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Vladimir doesn't bring Lenin to mind at all for me. I think of two things: first, of a poem about names that I know--and that no one else seems to have heard of. Secondly, I think of Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for Dracula. It's not something I'd use, but it'd be cool for someone else's kid. I think Dragomir would be nice.

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If I had to use Russian names to name my children, I wouldn't mind too terribly. However, since I think naming should be a partnership sort of thing, they wouldn't have fully Russian names. After all, I'm not one whit Russian, and I would want their names to reflect on my influences as well as their father's!

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So if my husband was Russian and we had to compromise, two of our children's names might look somewhat like this:

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Daughter: Thursday Agafya
Son: Matvei Horatio

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The dogs on main street howl
`Cause they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister, I ain't a boy--no I'm a man,
And I believe in a promised land.