Boys russian names

[Greta.Fi]

DH is russian and his entire family speak little english and we speak russian in our home. Although we currently live in Uk we do spent a lot of time in russia.

DH is set on giving baby a russian name or a name that is used in russia, and in the russian format. If we have a little girl we both love Katya or Hanna.

However we are totally stuck with boys names and a big part of it is I want a name that the vast majority of people will be able to say.
We were thinking of Aleksandr, and using Alex/Alek as a nickname most of the time.

We also like Stefan, Ruslan and Ilarion, but I think that most people would mispronounce it and I don't want to make my baby's life harder.

Any suggestions on names, or on the names we like or how you would pronounce them.

Thanks

 

[CedarWood]

Hi!
I like Aleksander as a good dual cultural name with Alex rather than Sasha as the NN for a boy.
Denis is also good though pronounced more like Denise in Russian but he can use both pronunciations depending on the context.
I also think Max (Maxim) is a good choice
If I think of any others I will let you know
CW

 

[fairy_gem]

Aleksandr nn Alex/Alek - I would pronounce this Alek-san-der...i like and prefer Alex for nn.
Stefan - I would pronounce this Stef-fan...i like.
Ruslan - I would pronounce this Roos-lan...i like.
Ilarion - I would pronounce this Il-lah-rion...not keen.

Sorry if i'm wrong

Will come back with suggestions.

x

 

[FAR]

Hi! I'm not entirely sure how it is pronounced but I really like this name I came across in a book I was reading - Alyosha, which can be shortened to Lyosha [which I think is pronounced Lee-oh-sha?!] or even Lee.

 

[fairy_gem]

Will come back with suggestions.
x

Alexei
Andrei
Dimitri
Fabi
Feliks
Luka
Lukyan
Mikhail
Nikolai
Roman
Sevastian

x

 

[Greta.Fi]

Aleksandr is still at the top of our list. We have now added Roman, Nikolai, Alyosha, Luka and Maxim to our list.

Thanks guys

 

[CeeCee2010]

Hi there, just to say I have a very unusual name and if people don't pronounce my name correctly - it's never bothered me! In fact I find it a great conversation starter. I always found, and still find to this day, that people are interested in the origin of my name and we get talking Out of your list I ADORE Roman, I wanted it but DH wouldn't let me add it to our list! X