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Misha (Миша) is a diminutive of the Russian name Mikhail (Михаил). [1] A hypocoristic of Michael, its English-language equivalent would be Mike and Mick. Sometimes it is used as a female name, mostly by non-Russians; the feminine Russian name Mikhaila exists but is rare. The spelling Mischa also exists, originating from German.
Many languages, including English, contain words (Russianisms) most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are of purely Russian or origin. Some of them co-exist in other Slavic languages, and it can be difficult to determine whether they entered English from Russian or, say, Bulgarian. Some other words are borrowed or ...
Stefania [in all languages except for Italian and Polish pronounced like Ste-pha-nee-ah] is a female name in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Stefánia Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Polish, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovene, Ukrainian and Russian, [1] [2] [3] originating from Old Greek meaning crowned or the winning.
Valentina is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the Roman name Valentinus, [1] which is derived from the Latin word "valens" meaning "healthy, strong". [2]It is used in Italian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene, Romanian, Bulgarian, Portuguese and Spanish languages. [3]
Bella is related to the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Latin words for beautiful, and to the name Belle, meaning beautiful in French. [1] [2] It increased in usage following the publication of the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer. [3] It is also known for being a nickname to Isabella, Annabella or Arabella.
Lina (/ ˈ l iː n ə / LEE-nə) is an international feminine given name, mostly the short form of a variety of names ending in -lina including Adelina, Angelina, Carmelina, Carolina, Catalina, Emelina, Evangelina, Evelina, Karolina, Italina, Marcelina, Melina, Nikolina, Paulina, Rosalina, and Žaklina.
Russian model Anastasia Knyazeva is only six years old, but she's already being hailed as "the most beautiful girl in the world." If you recall, the title was once held by French model Thylane ...
Ludmila or Ludmilla is a female given name of Slavic origin.It consists of two elements: lud ("people") and mila ("dear, love"). Because the initial L is mostly soft (palatalized), it is sometimes also transcribed Lyudmila, Lyudmyla or Ljudmila, and is written as Ľudmila or Ľudmyla in Slovak.