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I literally just made a post about the Top 50 names in Russia (because I'd never seen the list on BtN before, didn't even know they collected the data); and now I see another post about Russian names! Everyone must be in a Russian mood, lol.

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From your list, I like Anastasia, Annushka (though I prefer the Anoushka spelling), Dmitri (Dimitri), Tatiana, and Zinaida (Zenaida / Zenais). I also like:

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Nikolai
Nikandr
Roman
Valerian
Timofei
Alexei
Yevgeny (which is funny, because I really dislike Eugene)
Ilya
Andrei
Taras
Avenir
Benedikt (Benedict)
Demyan
Yermolai
Faddei
Iosif
Isidor (Isidore)
Kazimir (Kaz is a cool nickname)
Lazar
Nazar
Radimir
Rafail (Raphael)
Sevastian (Sebastian)
Vadim
&
Sabina
Venera
Alisa
Varvara
Veronika (Veronica)
Kseniya (Xenia)
Valeriya (Valeria)
Kira
Lara
Lilia
Taisiya (Taisia / Thaïs)
Yeseniya (Yesenia - I just learned today that this is a hugely popular name in Russia, I normally think of it as a Hispanic name)
Yuliya (Yulia / Julia)
Stefaniya (Stefania)
Elena (Russian pronunciation would be el-YEH-nə)
Sonya (Sonia / Sonja)
Aelita
Agnessa
Alesya (Alessia)
Amaliya (Amalia)
Ariadna
Azaliya (Azalea)
Elmira
Faina (Phaenna)
Inessa
Nadezhda
Ninel (I am not a Communist, but I think the name is cool)
Olimpiada (Olympias / Olympia)
Raisa
Roksana (Roxana)
Rozaliya (Rosalia)
Snezhana
Zhanna
Zinoviya (Zenovia)

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Please rate my personal name lists:

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www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/117507
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/109399
hwww.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/132018
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/

This message was edited 1/16/2021, 12:01 PM