My husband and I are looking for names that work well in both Russian and English (or at least have a reasonable Russian nickname that his side of the family can use).
If it's a boy, middle name will be Aleksey/Aleksei (after my husband's brother).
If it is a girl, middle name will be either Alexis or Kathrine (this spelling, after my mother).
My other children are Anastasia (Stacey/Stasya) and Maria Veronica.
Please comment, and choose your favourites.
GIRLS:
Kristina
Natalia (Russian nn Natasha -- VERY common is Russia!)
Genevieve (use Russian nn Zhenya, which is really for Evgenia)
Julia (spelled "Yuliya" in Russian, with nn Yulya)
Nadia (it's actually a nn for Nadezhda)
BOYS:
Nikolai (Russian nn Kolya, English nn Cole?)
Eduard (Russian nn Edik)
Victor
Donovan (we'd use Russian nn Vanya, as this isn't a Russian name)
Roman
Leo (Lev in Russian)
Alexander (nn Sasha)
Ruslan (pronounced "roos-LAHN")
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