Thread: How many diminutives are there of a name?

Can anyone help me with all the possible diminutives of a name in russian? Just curious how many there are. And what are the derogatory diminutives

What are the diminutives of the name Maria & Anastasia for example? I know Masha is one. Is Mashenka another one? Anyone know all the possible diminutives of Maria & Anastasia?

I found a great site.

http://members.aol.com/MHoll/Writing_Page/names.html

Not as good as you think. For example, my name is Dmitry, and there are only three forms of my name in the site. But there are rather more forms: Dimon, Diman, Dimka etc.

And there is no my name!

I remember some list I've seen...

<leaving the computer to seek for that>

...Alright, for Mariya:

Мария
Марийка
мариша
Марья
Мара
Маруля
Муля
Маруся
Муся
Мася
Масята
Марюта
Марюха
Марюша
Муша
Маня
Манюня
Манюра
Манюша
Манятка
Мака
Маша
Машаня
Машуля
Машука
Машуня
Муня
Машура
Мура
Шура
Машара
Мута
Машута
Моря

actually as many as you can think of, oftentimes they are coined on the spot and then discarded after a while never to come back. And it's not names alone you can make diminutives of, you can do this to practically any noun.
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Originally Posted by Rtyom

Шура

You may call me Вася, if Шура is diminutive of Мария

Yeah, right..
How about
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Originally Posted by pranki

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Шура

You may call me Вася, if Шура is diminutive of Мария

My sister's name is Aida, and in one Russian Names dictionary I found diminutive for that name: Дуся.

After I started calling my sister that name, she warned me that she would kill me if I say that name again. I still can't understand why.

Originally Posted by CTPEKO3A

Yeah, right..
How about
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ягодка ты моя... волчья.

Originally Posted by Rtyom

And there is no my name!

I remember some list I've seen...

<leaving the computer to seek for that>

...Alright, for Mariya:

Мария
Марийка
мариша
Марья
Мара
Маруля
Муля
Маруся
Муся
Мася
Масята
Марюта
Марюха
Марюша
Муша
Маня
Манюня
Манюра
Манюша
Манятка
Мака
Маша
Машаня
Машуля
Машука
Машуня
Муня
Машура
Мура
Шура
Машара
Мута
Машута
Моря

Thanks!!! That's alot!! I didn't know there could be so many!! Russian is a beautiful language. I only started taking it up a few months ago. Maria Sharapova has sparked my interest in everything Russian. :P


p.s. Sorry about your name and Dmitri's name being shortchanged on the link... lol

Originally Posted by pranki

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Шура

You may call me Вася, if Шура is diminutive of Мария

OK, Вася. :P I think it's not a problem to call Мария Шурой becuase of step-by-step changing of the original can finally make it.

Originally Posted by Pioner

Originally Posted by pranki

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Шура

You may call me Вася, if Шура is diminutive of Мария

My sister's name is Aida, and in one Russian Names dictionary I found diminutive for that name: Дуся.

After I started calling my sister that name, she warned me that she would kill me if I say that name again. I still can't understand why.

Same situation here. My father got a mess of diminutives in his head and started to use those of Тимофей though I am Артём. Yes sometimes they overlap, but some that don't drive me ***** mad. I tried to explain it to him, but it seems that he just don't give a hoot about that. But I can't kill my father, that's sorta bad.

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Originally Posted by pranki

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Шура

You may call me Вася, if Шура is diminutive of Мария

OK, Вася. :P I think it's not a problem to call Мария Шурой becuase of step-by-step changing of the original can finally make it.

It's not a problem to call me Вася, it's not a problem to call you Эдуард. It's not a big problem to invent the sequence of changings between two random names.

Originally Posted by pranki

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Originally Posted by pranki

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Шура

You may call me Вася, if Шура is diminutive of Мария

OK, Вася. :P I think it's not a problem to call Мария Шурой becuase of step-by-step changing of the original can finally make it.

It's not a problem to call me Вася, it's not a problem to call you Эдуард. It's not a big problem to invent the sequence of changings between two random names.

It sounds better if you say,

It's no problem calling me Vasya. It's no problem calling you Eduard. It's not a big problem inventing the sequence of changes between two random names.

The infinitive (to call) and the present participle (-ing) are interchangeable a lot of times. Sometimes one sounds better than the other.

Thank you very much, siberiangoddess!

[quote=Rtyom]And there is no my name!

I remember some list I've seen...

<leaving the computer to seek for that>

...Alright, for Mariya:

How do you feel about Манюня? I like this diminutive.

Манюня... I like that too! There are a lot of ye & ya sounds in Russian aren't there? It's pleasant to hear and distinctive. Whenever I hear those sounds, I know immediately the language must be Russian. What is the most common diminutive of Maria? Is it Masha? What is the second most common?

Originally Posted by Rtyom

And there is no my name!

I remember some list I've seen...

<leaving the computer to seek for that>

...Alright, for Mariya:

Мария
Марийка
мариша
Марья
Мара
Маруля
Муля
Маруся
Муся
Мася
Масята
Марюта
Марюха
Марюша
Муша
Маня
Манюня
Манюра
Манюша
Манятка
Мака
Маша
Машаня
Машуля
Машука
Машуня
Муня
Машура
Мура
Шура
Машара
Мута
Машута
Моря

http://members.aol.com/MHoll/Writing_Page/names.html

Марюханция
ManyAsha
Манюня

cool!