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Re: Russian/Belorussian Girl's name: a search

by Elfstone

2/1/2007, 7:29 AM

I think it works. Elizaveta was always fairly popular. But the short version should be Liza, not Veta. I've never heard of Veta at all.
Hope this helps!

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- Elena Alexandra +4

2/1/2007, 3:10 PM

Veta is usable too, I know a couple of ladies who's name is Elizaveta and they like the nn Veta instead of Liza (maybe because Liza is veeery popular)

- Elfstone +3

2/2/2007, 5:27 AM

Oh, I wasn't aware of that. But then you're from Ukraine and nicknames are a bit different there, aren't they? I know for a fact that Ukrainians tend to use Vita rather than Vika as a nickname for Viktoria.

- Elena Alexandra +2

2/2/2007, 12:45 PM

well yes, our NNs differ from American for example, but Belorussia, Russia and Ukraine use the same names and NNs so Veta works for Belorussian lady too.

As for Vika/Vita, i'd say that all Viktorias that I know go by NN Vika.. Vita is less popular and I knew only one Vita (i was 5 at that time :)) And I'm not sure if she was Viktoria or Vitalina.
And I like Vika much more than Vita, maybe because "Vita" resembles of the masculine name Vitaliy..

This message was edited 2/2/2007, 12:49 PM

- Duchess (guest) +1

2/2/2007, 2:22 PM

Thanks for your advice. Maybe I will go for Emiliya ... that sounds good. I chose this board because I noticed there were some genuine Eastern Europeans on here to ask!

- Elena Alexandra

2/2/2007, 2:51 PM

I love Emiliya..
Very beautiful name, when I hear it I think exactly of a book character :)

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