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In English, I prefer Nicola to Nicole, which is closer to Nikol. Ulyana-Khrystyna is quite a mouthful: I wouldn't expect to see Juliana-Christina used as an English name. How would it work in Ukrainian - would there be a nickname form, like maybe Ulya, or is it usual to call her by the whole long name every time? I had a Juliana friend years ago who was always called Julie, pronounced the English way although she is Afrikaans and the J makes a Y-sound.
Juliana and Julia are all right in English but I much prefer Juliet. Christina is nicer than Christine; once again, I'd prefer Christiana because two of my great-grandmothers had that name. I'd never use it as a first name though, because of not being at all religious, but it's very pretty.