Russian name

[tallc00lone.livejournal.com]

For history we're doing a project where we have to act as immigrants to America. I was assigned Russia, which is basically the hardest langueage to learn any words to *pulls hair out*

Well, that was off subject.
But anyways, my immigrant is going to be a poor, struggling ballerina named Anastasiya* Roccanova. Do you think this name fits both her character, and ethnicity?

**Anastasiya is pronounced Ahn-uh-staw-see-uh

Comments

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I have Greek heritage, and more than a few of my cousins and their relatives are Anastasia, prounounced Ah-na-stah-SEE-uh. So it sounds Greek to me.

I like the ballerina idea, but I was thinking that she might be more likely to succeed in Russia than here because if she's good enough, the government will pay for her to dance in Russian. That's what they always say about Russian Olympians.

Desvidania!
(Goodbye in Russian...spelled phonetically of course)

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

Anastasia is one of the Russian names that they took from Greek, so either way is correct.

DV (Russian linguist)