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Help[Opinions] Soviet names (long)
How do you feel about Soviet communist names?
If you don't know about them, there is Elmira, Marlen, Ninel, Noyabrina, Oktyabrina, Renat, Tomila, Vilen, Vladilen, Vladlen, Vladlena in main database and in submitted database many https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/usage/soviet - note some of these are not communist, just popular in Soviet era like Vladzimir, Avietta, Avksom(a).
(There is a TLDR at bottom for this section)
Anyways,
My favourites:
Arlen
Dazmira
Gvozdika
Reva / Revo
Vektor
Vemir / Vemira
Vilen
Zarema
Guilty pleasures:
Donbass (I'm just homesick)
Kaleriya (the meaning is just so patriotic it is funny)
Kapitalina (too obvious even to foreign people)
Ket (also short name for ketamine)
Some I think could work being non communist, keeping meaning: Astrela, Donara, Elmira, Maya, Neya, Zarya, Zorya, Zvezda
Maybe a push but Gertruda and Novomir
Absolutely crazy ones: Atiest, Avangard, Barrikada, Bolzhedor, Buntar, Dazdrapertrak (I feel like Dazdraperma is more acceptable), Dekabrist, Dinamit, Dinamo, Distango (meaning), Dzhonrid, Elektrifikatsiya, Energiya, Geliy, Ideya, Industrializatsiya, Industriya, Justali, Kombayn, Komsomol, Lenstalberi, Revolyutsiya, Stalberi, Stalina, Traktor / Traktorin, Traktorina, Voyenmor, Yevraziya
To some extent Karmiya / Krarmiya / Krasarma
TLDR my opinions about some Soviet names
• If you had to name yourself Soviet communist name what would you choose? I would choose Dazmira.
• If you had to name your kids Soviet communist names, that would you choose? B/B B/G G/G. For me, Dekabrin & Revmir, Velir & Astrela, Reva & Vemira.
If you don't know about them, there is Elmira, Marlen, Ninel, Noyabrina, Oktyabrina, Renat, Tomila, Vilen, Vladilen, Vladlen, Vladlena in main database and in submitted database many https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/usage/soviet - note some of these are not communist, just popular in Soviet era like Vladzimir, Avietta, Avksom(a).
(There is a TLDR at bottom for this section)
Anyways,
My favourites:
Arlen
Dazmira
Gvozdika
Reva / Revo
Vektor
Vemir / Vemira
Vilen
Zarema
Guilty pleasures:
Donbass (I'm just homesick)
Kaleriya (the meaning is just so patriotic it is funny)
Kapitalina (too obvious even to foreign people)
Ket (also short name for ketamine)
Some I think could work being non communist, keeping meaning: Astrela, Donara, Elmira, Maya, Neya, Zarya, Zorya, Zvezda
Maybe a push but Gertruda and Novomir
Absolutely crazy ones: Atiest, Avangard, Barrikada, Bolzhedor, Buntar, Dazdrapertrak (I feel like Dazdraperma is more acceptable), Dekabrist, Dinamit, Dinamo, Distango (meaning), Dzhonrid, Elektrifikatsiya, Energiya, Geliy, Ideya, Industrializatsiya, Industriya, Justali, Kombayn, Komsomol, Lenstalberi, Revolyutsiya, Stalberi, Stalina, Traktor / Traktorin, Traktorina, Voyenmor, Yevraziya
To some extent Karmiya / Krarmiya / Krasarma
TLDR my opinions about some Soviet names
• If you had to name yourself Soviet communist name what would you choose? I would choose Dazmira.
• If you had to name your kids Soviet communist names, that would you choose? B/B B/G G/G. For me, Dekabrin & Revmir, Velir & Astrela, Reva & Vemira.
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I love Soviet names - while they're unusable because of the history they carry, they're quite interesting nevertheless.
I would choose Distango for myself because of its sound. If I were a female, I'd pick Yanvarina, and if it doesn't count as a Soviet name then Kapitalina.
For my hypothetical children:
Dazmir & Zhores
Velior & Tomila
Astrela & Zvezda
I would choose Distango for myself because of its sound. If I were a female, I'd pick Yanvarina, and if it doesn't count as a Soviet name then Kapitalina.
