Russian Forenames

[Richard Robin]

For a complete set of discussion on Russian names, including some "weird"
ones see http://www.nashe.ru/new-programmes/7327/

<http://www.nashe.ru/new-programmes/7327/>-Rich Robin

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Stephanie Briggs <sdsures at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone could provide me with a list of Russian
> forenames,
> and explanations as to why these names are used over and over for Russians,
> Ukrainians, etc. ie Tatiana, Olga, Ekaterina, Ivan...one of my professors
> years ago talked anout why the names are seen as "standard" Russian names,
> but the reason escapes me. Also, at some point there was an effort to make
> new names, which resulted in some pretty weird patronymics
> ("Elevatorovich",
> Traktorovich"), so they went back to the standard names.
>
> Stephanie (who is moving from Scotland to the Midlands on Friday - eek!)
>
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Richard M. Robin
Director Russian Language Program
The George Washington University
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