Message: "Re: Russian Names" - Behind the Name

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Re: Russian Names

by The Imperatrix

7/11/2020, 3:10 AM

in reply to a message by Zina

There are also:

Aglaya - Glasha
Anna - Anya, Asya
Antonina - Tonya
Avdotya - Dunya
Elizaveta - Liza
Evgeniya - Zhenya
Irina - Ira, Irisha
Katerina / Ekaterina - Katya, Rina
Kseniya - Ksyusha
Mariya / Marya - Manya, Masha
Nadezhda - Nadya
Sofiya / Sofya - Sonya
Varvara - Varya

Some masculine names have cool nicknames too:

Arkadiy - Adya, Arkasha
Arseniy, Semyon - Senya
Artemiy - Artyom, Tyoma
Dmitriy - Dima, Mitya
Ivan - Vanya
Pavel - Pasha
Rodion - Rodya
Tikhon - Tisha
Timofey - Tima
Vasiliy - Vasya
Yuriy - Yura

This message was edited 7/11/2020, 1:17 PM

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