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Slavic names?

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Viletta · 07/09/2020 18:19

Do you know any Slavic names that you think could work in the UK?
I can only think of Alexander and Roman. Recently saw people mentioning traditional Russian names here like Yaakov, really? Out LO is going to be dual heritage.

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TheVanguardSix · 07/09/2020 22:41

Oh... and my brother in law's name: Ilya (which is the Russian Elijah)
My other brother in law is Alexander but goes by the diminutive Sanya rather than Sasha.

Kittywampus · 07/09/2020 22:39

I really like Alexander but with Sasha as a nickname.
Or how about Constantin?

TheVanguardSix · 07/09/2020 22:33

Lev
Oleg
Leon
Viktor
Andrey
Yuri
Mikhail
Pyotr
Roman
Nikolai (Kolya)
Dimitri/Dmitri
Alexander (Sasha)
Mirko
Milan
Filip

CarrotPuff · 07/09/2020 22:32

Russian names are so mispronounced in English, I really wouldn't do it.

ARudeTerriblePerson · 07/09/2020 22:25

Gregor
Vladimir
Igor

Userzzz · 07/09/2020 22:19

Luka, Maxim

doublecheeseburgermediumfries · 07/09/2020 22:15

I know an Atanas and my friend is married to a "teo" which is basically Theo but obviously no "th". They are both Bulgarian.

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Viletta · 07/09/2020 22:11

@MikeUniformMike surname is British, Leonid is an interesting option, thank you!

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Viletta · 07/09/2020 22:10

@Kittywampus just boys, thank you!

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Viletta · 07/09/2020 22:10

@IsolaPribby Russian preferably

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Kittywampus · 07/09/2020 20:15

How about Adam?

Do you want girls names or just boys?

MikeUniformMike · 07/09/2020 20:10

Depends on the surname. If the surname is slavic, I'd use a more international name or possibly something traditionally british.
If the surname is british use any name both parents like that isn't likely to cause spelling pronunciation issues in either language.

I like Leonid, but Leo is very popular.

IsolaPribby · 07/09/2020 20:03

Can you be more specific than Slavic? In my experience, Polish names are different to Russian, which are different to Latvian, and Czech, etc.

Ricekrispie22 · 07/09/2020 20:00

Sasha
Ivan
Zander
Teodor
Max
Daniel

WomanWithAWo · 07/09/2020 18:55

What about: Leo, Anton, Dominik, Ivan, Tom, Luka, Sasha, Stefan, Tommy and Vaughn

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