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in reply to a message by jennifer
I'm mostly interested in something that a Russian speaker living in Russia would use. Thanks so much for the help!
"Evil is human, it always has been." - Edward Buchan, Whitechapel
"Evil is human, it always has been." - Edward Buchan, Whitechapel
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As a Russian I can assure you that neither Chapeka nor Laura are used in our country. The first name is particularly strange, I never heard of it before. Nevertheless, I can suppose that maybe one Russian woman in a ten thousands is named Laura because I knew some people named much more oddly.
About your second question, mainly all of these names are only the short forms. Lina is very, very rarely used as a full name, but, anyway, for Russians it is kind of odd, because they used to use that name as the short form of Angelina. However, you can search for information about the Ukranian poet Lina Kostenko.
About your second question, mainly all of these names are only the short forms. Lina is very, very rarely used as a full name, but, anyway, for Russians it is kind of odd, because they used to use that name as the short form of Angelina. However, you can search for information about the Ukranian poet Lina Kostenko.
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Once again, thanks!
Are there any particularly strange names you've encountered?
Are there any particularly strange names you've encountered?
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The strangest one I know is the native Russian girl named Lanita Brown (the short form is Lana). Also I remember such female name as Lushka.
Besides, talking about short forms as passport names, once I met a girl named Nika. It usually used as a short name for Veronika, but it's her official full name. She complained me about people who don't believe that's her passport name, because of it she had many problems with documents in the past.
Besides, talking about short forms as passport names, once I met a girl named Nika. It usually used as a short name for Veronika, but it's her official full name. She complained me about people who don't believe that's her passport name, because of it she had many problems with documents in the past.
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Lavra exists as a proper noun in Russian, referring to a kind of monastery, and thus doesn't really have the right sort of associations to end up being given as a forename, I would suppose. Male Lavrenty (Lawrence) exists, coming from the same Greek root, but I've never seen a female cognate.
I lived in Russia for seven years or so and now work as a translator, and this Chappy thingy sounds very un-Russian to me.
I lived in Russia for seven years or so and now work as a translator, and this Chappy thingy sounds very un-Russian to me.
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So Chapeka is definitely not a Russian name. At least not one that would be commonly used. But why would a seemingly-reputable source put up something so...wrong?
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You know, there are a lot of mistakes even in this site. The half of these supposedly Russian names are not used or never existed in Russia. As regards this I wrote to creaters of this site for correcting the name list.
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