Russian names?

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

In the Russian class I'm taking we've all adopted Russian names, similar to our own. So I thought I'd see what people thought.

I am Katya (Ekaterina - Katherine).

Girls:
Svieta (Svetlana - means "light")
Kira (Erm, Kira?)
Lara (Laura)
Nina (Nicole?)
Anya (Anne/Anna)
Margarita (Margaret)
Sonya (?)
Natasha (Natalie)
Lena (Elena)
Vera (means "faith")
Daria
Zoya

Boys:
Boris
Ivan (John)
Dmitri
Pyotr (Peter)
Pavel (Paul)
Sergei

Opinions? I'm not planning on using any, just curious. :)

Comments

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

we had 2 russian girls move to our town back when I was in high school...
"Svieta" & "Svetlana"

Funny how those are the first two names!!

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

I love Russian names; have been interested in the Romanovs for years, and that kinda with the territory.

Those are all very nice :)

I also like ...

Anastasia
Irina
Maria
Natalia
Tatiana
Zenaide

Alexei
Illya
Mikhail nn Misha
Nicholai
Sascha (as a nn for Alexander)
Vassily

Kira is actually a Persian name, but obviously commonly used in Russia that it kind of qualifies as 'Russian'. It was certainly used by the aristocracy back in the day, and that's good enough for me. :)
Similiar deal with Felix, though that's Latin.

Good luck with your class, am most jealous :)

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

Irina is a lovely name :) Tatiana is nice too; I also like Tamara and Tanya.

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

Yulia is definitely a good one; different to Julia without being too out-there. ;)

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I absolutely adore Kira, Natasha, and Lena. Gorgeous!
I hate the name Daria, but I think that's because everyone mispronounces my name that way. =\

For the guys I'm not sure I really like any of those you mentioned... Maybe Dmitri. Yeah, that's kind of cute. =D

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

i love Russian names.

it started with the name Katya. I was a gonner from there on. :P

[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

I have a boy in my class who is Russian. His name is Vadim (vad-eem) I LOVE that name.

[pfratz.livejournal.com]

I was going to post Irina :) I love it.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

We hosted an exchange student names Natalia. I loved her, so I love the name. :)