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    Nikita

    Is Nikita really a male name in Russia?
    I thought I'll just ask... I won't belive it.Besides it has -a at the end.This means the word is female... Should mean...
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    Yes, it is an old male name. And it is stressed on the second syllable. Not all words ending with “a” are feminine. This is especially valid for names.

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    Yes it is, you didn't think Krushchev was a woman did you?

    It's not the only Russian male name ending in -a either, there are others. фома, for example.

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    Re: Nikita

    Quote Originally Posted by Кошка_Mandy
    Is Nikita really a male name in Russia?
    I thought I'll just ask... I won't belive it.Besides it has -a at the end.This means the word is female... Should mean...
    As Tu-160 pointed out, the stress falls on the second syllable, that is ni-KEET-ah. The vocative would be ni-KEET.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scotcher
    It's not the only Russian male name ending in -a either, there are others. фома, for example.
    Саша, Женя, Коля, Валя, Гоша, Жора, Серёжа, Дима, Гена, Костя, Володя, Рома to name a few...
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    I guess this would be a good place to ask--how do you spell Nikita in Russian? Is it Никита? I just wanted to be sure.

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    Outside Russia, Nikita can be a girl's name.

    LeFemme Nikita and The Point of No Return - A Hollywood Jesus ...
    A very violent gang girl, Nikita, murders a police officer. She is arrested, found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. ...
    www.hollywoodjesus.com/LeFemme.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeo
    I guess this would be a good place to ask--how do you spell Nikita in Russian? Is it Никита? I just wanted to be sure.
    Никита.
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VendingMachine
    Quote Originally Posted by scotcher
    It's not the only Russian male name ending in -a either, there are others. фома, for example.
    Саша, Женя, Коля, Валя, Гоша, Жора, Серёжа, Дима, Гена, Костя, Володя, Рома to name a few...
    Those names do not count, because the way you put them, they are уменьшительные, ласкательные forms. The original names of those you mentioned, do not end with A
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