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It's okay, but I prefer Anya. Ayna is confusing to my eyes.

Ayna would be ok for a Russian girl. I prefer Anya

Lovely name! I'm biased as I love Kazakh names and Ayna is the Russified version of the Kazakh name Aina (meaning mirror), but I think it's beautiful. For me it evokes the Turkic element Ay-, meaning moon. Perhaps westerners would prefer it spelt Aina, as they seem to get confused since it looks close to Anya. Personally, I prefer Ayna / Aina to Anya.

This message was edited 11/29/2022, 4:12 AM

I think that in Russia they are unlikely to do what I do, which is hear it as the German word Eine, as in Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. And good luck to them! But it doesn't work for me.

I don't care for it and as WrittenWroteAndWritten said, confusing on the eyes. I initially thought it said 'Anya' A name I much rather prefer.

I like it but I prefer Aina, I like the look of the i better and it also doesn't look like Anya.

I am Russian and I never heard of this trend. Ayna sounds like a random foreign name to me. I think it's weird on a Slavic girl, but can work on a girl from Muslim background.

I mean, in the plural or possessive it would sound like a synonym for butthole, so… pass.

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Are you sure that the name isn’t showing a Russian popularity spike due to misspellings of Anya?