Russian boys' names

[baskingseals]

My cousin and his wife are having a baby boy. She is Russian, he is English. They did think about Hugo, but have now gone off it. Just wondered if anybody had any inspiration for boys names which work well in Russian and English.

[Sharpkat]

Alexander. NN - Sasha?

[baskingseals]

Good idea, and actually one I have suggested, but she already has a Sasha in her close family, so sadly it's out.

[Rosencrantz]

If they liked Hugo.. How about Hugh?

[puntasticusername]

I've always had a soft spot for Ivan, myself. It got vetoed by DH though. And then there's Boris, of course...

[baskingseals]

Thanks for the suggestions. I did suggest Hugh, but it wasn't met with a great response.

Like Ivan and Boris. Especially Boris. Great name.

[ThisIsYourSong]

Nikolai can be shortened to Nik.

Isaak works well in either language

[BikeRunSki]

Ivan, really like Ivan
Karl

[ThisIsYourSong]

Love Luka and Maxim too.

[playingwithlegos]

Michael
Andrei
Vladimir
Konstantin
Alexei
Stanislav

[Rhubarbgarden]

Vlad is fabulous.

[dozily]

I like Sergei - is that Russian?!

[baskingseals]

Oh thanks for all the responses. I LOVE Konstantin and Valentin, but for some reason they were not as enamoured as I was.

Love Luka and Vlad, thank you. Sergei has also been rejected. Again I think it's great. So much easier when it's not your baby though.

[Anjou]

I LOVE Russian names!

Igor
Ilya
Aleksandr
Nicolai
Roman
Sevastian
Lev
Vladimir
Vladya
Dimitri
Kirill
Kostya

Love them all.

[Oriunda]

Arkady?

[babyfedleaning]

Bruno?

[tethersend]

Roman?

[baskingseals]

Great suggestions, really like Roman, Arkady, Dmitri and Kostya, but is Kostya a nickname for Nicolai or have I got that completely wrong?

[difficultpickle]

Konstantin?

[Nataleejah]

Kostya is short for Konstantin

I really like Yegor and Yaroslav

[AuntPittypat]

Artem

[HRHLadyG]

Yasha
Vasilli

[singersgirl]

Kostya is nickname for Konstantin, Kolya for Nikolai.

[baskingseals]

Thanks for putting me right, will phone them soon with fresh selection and report back on what they think.

[themaltesefalcon]

Met a Vsyevolod the other day. Magnificent name.

[Baerchen]

Kirin
Yakub