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HelpRe: Misha question
in reply to a message by araslanka
Russian names can be tricky because a lot of them end in vowels and to many non-Russian speakers, it seems strange that it would be a male name that ends in an A but in other languages, female names are more likely to end in vowels, especially A's.
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Yes, I am aware... -a do not seem any more feminine to me than names ending in any other letter, but I live in an (officially) English-speaking country, so I hear a lot of people saying that names ending in -a sound girly/like they should be given to a girl.
With my question, I'm trying to find out if Russian speakers would object to a girl named Michelle or Mikaela having the nickname Misha.
With my question, I'm trying to find out if Russian speakers would object to a girl named Michelle or Mikaela having the nickname Misha.
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