I do think it's a bit 'weird' but not offensive if you use the correct spelling/pronouncation etc which I'm sure you will.
I think it's nice to use a name from another background for a middle name
I love Russian names too
My favourite ones are
Anastasia nn
Nastya /
Anya pn Anoushka
Tatiana nn
Tanja Dariya nn Dasha
Irina Liliya nn Lilya
Lidiya nn
Lida Marina Mariya nn
Masha Lyudmila nn
Mila
Aleksandr nn
Sacha Aleksei nn Alyosha
Boris nn
Borya (family name)
Dmitriy nn
Dima Fyodor nn
Fedya Mikhail nn
Misha Roman nn
Roma Vladimir nn
Volya Yuriy nn Yura
Luckily I have the heritage to be able to use them
I also love French, Hawaiian and Japanese names (I wouldn't use the latter two unless I married a guy from that particular country)
alice x
This message was edited 2/13/2005, 5:11 AM