For my hypothetical children:
Dazmir & Zhores
Velior & Tomila
Astrela & Zvezda
Maybe it's because Sabrina is one of my favorite names, but I really enjoy Noyabrina. I also like:
Renat
Dzhonrid
Avangard (this made me smile)
&
Lenara (I know it's lyeh-NAR-ah, with a "liquid" E, but I think just pronouncing it lehNAHR-ə would make the origin less obvious, and it could be more "usable" in several places)
Maya (though I don't think of this as Soviet at all)
Reva (though I don't think of this as Soviet)
Zarya & Zorya (honestly, these could get by as well today)
Neya
Ninel
Dazmira
Izaida
Vemira
Vilora
Vladilen
Ideya
Kima
Elmira (thogugh I prefer Almira, which is Bosnian)
While it's not to my liking, I think Danton could be much subtler and perfectly usable today outside of Eastern Europe. Same with Donara.
Kaleria is a character in Max Gorky's Summerfolk, so the name reads to me as being early 19th Century nouveau riche, Russia-style (so, from the Empire). I would never have made a Soviet connection with Kaleriya without this post, as they are both VERY different images!
Nonna is Italian for grandmother, lol, so that's all I could think. :-P
Renat
Dzhonrid
Avangard (this made me smile)
&
Lenara (I know it's lyeh-NAR-ah, with a "liquid" E, but I think just pronouncing it lehNAHR-ə would make the origin less obvious, and it could be more "usable" in several places)
Maya (though I don't think of this as Soviet at all)
Reva (though I don't think of this as Soviet)
Zarya & Zorya (honestly, these could get by as well today)
Neya
Ninel
Dazmira
Izaida
Vemira
Vilora
Vladilen
Ideya
Kima
Elmira (thogugh I prefer Almira, which is Bosnian)
While it's not to my liking, I think Danton could be much subtler and perfectly usable today outside of Eastern Europe. Same with Donara.
Kaleria is a character in Max Gorky's Summerfolk, so the name reads to me as being early 19th Century nouveau riche, Russia-style (so, from the Empire). I would never have made a Soviet connection with Kaleriya without this post, as they are both VERY different images!
Nonna is Italian for grandmother, lol, so that's all I could think. :-P
Kaleriya is also an old Russian name :) the Soviet one is hilarious with patriotism
If you like Noyabrina and Sabrina, what about Oktyabrina and Dekabrina?
Maya Soviet is from the month May, intl worker's day.
Reva is short for Revolyutsiya (Revolution) and thats all I have ever heard it for.
I know many people from Bosnia but never person called Almira. It sounds like a very nice name :)
What do you like about Avangard?
If you like Noyabrina and Sabrina, what about Oktyabrina and Dekabrina?
Maya Soviet is from the month May, intl worker's day.
Reva is short for Revolyutsiya (Revolution) and thats all I have ever heard it for.
I know many people from Bosnia but never person called Almira. It sounds like a very nice name :)
What do you like about Avangard?
Astrela and Zorya sound pretty to me, but I have no idea about the meaning. I like Vladlena as well. It's hard to pick names that I don't properly understand, but if I had to rely on the given examples I'd choose Astrela and Zorya (is this even a feminine name?) for my girls and Vladlena for myself.
Thank you, that's really cool. I didn't know the names' meanings, but my girls' actual names also mean star and sun/dawn.
That's very nice coincidence :) I guess you are very drawn to those meanings
In every language, lol.
I like the names Astrela, Donara, Elmira, Maya, Neya, Zarya, Zorya, Zvezda, and Gertruda.
Well, as someone who studied Russian cultural history I think they're interesting, but definitely... inappropriate, for lack of a better word.
That being said, I like Revo, Vektor, Tomila, Traktor, Marlen and Vinel. Komsomol is really fun to say.
If I had to pick one for myself, I'd go with Tomila.
For children, I'd go with:
Kamo & Mels
Rem & Barrikada
Izail & Ket
That being said, I like Revo, Vektor, Tomila, Traktor, Marlen and Vinel. Komsomol is really fun to say.
If I had to pick one for myself, I'd go with Tomila.
For children, I'd go with:
Kamo & Mels
Rem & Barrikada
Izail & Ket
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Well, yes. They are inappropriate in modern day - these names are very outdated. My country was part of Soviet Union and it is even worse here than in Russia.