, Alyona)

Olya (Olga)

Masha (Maria)

Natasha (Natalia, Natalya, Nataliya)

Luda (Ludmila, Liudmila)

Lara (Larisa)

Sveta or Lana (Svetlana)

Liza (Elizaveta, Elisaveta)

Katya (Ekaterina, Yekaterina)

Anya (Anna)

Vika (Viktoria, Victoriya)

Juli (Juliya, Yulia, Julia)

Ira (Irina, Irena, Iryna)

Tanya (Tatiana, Tatyana)

Alka (Alla)

Dasha (Daria, Darya, Dariya)

Zhenya or Jenny (Evgenia / Yevgeniya)

Sasha (Alexandra / Aleksandra)

Valya (Valentina or Valeria)

Rita (Margarita)

Nadya (Nadezhda)

Galya (Galina)

Lina (Angelina or Evangelina or Alina or Adelina)

Lilya (Lilianna or Lilia)

Lika (Angelika)

Polya (Polina)

Nika (Veronika)

Ulya (Uliana / Julianna)

Elya (Eleonora)

Lyuba (Lyubov)

Nastya (Anastasiya)

Zulya (Zulfia)

Vita (Violetta)

Mila (Milena or Ludmila)

Yana (Yanina)

Tina (Alevtina)

Lida (Lidia)

Slava (Miroslava or Svyatoslava)

Can Lena really be short for Alyona? For a lot of the ones where there are multiple full names in parentheses, they are just multiple Anglifications of the same Russian name (Natalya for example). But Elena and Alyona are different names.

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Can Lena really be short for Alyona? For a lot of the ones where there are multiple full names in parentheses, they are just multiple Anglifications of the same Russian name (Natalya for example). But Elena and Alyona are different names.

Алёна (от др.-греч. Ἑλένη или др.-греч. ἐλένη факел, светлая, сияющая) — греческое имя, производное от Елена. В последнее время используется и как самостоятельное.

Именины Алён проводятся в тот же день, что и у Елен.

Производные[1]: Алёна, Алёнушка, Алёнка, Алёночка, Аля, Алёся, Алёша, Алёники, Алёнчик.

It comes from Elena, but it seems that now they are counted as different names and you can't use Lena as a short form of Alyona. That Elenas Models list doesn't seem all that accurate--I mean, Juli? Wha? Also, I always thought Yana was just a name on its own??

Edited August 11, 2011 by eekee

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It comes from Elena, but it seems that now they are counted as different names and you can't use Lena as a short form of Alyona. That Elenas Models list doesn't seem all that accurate--I mean, Juli? Wha? Also, I always thought Yana was just a name on its own??

Yana can be a name on its own, but can also be a short variant of Yanina.

I know a Elena, who likes to be called Alyona, so it's a matter of personal taste actually... Although, I think the situation is similar with my name. People keep asking me whether Oxana and Ksenia are different names or the same one. I always say that they are different names, cause i hate to be referred to as a Ksenia the truth is that Oxana is a Ukrainian variant of the name Ksenia, and what people call you also depends on personal preference.

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Yana can be a name on its own, but can also be a short variant of Yanina.

I know a Elena, who likes to be called Alyona, so it's a matter of personal taste actually... Although, I think the situation is similar with my name. People keep asking me whether Oxana and Ksenia are different names or the same one. I always say that they are different names, cause i hate to be referred to as a Ksenia the truth is that Oxana is a Ukrainian variant of the name Ksenia, and what people call you also depends on personal preference.

I've also never heard of the name Yanina; I thought it was just Yana. As far as Ksenya and Oksana, I had never even suspected that they were the same name. I frequently met people with both names and didn't ever hear about people interchanging them. It seems that in Russia the names are separate.

Also, the list lacks my wife's name, Marina, which really isn't that uncommon.

