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Help[Opinions] Re: Jevgenijs
in reply to a message by Thetxbelle
Neat! I'd say yev-GEN-ees. It seems clearly a form of Eugene to me. In some language similar to Russian. Or maybe even Russian. I dunno.
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I'd say the Lithuanian or Latvian form. Those two seem to have a lot of masculine names that end in -s. It could easily be via Russian Jevegij.
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Sorry, this should have gone under Llewella's.
The Russian form is Yevgeniy (Евгений), not Jevegij.
The Russian form is Yevgeniy (Евгений), not Jevegij.
This message was edited 2/15/2012, 7:35 AM
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Yeah
But I don't know anything about Russian so I didn't know if it had an alternate form not in the database. I didn't think it really was Russian anyway, but a related language. Seems like other people think it's Lithuanian.
But I don't know anything about Russian so I didn't know if it had an alternate form not in the database. I didn't think it really was Russian anyway, but a related language. Seems like other people think it's Lithuanian.
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Russian names are pretty straightforward. Not a lot of variation, not a lot of creative takeoffs on names. They tend to be pretty consistent, although of course there are more and less popular names that vary between generations. Generally you'll just find the one form of a name.
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Yes, but when you transliterate, you can use a few different spellings. It could be Evgeni, Evgenij, Yevgeni, Yevgenij, Jevgeni, or Jevgenij.
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It is very Lithuanian... all male names end in s in that language.
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