Russian names with nickname?

[JimiBlue]

I'm looking for a Russian name with a nickname/pet name (my name has a very different nickname which I love.) I'm completely at a loss and can't find anything
Thanks X

Know a Russian Beata, nn Beatie.

Natasha nn Tash

Anastasia/Ana/Stacie?

For a boy or girl?

Sabina - Beanie
Annushka - Noosh

The traditional diminutives? Like Anya for Anastasia, Shura for Alexandra and Natasha for Natalya?

Sorry I should have said boy

Aleksander - Sasha. Would have been what I'd have wanted if DD was a boy.

Napqueen Annushka is actually the diminutive of Anna.

Prosecco I love it!

I love Max, which works here and over there. And Peter - it's spelt differently in Russian but pronounced pretty much the same.

Watching with interest though - we need something both families (and we!) can pronounce!

Pavel - Pasha
Evgeniy - Zhenya
Aleksandr - Sasha
Vladimir - Volodya

Trying to steer clear of old man names and names that sound like English girl names...

I can try more if none appeal!

Is the dad Russian? It's v. common IME for boy to have the same name, so there are lots of Anton Antonovichs, Igor Igorevichs etc.

If dad not Russian could try Russian equivalent of his name.

Zoe

BTW Anya is for Anna. Anastasia has Nastya. Not so good in English!

My mother is Russian but I need a boy's name

Timofei- Tim. Lot's of Rusian male short names are ending in "a". As mentioned above, , Alexander will be Sasha ( or Sanya, or Shura). Alexei becomes Alesha, Ivan-Vanya etc. I would personally avoid names such as Arseny (Arse inside the name), Vassily (sounds like silly), Nikolai ( reminds of e-coli bacteria), Sergei (sounds like gay). Names like Platon and Luka seems to be popular in Russia now.

Mikhail nn Misha.

Nikolai - Kolya
Alexei - Alyosha
Dmitri - Mitya/Dima
Pyotr - Petya
Boris - Borya
Anton - Antosha
Ivan - Vanya
Fyodr - Fedya
Grigori - Grisha
Sergei - Seryozha

Can't you just ask your mum for suggestions?

I love Sasha

All Russian novels should be a good source of inspiration, no characters refer to each other by the same nick name. Nightmare to keep track of who is who...

Anatoly nn Tolya
Konstantin nn Kosta