Re: [tied] Re: ILSA,ELSA

From: Joao
Message: 30447
Date: 2004-02-01

I know it's not a Russian name, I'm just asking if it is used by Russians, even rarely.
----- Original Message -----
From: Sergejus Tarasovas
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 6:46 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: ILSA,ELSA

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" <josimo70@......> wrote:

> But I found this name in a checklist of Russian names:
> Evelina
> Edit
> Edita
> Eleonora
> Ella
> El'vira
> El'za
> El'mira
> Emiliya
> Emma
> Era
> Erna
> Ernestina
> Esfir'

Well, if one defines "a Russian name" as "a name at least once
registered on the Russian territory / beared by a Russian-speaking
person" -- why not? (By the way, I've never even heard of <Èrna> and
<Èl'mira> -- live and learn!). But my (a native speaker's)
impressionistic evaluation is like that: it's not a Russian name per
se and it would sound rather unusual.

Sergei



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