What do you think of these?

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Registered: 11-09-2003
What do you think of these?
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Mon, 01-17-2005 - 2:06pm

Please can you give me honest feedback about these names. They are of Russian ethnicity, which is what I am looking for. Any suggestions welcome! Thanks!

Dmitri (b) - Lover of the earth (prefer it spelt as Dimitri)
Katerina (g) - One of purity; beloved.
Liana (g) - Climbing vine; a bond.
Lidiya (g) - Beloved of all; from Lydia. (Maybe spelt Lydia)
Marina (g) - Of the sea.
Maris (g) - A sea star.
Mikhail (b) - Who is like God?
Natalya (g) - Born on Christmas; to be born.
Natasha (g) - Born on Christmas; to be born.
Nikolai (b) - The peoples victory.
Saida (g) - Fortunate one.
Yulia (g) - Young/Youth.

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Registered: 11-04-2003
Mon, 01-17-2005 - 2:24pm

I absolutely love Dmitri spelled exactly this way. Easy enough to pronounce even for a Yank :) No extra 'i' needed!
Nikolai is my next favorite. Familiar, comfortable even in this form, masculine. A winner to me. :)
Mikhail is handsome but to me it's still very Baryshnikov. I'd use it in the middle.

I like almost all your girls' name, I'll list them in the order I prefer them:
Liana - gorgeous!
Lidiya - very pretty. As Lydia it's getting popular.
Katerina - my favorite form of C/Katherine, gorgeous and melodic.
Natasha - Utterly gorgeous. Musical, to me. Lovely!
Maris - beautiful as long as it's not paired with Stella.
Natalya - gorgeou, prefect blind date sort of name. A Natalya is expected to be gorgeous.
Yulia - I prefer Julia, but it's lovely in this form too.
Marina - I like, but the boat docking thing catches a lot of people up.
Saida - This one's my least favorite probably because it's unfamiliar to most non Russians. Gorgeous too but be prepared to explain it's Russian to everyone and their third uncle!

I love, love, LOVE Russian names!

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Registered: 01-26-2004
Mon, 01-17-2005 - 2:26pm
I think Dimitri and Katerina are really nice and unique names.
I can say the only ones I don't care for in your list are Natasha (nms), Saida and Yulia (never heard of these). But the rest IMO are very nice names.
 
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Registered: 04-18-2003
Mon, 01-17-2005 - 5:01pm

Dmitri (b) - good name - either spelling is nice, but prefer Dmitri
Katerina (g) - very pretty
Liana (g) - nice
Lidiya (g) - Lydia is beautiful, don't really like Lidiya
Marina (g) - very nice, but might get lots of boat jokes
Maris (g) - beautiful
Mikhail (b) - very nice
Natalya (g) - prefer Natalia, very pretty
Natasha (g) - ok
Nikolai (b) - love this name, spelled Nicholai (but there are many differant spellings)
Saida (g) - ok
Yulia (g) - prefer Julia

I love Russian names (especially boys names) even though I'm not even the teensiest bit Russian. My favorites from your list are Nikolai and Maris/Lydia.

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Registered: 04-28-2003
Mon, 01-17-2005 - 10:32pm
Dmitri - eh, it is okay. VERY Russian sounding
Katerina - lovely
Liana - My favorite on your list, beautiful
Lidiya - I don't like Lydia and I really don't like this spelling
Marina - where you go to fish, not a name IMO
Maris - like it, if only I didn't think of Frasier
Mikhail - like it, reminds me a bit much of Baryshnikov
Natalya - nice enough
Natasha - okay, NMS really
Nikolai - very nice, like this much more than Nicholas
Saida - going to be horribly misspronounced
Yulia - like Julia much better