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    What about the name Yegor? What would the "base level" for this name be?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shadycat16 View Post
    What about the name Yegor? What would the "base level" for this name be?
    Yegor can be "base level" itself. Yegorka-form exists. Also Gosha (Гоша) can be used as diminutive form of it. But I am not sure which form are preferable.

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