Message: "The name Lonya" - Behind the Name

The name Lonya

by Ylva

8/24/2006, 6:24 PM

Lonya is a male Russian name. I suspect that it is a nick name, just like Vanya (Ivan), Kolya (Nikolai), Petya (Piotr) etc.

Does anyone know the formal name for Lonya? Leo, Leon, Leonid or something else?

"You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."
(On Children by Kahlil Gibran)

#Lonya

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- Ivayla +1

8/26/2006, 12:10 AM

Could it be Lyonya? Lyonya is a nickname for Leonid.

~ Ivayla,
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- Ylva

8/26/2006, 3:01 AM

Could be. Maybe Lyonya was seen as too complicated and the author preferred the transcription Lonya. The author was Irène Nemirovski, she was born Russian but wrote in French.

- Mar (X-Mar) +2

8/25/2006, 8:53 AM

Lonja (pronouned the same as Lonya) is said to be a short form of Apollonia, so it's likely Lonya is also a form of Apollonia

- Ylva +1

8/25/2006, 10:06 AM

Yes, this seems likely, but the Lonya I read about is a man. Apollonius? But this is not Russian, I think.

- kaleko

8/25/2006, 1:08 PM

The Russian form of Apollonius is Apollon (pron. Uh-puh-LON, for all I know).

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This message was edited 8/25/2006, 2:45 PM

- Sparklers (ralndrops0nroses12) +1

8/24/2006, 9:26 PM

Leonard I guess

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- Chrisell

8/24/2006, 10:02 PM

Once again, no random guesses please.

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This message was edited 8/24/2006, 10:02 PM

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