Alya -
Aaliyah Dasha - genourous person
Grusha - yes a pear
Katya - U nashey
Kati and
Katyusha, both song and rocket launcher
Masha -
Masha Kondratenko (singer / actor)
Sveta - light and world
Vasya - "vasha" yours
Nastya - me (other than
Anya I go by
Nastya,
Stasya)
Lyuda - people
Natasha - it makes me think of word "nasha" (ours)