Variations of the Spelling of Russian Women Names:
Alena – Alyona Alexandra – Sasha Anastasia – Nastya Anna – Anya, Anyuta Anzhelika – Angela Daria – Dasha Ekaterina – Katya, Kate, Kathy Elena – Lena, Helen Evgenia - Zhenya, Jane
Galina – Galya, Gale Irina – Ira, Irene Larisa – Lara Liliya – Lila, Lily Lubov – Luba Ludmila – Luda, Mila Maria – Masha, Mary Nadezhda – Nadya
Natalya – Natasha, Nata Oksana - Oxana Olesya – Lesya, Alesya Olga – Olya, Ole Svetlana – Sveta Tatyana – Tanya Valentina – Valya, Vala Viktoria – Vika, Vicky Yuliya – Julia, Julie
Please, note:
All female names end in the letter "A". (Exception: Lubov) All female 2nd names (male, from father, never surnames) end in ‘evna’ or ‘ovna’. (Vladimironva, Sergeevna, Igorevna) ‘ochka’, ‘enka’, ‘usha’, 'uta' at the end of a name, is simply a term of endearment. (Jenny, Chrissy, Suzie, Pooky)