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Can this work as a name for a girl, or should it stay as just a band's name? If you don't know the band, what's your opinion of it alone?
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I don't think it's usable, it's too associated with Rasputin.
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It should stay a band name, though, ultimately, the band is very forgettable. Rasputin himself is not.
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I don't know the band, but I do know Russian history - and Abba!
"Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine" as a name for a girl? I don't think so.
"Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine" as a name for a girl? I don't think so.
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I knew about Rasputin, but I honestly didn't even consider him when asking this question! I feel so embarrassed now. Yeah, definitely not the kind of guy I'd admire and want to name my kid after. Pretty name, though.
Thank you everybody for your answers. Hopefully this topic will fade into the darkness.
Thank you everybody for your answers. Hopefully this topic will fade into the darkness.
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I totally understand.
Everyone has made posts they're embarrassed about. A few years ago I thought Ilyich was a given name and Ilya was the diminutive. I was really embarrassed when I found out that Ilyich actually meant "son of Ilya". :-)
Everyone has made posts they're embarrassed about. A few years ago I thought Ilyich was a given name and Ilya was the diminutive. I was really embarrassed when I found out that Ilyich actually meant "son of Ilya". :-)
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Wait!
I can't let you go away without a consolation prize. There must be other names with the charm of Rasputina that doesn't carry the same bizarre baggage. How about:
Praskovia ("pras-KO-vee-uh")(nn Coco?)(see: Praskoviya)
Vasilisa
Zinaida
Ruxandra / Roxelana ("rook-SAHN-druh," with "rook-" rhyming with book / took / look)(nn Ruxy?)
Valentina
Eudoxia (if only a Doxy wasn't an old slang term for a prostitute . . . )
Zinovia / Zenobia
Bathsheba
Salvatrice
Erzsebet
Casimira / Kazimira (nn Caz / Kaz, Mira?)
Rusalka ("roo-SAHL-kuh")(Russian folk heroine)
Zephyrine
Mileva ("MEE-lay-vuh," or "mee-LAY-vuh")(Einstein's 1st wife was named Mileva)
Pavlina
Jadwiga
Edelmira
Zvonimira
Vesna
Shulamith
Hepzibah
Mehetabel
I can't let you go away without a consolation prize. There must be other names with the charm of Rasputina that doesn't carry the same bizarre baggage. How about:
Praskovia ("pras-KO-vee-uh")(nn Coco?)(see: Praskoviya)
Vasilisa
Zinaida
Ruxandra / Roxelana ("rook-SAHN-druh," with "rook-" rhyming with book / took / look)(nn Ruxy?)
Valentina
Eudoxia (if only a Doxy wasn't an old slang term for a prostitute . . . )
Zinovia / Zenobia
Bathsheba
Salvatrice
Erzsebet
Casimira / Kazimira (nn Caz / Kaz, Mira?)
Rusalka ("roo-SAHL-kuh")(Russian folk heroine)
Zephyrine
Mileva ("MEE-lay-vuh," or "mee-LAY-vuh")(Einstein's 1st wife was named Mileva)
Pavlina
Jadwiga
Edelmira
Zvonimira
Vesna
Shulamith
Hepzibah
Mehetabel
This message was edited 8/22/2011, 11:12 AM
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I didn't think of the band but I thought of Rasputin immediately and I don't think he makes a great namesake.
This message was edited 8/22/2011, 12:58 AM
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Agree
Plus, it's the feminine form of Rasputin... like if Rasputin had a wife or daughter, her surname would be Rasputina. That was what I first thought of when I saw it. I've never heard of the band.
Plus, it's the feminine form of Rasputin... like if Rasputin had a wife or daughter, her surname would be Rasputina. That was what I first thought of when I saw it. I've never heard of the band.
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Yep. I can somewhat see the goth appeal of Rasputina...but Rasputin ruins it for me.
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Ditto.
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Sorry, but I immediately imagined a girl with a long beard, the same as real Rasputin had.
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