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No Marina? I know an insane number of Marina's in Moscow.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

For Russia - (From Elena's models)

Lena (Elena, Alena, Alyona)

Olya (Olga)

Masha (Maria)

Natasha (Natalia, Natalya, Nataliya)

Luda (Ludmila, Liudmila)

Lara (Larisa)

Sveta or Lana (Svetlana)

Liza (Elizaveta, Elisaveta)

Katya (Ekaterina, Yekaterina)

Anya (Anna)

Vika (Viktoria, Victoriya)

Juli (Juliya, Yulia, Julia)

Ira (Irina, Irena, Iryna)

Tanya (Tatiana, Tatyana)

Alka (Alla)

Dasha (Daria, Darya, Dariya)

Zhenya or Jenny (Evgenia / Yevgeniya)

Sasha (Alexandra / Aleksandra)

Valya (Valentina or Valeria)

Rita (Margarita)

Nadya (Nadezhda)

Galya (Galina)

Lina (Angelina or Evangelina or Alina or Adelina)

Lilya (Lilianna or Lilia)

Lika (Angelika)

Polya (Polina)

Nika (Veronika)

Ulya (Uliana / Julianna)

Elya (Eleonora)

Lyuba (Lyubov)

Nastya (Anastasiya)

Zulya (Zulfia)

Vita (Violetta)

Mila (Milena or Ludmila)

Yana (Yanina)

Tina (Alevtina)

Lida (Lidia)

Slava (Miroslava or Svyatoslava)

That pretty much covers the popular names. My favorite Russian womens names are Oksana, Anastasia, and Nadya. Sergey's girlfriend is Daria (Dasha) also fairly common. I never referred to Alla as "Alka" she does not like that "short name" I call her "Aloechka" which is a diminutive or sweetheart name (or close friend). Odd that you list gives the short names first, usually I see the names first followed by the familiar, or short, names

In general I think Russian names for women are very beautiful.

No Marina? I know an insane number of Marina's in Moscow.

Oh, and Ksenia is also fairly popular and not on the list.

Edited August 11, 2011 by Gary and Alla

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The boys names are Pavel and Sergey, though the Ukrainians insist on Pavlo and Sergii. I refer to Pavel as "pasha". Alla calls the boys by her diminutives "Pashinka" or "Pavlik" and Sergey is "Seeloezha" though calling boys of this age and size those names is best left to girlfriends or mothers. I do not because I feel like it would be calling a man named Robert, "little Bobby", best for Mom to do that.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

http://www.krokha.ru/news/2010-07-15/samye-populyarnye-imena-detei-v-2010-godu

Names in Russia don't change that much with the fashions. In the 20s etc., they had some crazy names, but not so much since.

My MIL is named Raisa which I consider a classic "older" women's name. I do not think it is used so much anymore, I could be wrong but I have met very few women under 50 years old name Raisa

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The boys names are Pavel and Sergey, though the Ukrainians insist on Pavlo and Sergii. I refer to Pavel as "pasha". Alla calls the boys by her diminutives "Pashinka" or "Pavlik" and Sergey is "Seeloezha" though calling boys of this age and size those names is best left to girlfriends or mothers. I do not because I feel like it would be calling a man named Robert, "little Bobby", best for Mom to do that.

There are various diminutives and they mean different things. Pashinka is best left to Moms and girlfriends and Pavlik is probably a little boy but some of the diminutives are more like Rob, Bill, or Tom. It's something you have to be careful with. If you are friends with a guy named Andrey, it's fine to call him Andryukha but Andryusha is what his girlfriend probably calls him.

Are you sure that she calls him Selozha and not Seryozha? Seryozha is actually almost okay but if you want to be a little more manly calling him Seryoga would be safer.

My MIL is named Raisa which I consider a classic "older" women's name. I do not think it is used so much anymore, I could be wrong but I have met very few women under 50 years old name Raisa

Yeah, Raisa is definitely an old lady name.

[james&olya 1,121]

Are there accepted variations for these 'short' names? My step-daughter Valeria goes by Lera, not Valya.

[TBoneTX 44,674]

Really easy in our house: we just call each other "Cariño" ("sweetheart"), si man. Nicknames can be standard and logical (e.g., "Mari" for Maria, or "Cris" for Cristina) or completely illogical ("Pancho" or "Paco" for Francisco, or "Lacho" for Horacio, or "Chuy" for Jesus). Girls named Maria de Jesus are always called Marichuy, si man.

Edited August 12, 2011 by TBoneTX

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Seryozha isn't "little boy" at all. I have a friend Andrei and we all call him Andrusha and not Andrukha. Whether you call someone a diminuitive with "kh" or "sh" tends to be personal preference of the person you're addressing and not that one is manlier. If you are good friends with someone, you can get quite affectionate. I have guy friends who call one another pupsik.