Russian names for new baby?

[esmea]

Long story short- a friend of mine who was a single mum died in childbirth not long ago, I am the baby's godmother so she is living with me. Baby girl has no name yet. Her mother was Russian so I thought it would be nice to give her a Russian baby name.

So far I have these:
Anastasia
Evelina
Irina
Kristina

Does anyone else have any other name suggestions?

Anya
Katya
Galina
Natalia
Natasha
Emilia
Sofiya
Katerina
Valeria
Svetlana (Sveta)
Sasha (short for Alexsandra)
Masha
Misha

Lara is lovely and although it is Russian it is also fairly well used here so when she is older she can choose how much of her history to share with new people.

also

Yaraslava
Tatyana
Elena (Elle -lane -ah)
Yuliya
Raisa
Tamara
Nadezhda (means hope which is lovely)the nickname is Nadia

Could you name her after her mother?

Alternatively I love Anoushka.

If you don't like mum's name, perhaps we can help you find a variation.similar version of it?

What did her mum want to call her?

If you don't know, why not use her mum's name? Or her granny's name?

This is all very odd - new baby handed over to "godmother", a position which has no standing whatsoever as far as foster care goes?

My favourite

alissa
Elena
Elina
Vladimir (Valodye cannot spell the younger version)
Arsine

I love Russian names, dd has a Russian middle name.

My favourites are:

Tatiana
Anastasia/Stacie
Lara/Larissa
Natalia
Tamara/tammy
Katarina
Anya
Natasha
Elissa
Talia
Mischa
Sacha

skylark - op did say to cut a long story short.

None of your business why she has baby, maybe the mum made her the guardian or whatever.

Tatyana (Tanya)
Natasha
Natalia
Ekaterina (Katya)
Alexandra (Sasha)
Marina

All lovely names

I would use her mother's name or another name from her family. She's not just 'Russian', she's a member of a particular Russian family and from what I have observed, many Russian families like to use family names.

Misha is a boy's name, a diminutive of Mikhail.

Zinaida
Oksana
Irina is lovely
Rozalia

Nadia
Lena

Thanks everybody. Her mother was called Kristina. We decided on Anastasiya in the end as quite a few of you seemed to like Anastasia but we chose another variant. Thanks once again.

Kristina will be middle name

Sounds beautiful. I think you made the right choice making the mother's name the middle name not the first. It gives the little girl a special connection to her mother without the pressure of having to live up to the name or be the substitue "Kristina" if that makes sense.

Sorry for the spelling error- *substitute

I studied Russian.

I love Anastasia. My favourite name.

I love all the Russian names. Natalia. All of them.

It was Right that you chose middle name as mothers name. Well done you!

Im so sorry for your loss, I wish you the best of luck. As far as names go, I like Irina and Kristina best, followed by Evelina. Anastasia is a bit much, and will always be reminiscent of the murdered princess Anastasia romanoff

Anastasia - russian nn is Nastia
Natalia - russian nn is Natasha
Daria - nn is Dasha
Liudmila - Liuda
Veronika - Vera
Varvara
Valentina
Tamara
Marina
Olga
Nadiezda - Nadia ( hope)
Valeria
Oksana
Elena/ Lena
Alina
Tatyana - nn Tanya

Sasha is nn for boy's name Aleksandr and Misha for Mikhail

How about Anouska? Or Saskia?

Asya is another NN for Anastasiya.

It is a great name I have one There are lots of Anastasiyas besides the princess, and why not commemorate her -- she and her family are now Orthodox saints..