so i've vaguely been aware of nicknaming schemes in different languages (like yuri -> yu-chan in japanese, or ramona -> ramoncita in spanish) but i never knew about russian nicknaming! would you care to share how it works? :0
im so so so sorry for late respond anon !!!because previous attempt to reply was failED but whatever
but sure thing, i’ll try to elaborate! this gonna be a long one haha
as i know, big amount of nicknames for onecertain name arent real big deal in any language, like Elizabeth can be Eliza,Elisa, Betty, Bettie and etc etc etc in english
but sure russian nicknames are fuckingsomething, because they sometimes don’t look and sound like full name at all!
typical example for that: a friend calledAlexander\Alexandra (Александр\Александра) you can call Sasha (Саша), Sanya (Саня), Shura (Шура), Shurik (Шурик) and more, if you add specificsuffixes, but that comes later
my real name Maria (Мария) has some similarities to Alexanderin shorten name: the most common pet name is Masha (Маша; like Sasha) and Manya (Маня; like Sanya). Also you can callMarias as Marusya (Маруся),Marishka (Маришка),Marika (Марика) andmore
according to your example for japanese nicknameit seems you came after yoi anon, which is fucking cool because i can tellnicknames for Oh Those Russians™ too
So, the name Victor (Виктор) doesnt have much nicknames, so the most common ones are Vitya (Витя) Vityok (Витёк), Vityan (Витян), Vit'ka (Витька)
Yarkow called Victor ’Vitya’ tho
and there are some more since i google thenames for extra info but trust me other nicknames are so dumb so i’ll keep it unknown
Yuri (Юрий) has notthat many nicknames too, like Yura (Юра), Yurka (Юрка) and Yurochka (Юрочка; his grandpa called him like that)
but subs spelled it wrong lmao
thats for yoi… but actually some russians (mefor instants lmao) sometimes forget nicknames of certain names tho! for exampleme and sis spent legit a lot of time recalling pet name for Georgy (Георгий), and it turned out to be Zhora (Жора; zh pronounced like ‘ge’ in ‘garage’)also there is a name in russian Evdokia\Avdotia (Евдокия\Авдотья) whichshortens to Dunya (Дуня)
in conclusion?? if russian isnt your nativelanguage but you want to give a nickname in russian for someone russian too,you either look it up in advance, or guess it somehow
but i mentioned specific suffixes earlier,which play big role in russian nicknaming, because you can make a shorten name even cuter or funnier or uglier,which u prefer lmao
example: hereis Alexander again, Sasha for short. but withsuffix and -ka (-ка), -en'ka (-енка), -ulya (-уля) you get even more nicknames: Sashka (Сашка), Sashen'ka (Сашенька), Sashulya (Сашуля)and moRE, MORE TO COMEi can make legit list of COMMON nicknames for Alexander: Sasha -> Sashka, Sashen'ka , Sashulya, Sashechka, Sashunya; Sanya -> Sanyok, San'ka, Sanechka ; Shura -> Shurochka, Shurikso now many is that? 13 nicknames! pretty cool, right?
all because russian has such a diversity of these suffixes!! and it’shard to list them all, because there are really, really many ways to make morenicknames
but i’ll add some more examplesafter all! because every suffix have slightly different meaning
the regular shorten names, like Vityafor Victor, Masha for Maria are obviously much less formal as full names, andrussians use them on daily basis with almost anyone (exceptions are teachers,bosses and any other official\higher persona), like classmates, colleagues, andany kind of acquaintances.
lil throwback to yoi: while watchingof 1 ep all the russian fans were kinda pissed by Yuri and Victor using fullnames to each other, because russians rarely do that!!! they would definitelycall each other Vitya and Yura, considering Victor’s personality, he would callYuri only shorten names tho, like Yurka and Yurochka
but when you add those suffixes, shorter name became even lesser formal and are usually used byclose (or not that much) friends
the most popularsuffix for russians is -ka-, and it’s supposed to sound kinda funny: Sashka (Сашка; Sasha +ka), Mashka (Машка; Masha + ka from Maria), Vit'ka (Витька ;Vitya + ka fromVictor), Tan'ka (Танька; Tanya + ka from Tatiana)
another suffix of same kind -ik-/-ok, used for male names only and eitherconnected with full names: Pavlik (Павлик; full name Pavel/Павел + ik),Stasik (Стасик; Stas/Стас + ik), Vladik (Владик; Vlad/Влад + ik)
or shorter ones too: Vityok (Витёк; Vitya + ok)
-chk-/-shk- (-чк-/-шк- ) sounds more tender now, but still slightly funny: Sanechka (Санечка; Sanya+chk+a),Tanechka (Танечка;Tanya + chk+ a), Galechka (Галечка; Galya + chk + afrom Galina/Галина)btw these suffixes cant be used with names Maria or Victor
but -on’k-/-en’k- (-оньк-/-еньк-) do!! atleast for Victor - Viten'ka (Витенька; Vitya + en'k + a). and some moretoo: good ol’ Sashen'ka (Sasha + en'k + a) sounds super cute and these suffixesare less funny but have more tender/sweet character already
but……… i’m tired of writing ALL suffixes and variations of names,because there are even MORE, MUCH MUCH MORE and i, russian myself, can’t reallyrecall and explain them all well
so i hope this was informative and at least understandable for you anon,and anyone who read this!
if you ever need to give a nickname for russian character, oc or not,feel free to dm me on the matter! bc every name has some special cases, somesuffixes don’t go well with some names, so it’s better to ask someone whosrussian about which nickname suits the character better and how to create amore accurate nickname
