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