Quote Originally Posted by Honeycomb
Hey,what means "Russian names"? Russian by origin? Or russian by using? For example, name Elena *Lena* (Helen) and Maria *Masha* (Mary) are Greek and name Anna is Jewish by origin but they all are VERY OFTEN USED in Russia!
Exactley! that what I was trying to explain people sometime ago.
Russian names, (the same as some other Russian things), is the the names that are accepted in Russia.
Most of Russian names are originally Greek and Old-Slavic, some from Latin and some from old-Hebrew.
If someone thinks of some names Russian by Origin, this names came from old-Slavic, not the Russian we speak today.
Russian names considered Russian, because they are widely used in Russia, it doesn't mean they are all Russian in their origin.