Blue-eyed Russian boy

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Posted: 05 March 2004 05:59 PM

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Could someone please help? I need a name, used affectonately, for a blue-eyed Russian boy. If blue-eyed is too specific, then any fond name for a Russian boy, an actual name, like Sasha or Mischa, but maybe a little more distinctive or imaginative.

Not exactly WOTD but I couldn’t find another place as suitable or as friendly.

Thank you.

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Posted: 06 March 2004 11:10 AM

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Russian Boy Baby Names

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Posted: 06 March 2004 04:38 PM

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Sitran,

Thank you.

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Posted: 09 March 2004 06:33 AM

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[quote author=scrivener link=board=todays;num=1078559945;start=0#0 date=03/06/04 at 02:59:05]Not exactly WOTD but I couldn’t find another place as suitable or as friendly.

Scrivener, we also have a thread called What’s the word…? for such questions…

But if you know us at all, you know that we will talk about most anything, most anywhere…

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Posted: 09 March 2004 07:59 PM

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Those names on Sitran’s site are for the most part full versions, which are not suitable for your question. If you want to use a name affectionately you have to use minimally the short form, and if possible you might make that form even more affectionate.

e.g. full name: Aleksandr
becomes
short name: Sasha
even more affectionate: Sashenka or something like that

full name: Ivan
short name: Vanya
even more affectionate: Vanyushka, etc.

Mikhail -> Misha -> Mishenka…
Vladimir -> Volodya ...
Boris -> Borya ...
Dmitri -> Mitya ...

Same goes for female names by the way:
Tatyana -> Tanya ...
Natalya -> Natasha ...
Olga -> Olya ...
Anastasiya -> Nastya ...

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Posted: 16 March 2004 12:37 PM

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Perhaps that would be Lazar’.
Lazar’ comes from Lazarus, of course, but it does sound like "lazur", ‘azure’ in Russian.

Just like in the famous poem by Lermontov:

ðáòõó Sail Mikhail Yu. Lermontov 1814-1841

âÅÌÅÅÔ ÐÁÒÕÓ ÏÄÉÎÏËÉÊ
÷ ÔÕÍÁÎÅ ÍÏÒÑ ÇÏÌÕÂÏÍ!...
þÔÏ ÉÝÅÔ ÏÎ × ÓÔÒÁÎÅ ÄÁÌÅËÏÊ?
þÔÏ ËÉÎÕÌ ÏÎ × ËÒÁÀ ÒÏÄÎÏÍ?...

éÇÒÁÀÔ ×ÏÌÎÙ - ×ÅÔÅÒ Ó×ÉÝÅÔ,
é ÍÁÞÔÁ ÇÎÅÔÓÑ É ÓËÒÙÐÉÔ...
õ×Ù, - ÏÎ ÓÞÁÓÔÉÑ ÎÅ ÉÝÅÔ
é ÎÅ ÏÔ ÓÞÁÓÔÉÑ ÂÅÖÉÔ!

ðÏÄ ÎÉÍ ÓÔÒÕÑ Ó×ÅÔÌÅÊ ÌÁÚÕÒÉ,
îÁÄ ÎÉÍ ÌÕÞ ÓÏÌÎÃÁ ÚÏÌÏÔÏÊ...
á ÏÎ, ÍÑÔÅÖÎÙÊ, ÐÒÏÓÉÔ ÂÕÒÉ,
ëÁË ÂÕÄÔÏ × ÂÕÒÑÈ ÅÓÔØ ÐÏËÏÊ!

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The Sail
The sail is whitening alone
In blue obscurity of sea:
What did it leave in country own?
What does it want so far to see.

The wind is strong, the mast is creaking,
The wave is playing with the wave ...
But not a fortune is it seeking,
Nor from this fortune is its way.

By it a stream is bright as azure,
By beams of sun it’s warmed and blessed
But it is seeking gales as treasure,
As if the tempests give a rest.

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Posted: 17 April 2008 03:46 PM

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In Latin: Puer Caeruleis Oculis. Not Russian, but it might suggest something.

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