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Thoughts on these girls’ names?

41 replies

AlackAlasAlackaday · 17/06/2021 11:44

We’ve got twins (b and g) turning up later this year and are starting to kick around name ideas. What do people think of the following for a girl?

Alexandra (would be Sasha day to day)
Iris
Julia
Nina
Raya
Zoya

(If they sound like an odd selection it’s because we’re a Russian Jewish family living in London, so the name has to work in a couple of cultures.)

Surname is a typical Eastern European surname, M———a.

And other suggestions welcome!

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SE13Mummy · 17/06/2021 12:34

I like Nina from your list but also wondered about Hana/Hannah, Matilda, Maria, Roza or Suri...

ChocOrange1 · 17/06/2021 12:24

I wouldn't choose Raya as its from a current Disney film.. Zoya is not really my style but I love the others, especially Iris and Julia.

Posieandpip · 17/06/2021 12:24

I'd choose Iris and Nina

AlackAlasAlackaday · 17/06/2021 12:23

bing no, not really. Same criteria apply. I like Samuel, Mikhail, Nikolai, Ivan but DH hasn’t really weighed in yet.

emma they will all rhyme, basically. Thanks to the idiosyncrasies of russian naming conventions our son will have a surname ending in v and girl will have -a. And Russian girls’ names tend to end in -a.

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Luckingfovely · 17/06/2021 12:21

Love the first three, don't like and of the second three.

BritInAus · 17/06/2021 12:13

Raya makes me think of the new Disney movie

emmathedilemma · 17/06/2021 12:13

I like them all, i just wonder about the ones that end in "a" working with your surname, it could be a bit rhyming if you're not careful.

BingBongToTheMoon · 17/06/2021 12:07

Do you have a name for the boy?

cheesecrackerz · 17/06/2021 12:04

A suggestion from me - Thalia

partyatthepalace · 17/06/2021 12:01

Alexandra (would be Sasha day to day) - love it - I’d go for this, stands out without being odd, and speaks nicely to your heritage
Iris - too many of them around
Julia - nice name, getting popular
Nina - as a nn for Janina, Anna, Anastasia etc, I like it but find it nothing-y on its own
Raya - no
Zoya - no

Katerina nn Katya ?

cheesecrackerz · 17/06/2021 11:58

In that case, I like Raya Smile

AlackAlasAlackaday · 17/06/2021 11:55

cheese Raya would be the former pronunciation but I imagine she’d get the latter a lot. I think we’re ok with that. Our older child is Ada, pronounced Aah-da, and people manage.

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cheesecrackerz · 17/06/2021 11:51

Love Alexandra/Sasha or Julia
Nina I like

Iris I don't like and becoming very popular
Raya- I'm not sure if pronounced Rye-ah or Ray-ah?
Zoya is ok

I think Alexandra/Sasha is my favourite!

olidora63 · 17/06/2021 11:50

Only like Julia

BlueLobelia · 17/06/2021 11:49

Love Alexandra / Sasha.

Zinaida/ Zenya; Nadezhda/Nadya?