okay, i see this post like for the hundredth time on my dash today and it actually makes me laugh a little because of some inaccuracies which i find funny.
i hear john mulaneyās voice in my head saying ājust ācause youāre accurate does not mean youāre interestingā but, following my duty as a russian rper, i really have to add some words.
important: this wasnāt written to offend or upset the original author, i know you listed your favorites. but some things just need to be clarified and explained.
also iām sorry for the longpost, i just canāt useĀ ākeep readingā in it since tumblr plays an ass tonight.
first of all, see those names in brackets? they arenāt actual names that you can use officially. those are mostly nicknames that are used by family members or friends, but if you want to give your child (same for characters) name verochka, oh, people would laugh you and your daughter in the face.
well. donāt believe jennifer lawrence and red sparrow movie (this movie is a huge bunch of unrealistic shit btw). we donāt use the name dominika, at least for women who were born before 2010. you probably can find 3 y.o. girls called dominika or stefania or zlatozara here because, of course, western culture influences our country and names are not an exception but even now this name may sound really silly if your surname is russian af, it just doesnāt fit. ādominika ivanovaā - nope, this sounds horrible. and it sounds even worse in official documents, on passport and so on, because we have a patronym in our full names.
important: nobody has a middle name here but everyone has a patronym instead. also important: we use our patronym only in documents and papers. or, e.g. if you appeal to your teacher - you donāt call her āmiss/mrs ivanovaā, no, you should use her name + patronym.
svetla, khristya, jelena. these names doesnāt exist here. but we have svetlana, kristina and elena. also lena, which is mentioned in the original post, is a nickname for elena, itās not a name in itself. and tanya is a nickname for tatiana.
elisavetta has only one ātā in it and āsā is actually a āzā so itās elizaveta. and if you need a soft nickname for this one, you can use liza which is pronounced like LEE-zuh.
viola. debatable one, i donāt think we use this name. iāve seen it only once in my life and it was in a bad and cheap detective book.
same for lenora, it was used in poetry which is actually a translated ballad by gottfried bĆ¼rger.
male names are listed pretty accurately but still. the one that doesnāt exist here as a name (but can be used as a nickname) - vasil. it should be vasiliy.
we donāt use christov.
kazimir, samuil and lavrenti are so outdated.
damian wasnāt popular at all until 2010s.
danya is not a name but a nickname for danil and daniil (or danila but this variant isnāt actually in use).
we also donāt use tsezar, and even despite this fact thereās one another huge āno wayā for tsezar. itās actually a ācaesarā like in julius caesar, but people would most likely think about caesar salad when they hear this name.
i would also add that every name should be used in connection to the period. things change very fast, popularity of some names increases/decreases all the time and itās crazy sometimes how different people are named in different generations. a lot of names on this list are outdated, outlived their lives, like larissa, antonina and roza which are great names but they were popular in 20th century. you also should always remember about your characterās nationality, russians are not all the same, we have different background (e.g. zilya is not a common name for russians, itās tatarian).
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