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Shortening a long list

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Iamthecaptainnow · 03/04/2019 21:16

Trying to narrow down our long list for girls name. DH is Russian but we will be living in the U.K. for the foreseeable future, so name needs to work here as well. Any views on the following?

Alisa
Anna
Daria/Darya/Dariya
Dessa
Inessa
Irina
Ivana
Klara
Larisa/Larissa/Lara
Magdalina
Marianna
Marta
Natalya
Nina

I did say it was a long list!

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LegoPiecesEverywhere · 04/04/2019 09:45

Daria
Anna
Alisa

MercyBodle · 04/04/2019 09:43

I like - Anna, Daria, Inessa, Klara, Larissa, Marta, Natalya.

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Iamthecaptainnow · 04/04/2019 08:42

Thanks for all the comments!

I'd not made the connection with the Trumps, so that probably rules out I'd also not thought about the "diarrhoea" sound of Daria! I really like Dessa but worry it's consign her to a life of repeating herself, "like Tessa but with a D" etc.

DH loves Valentina, but I don't like Val or Tina, so I've not put it on the list. I think my current favourite might be Magdalina- Magda just seems so cool...

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SlimGin · 04/04/2019 00:35

These I like: Klara, Marianna, Marta, Magdalina

Magdalina is one of my favourite ever names and if my DD had the right heritage I'd have named her that!

Please don't call your daughter Dariya. It's a pretty name to say and look at but I think it sounds too close to Diarrhoea. Sorry! Just thinking about what primary children are like!

Glower · 04/04/2019 00:12

Alisa - pretty!
Anna - quite common but beautiful and one of my favourite names
Daria/Darya/Dariya - okay. Prefer the first spelling.
Dessa - don’t love, reminds me of a more old fashioned name like Delia
Inessa - quite nice but ditto with the above comment about the sound ‘nessa’
Irina - LOVE this! The Russian form of one of my favourite names, Eirini
Ivana - makes me think of Ivana and Ivanka Trump, sorry! Also seems more old fashioned
Klara - lovely
Larisa/Larissa/Lara - Lara is nice, Larissa a bit dated
Magdalina - like this. Slightly prefer Magdalene as it’s shorter but might not work in Russian
Marianna - very pretty
Marta - pretty, also like Martina
Natalya - okay
Nina - nice

Overall favourite is Irina, also love Anna and Marianna.

Hope that helps 🙂 I love Russian names

Thequaffle · 03/04/2019 23:41

Anna
Daria/Darya/Dariya
Larisa
Natalya
Nina

I like Valentina too

Littlebird88 · 03/04/2019 23:34

Marta is lovely

AndItStillSaidFourOfTwo · 03/04/2019 23:28

Anna, Daria, Natalia (but spelled like that) and Marianna are my favourites.

PippilottaLongstocking · 03/04/2019 23:21

Marianna is my favourite!

Nnnnnineteen · 03/04/2019 23:19

I like them all although my favourite would be natalya for the random reason that I like how it looks when written in Cyrillic.

Sophronia · 03/04/2019 23:16

Anna, Irina, Marianna or Nina

WoahThereMama · 03/04/2019 22:49

Marta, Daria and Nina are my favourites.

Dessa & Ivana are the ones I like the least.

BackforGood · 03/04/2019 22:47

Alisa - not keen
Anna - like it
Daria/Darya/Dariya - not keen... my first though was 'like Dara O'Brein' Grin
Dessa - no - sounds like a pet nickname to my ears
Inessa - not keen, reads a bit like someone changing Vanessa
Irina - like it
Ivana - unfortunately the association with Trumps put me off at the moment
Klara - not keen
Larisa/Larissa/Lara - okay, but not one of my favourites
Magdalina - I quite like this
Marianna - okay but not my favourite either
Marta - Like OldandWornOut, I instantly heard Tomato there
Natalya - I like Natalie as a name, and to my English eyes, the spelling of this just looks "wrong" - totally illogical I know, as your dd will have a Russian name Grin. I appreciate this is me, not you.
Nina - Quite like this. Oddly, I wouldn't 'hear' it as a Russian name, which seems a shame

Hope that helps Smile

Marlena1 · 03/04/2019 22:43

Love Lara, Nina and Klara

DeRigueurMortis · 03/04/2019 22:37

Inessa stood out for me.

Never heard the name before but really like it.

Also like Tatiana.

RickOShay · 03/04/2019 22:34

Love Natalya and Tatiana.
Russian names are so beautiful.

lovabug · 03/04/2019 22:31

Anna
Nina
Klara / Clara

jiggsymalone · 03/04/2019 22:29

Never heard of Dessa or Inessa before but they are beautiful! I also really like Nina.

Jasharps · 03/04/2019 22:24

I really like the list.

Love Nina, Klara and Irina

OldAndWornOut · 03/04/2019 22:24

Marta reminds me of tomato, but the rest are all lovely.

Bumblebeesmum · 03/04/2019 22:22

They’re all great although Ivana makes me think of the Trumps & Marta sounds like Martyr
Great list though - my favourites are Alisa Anna Klara Daria

JustAnotherMillennial · 03/04/2019 22:06

Lara is definitely my favourite, like Alise and Nina too.

Calixtine · 03/04/2019 21:55

My faves:

Anna
Irina
Lara
Marianna
Nina
Tatiana

MouseBatMummy · 03/04/2019 21:27

My favourites from your list are
Anna
Marta
Nina

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Iamthecaptainnow · 03/04/2019 21:26

Eugenia is out for family reasons, but it's also sooo ugly in English... it's the "g" sound that I finding upsetting. In Russian it's gorgeous.

I'll add Tatiana though! ... wait, the list isn't meant to be growing, ha.

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