Russian
names use unlike many others abbreviations, or “pet names”. When two
people are in love, usually they are calling each other with tender
and loving names. In the following table we have placed the most
common Russian names and their abbreviations and “pet names”.
If you
are in correspondence with Russian woman and want to show her a
special attention - try to call her “pet name” and I bet she would
be surprised and pleased.
Anastasia
Nastasia,
Nastya, Nastenka
Aleksandra
Sasha,
Sashenka
Alevtina
Alla, Allochka
Anna
Anya,
Annushka, Aneshka
Daria
Dasha
Ekaterina
Katerina,
Katya
Elena
Lena, Lenochka
Eugenia
Zenya,
Zenechka
Galina
Galya,
Galechka, Galenka
Inna
Innochka
Irina
Ira, Irochka,
Irisha
Julia
Julechka,
Julenka
Katerina
Katya,
Katenka, Katusha
Larisa
Lara, Larochka
Larissa
Lara, Larochka
Lena
Elena,
Lenochka
Lidiya
Lida, Lidochka
Lubov
Luba, Lubochka
Ludmila
Mila, Luda,
Ludochka
Margarita
Margo, Rita,
Ritochka
Maria
Masha,
Machenka
Marina
Marinochka
Nadejda
Nadya, Nadenka
Natalia
Natasha,
Natashenka
Nina
Ninochka
Oksana
Oksanushka
Olesya
Olesenka
Olga
Olya, Olenka
Svetlana
Sveta,
Svetochka
Tamara
Tamarochka
Tatyana
Tanya,
Tanechka, Tanysha
Valentina
Valya,
Valenka, Valusha
Vera
Verochka
Veronika
Nika, Vera,
Vika
Zinaida
Zina, Zinochka
Do you
want to impress your girlfriend even more? Learn some most useful
Russian phrases.
