Russian/Eastern European Boy Names?
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@Alex we will check that out! It is so tough! I feel a lot of pressure to give him a fitting name that he'll grow up to love. But also we want to meet him first before being 100%. Just need some options in mind.
As a Russian, it’s not like you’ll ever call him by his given name honestly 😅 we are notorious for 300 nickname variations for every name. Like I’m pretty sure if you called my cousin his proper name (Alexander) instead of his nickname (Sasha) he wouldn’t even realize you meant him 🤣
I like Yuri, Dimitri, and Alexsei. But a lot of Russian names actually come from Greek and Hebrew names, like Michael and Mikhail. Maybe doing the anglicized version for his birth certificate and school, and then his father and his father’s family can use the Russian pronunciation and spelling. It’s tough when they’re young, but when he’s older it’ll be totally normal. I grew up with a lot of kids in that situation.
So true that sometimes it’s just about the way you spell it. There are a lot of names that are popular Russian names but don’t necessarily originate there. A ‘ks’ instead of an ‘X’ is a big thing. Aleks and Maks. I always loved Levi. And I can say from experience there’s a huge love hate relationship with having to spell your name every time you tell someone what it is, but it looks 100x prettier on paper than the average way of spelling it.
I really like Roman cause it’s not super popular and Roma as a nickname is cute! Also Maxim is pretty popular among my immigrant friends
Alexey, Maxim, Stepan, Svyatoslav, Oleg, Vlad, Lev, Victor, Matvey, Platon, Nikolay, Artem. What about these?))
Wikipedia was surprisingly helpful for us. There are some pages for names that list the variations of that name based on country/language. Maybe there’s a name you like but don’t realize there’s another version of it? Naming a kid is tough! We’re still debating and running out of time 🫠