Nikita....

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what do we think for a little girl? with Kiki as a NN?

not for me

Well, it's a boy's name for starters, and I believe a nickname for Nikolei.

I'm not a fan.

Have heard it used as a girls name though.

i think its unisex - there was a film about an assassin called Nikita - she was a girl...

not keen

but def a girls name IMO

Elton John.

I love it but it is the name of the trained assassin on the telly - which is the first thing I would think of if I heard it. Mind you she is rather beautiful IMO!

I'll take Elton John and raise you a Kruschchev.....
www.behindthename.com/name/nikita

I love it

It's a Russian boy's name. There is a boy in DS1's class called this.

Wasn't it in an ABBA song as well or am I thinking of something else?

Nikita is boy's name. It's Russian.

Elton John had a song named "Nikita" where he talks about his love in Russia. This was before he had outed his sexual orientation so some people in the west assumed (wrongly) that it was a girl's name.

Nah...can't stand it. Not my cup of tea at all.

ParanoidMother- that'll be Chiquitita?

I know two female little Nikitas

I hjave to say it wouldn't be my first choice

A lot of Russian boys names are used as girls names in the west, Sacha for example.

I love Sacha for a boy. I know a little Ukrainian one, although they spell it Sasha.

I'm not so keen on Sasha for a girl.

I like it for both - both spellings as well - but I am odd

"A lot of"? Like which other name, apart from Nikita and Sasha, are used as girls' names in the west?

Nikita and Sasha are both shortened forms of other names, by the way: Nikita is nn for Nicholas and Sasha is nn for Alexander. Like Alexander Litvinenko, the guy poisoned in London in 2006. His wife referred to him as "Sasha".

I love it as a boy's name. Hate it for a girl.

The Sasha I know is Aleksandr on paper

It's very 1980's and naff imo. On a girl that is.

If I met a wee Russian boy called I would love it.

Also love Sacha for a boy. Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber have one! (his mother is Ukranian I think)

I'd go with it just because the film "Nikita" is such a fantastic film and Anne Parillaud is staggeringly cool. And yes, it obviously belongs to a girl in the film.

Interestingly, apart from it's Russian origins, having a quick look on the net it seems it also has Greek feminine origins so is genuinely unisex.

What's wrong with Nicola? Nikita is a little child's name - not an adult's. You said in your post "little girl"- don't forget she'll grow up!

Yes, fair point Cote - I can't think of any more either, I was pretty sure there are others from memory but as I can't remember what they are it is probably a figment of my imagination!