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I spend a lot of time in Russia, and none of these names is particularly new or interesting - they're all pretty typical Russian names, and with the exception of Vjacheslav, Jegor, Nikita and Ruslan I've encountered these names countless times. Because Russians know what names they like and what they don't, it seems, haha.

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I love Russian names, but seeing them on actual people takes so much of the romance away from them. I used to adore Konstantin as a name, and now I'm completely put off it by the Kostya's I've met.

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I like:
Aleksander - there are so many diminutives of this name. I've met the ever loved Sasha, but also people who prefer to be called Sanya, Shura, Shurik, etc.
Aleksej - I love every incarnation of Aleksei.
Vadim
Kirill
Mikhail - another favourite.
Jurij - but romanised Yuriy
Roman
Jegor - (Yegor)

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I have to wonder where/why you saw a romanisation with 'j' such a strong preference over 'i'/'y' for romanising names like Yegor and Yuriy? I can't say I see that that often even over here.