Nikita, Mischa or something else?

[Janoschi]

Opinions and ideas welcome! Just can't settle on a name. We've decided we want something either German or Russian (family connections) but that is pronouncable in the UK.

Also, there's a slim chance that our baby girl might end up being a baby boy, so ideas for this scenario are also gratefully received!

Surname is 2 syllables and is obviously German.

Thank you!

I'm not sure how Mischa is pronounced, is it Mee-scha or Mish-a? I think others might be confused by it too.

Nikita is nice.

I don't think you need a second list.

To me, these are both boys' names (pet forms of Mikhail and Nikolai).

Are they unisex in UK these days?

The only Mischa I knew was a boy.

Not keen on Nikita and though Mischa was a boys name. Did you mean Meika?

Saskia?

The Mischa's I have heard of recently have been girls (two).

I thought it was a girl's name. But I am a philistine in such matters and prior to these babies had only heard it used by Mischa Barton.

We know a 13 yo girl named Myshka. Mum has a thing about Polish films. It's unusual but nice.

Please don't call your child Nikita. Really, really don't.

"Our" Myshka is pronounced Mish-ka.

If you name her Nikita, get used to that song. Mischa is a boys name, no?

Anja
Natalya (or variants)
Natasha
Sophia/Sofia
Lenora
Tatyana
Xenia

Mischa is a boy´s name in Germany, & isn´t Nikita a boy´s name in Russia?

Like both-but for boys!

Mascha?

Inge/a?

Sabine/a?

My husband wanted Masha for a girl.

Lara
Eleni/ Elina
Anastasia
Lydia
Mara
Mira
Anya
Katia

Thanks for this. Yes we know they're both unisex at best! The problem is they sound a bit too feminine to be boys names in the UK, though they are definitely used for boys in Germany and Russia. We kind of thought maybe a girl could carry a traditionally male name better than a boy with a girly name? Ie: Robin, Evelyn etc....?

We just like Nikita, I guess. Niki or Kiki for short....

Hi, don't worry about people thinking its weird or a boys name...both those names are on my list, among other similar ones...for girls. I agree they sound very feminine in UK for boys. I know plenty Nikita's and Nakita's in South Africa where I grew up and everybody has heard of Mischa Barton, so no worries there. I also like Mishka and Sashka. Everybody you know will either love or learn to love those names on your child. Why choose a more readily acceptible name just so that 'others' are happy with it...really! If you went with what the majority like, you'd call her Sophie, Isabelle or Chloe - and you'd end up regretting not going with the name you really love. Good Luck!

Otto
Fabian

alternative boys' names.

I think of Nikita and Mischa as boys' names and would wonder if the parents were unaware of Nikita Khruschev or Russian names in general if I met a girl named either Nikita or Mischa.

Russian and German names tend not to be unisex in either Germany or Russia.

Thanks for the opinions! No, I know they aren't unisex in their 'proper' countries. Just the UK has a strange issue with boys names ending in A, so they end up a bit unisex over here in my opinion.... oh it's all so difficult naming babies, isn't it?

Nikita sounds more feminine of the two in my opinion and Niki/Kiki are cute nicknames for a little girl.

Mischa, on the other hand, sounds like a nickname for Michael.

Mischa like Mischa Barton! That's not a weird name is it??

Nikita I don't like. I knew a man called it.

I really like Beate (be-art-er) or Claudia (pronounced like loud not lord)

What about Florian for a boy?

Love Nikita and Mischa for boy and girl. also like Sascha for boy or girl.

I like Claudio too but I worked with a battleaxe called Claudia while in Germany so I think I'd rather use something else!

Thanks again for the opinions!

Myschka means "mouse". Why would you call a child "mouse"?

Well, I grew up near 3 hippy brothers called Muffin, Mouse and Moley. It was the 70's...!

Love Anya and Lena (sp)