I did not want to clutter Alexander Kuzman's wonderful new thread: Russian Language Class, so I am providing a list of names that perhaps we can learn in Russian.
When I was attending an OCA parish, I met quite a few people who had immigrated to the USA, such as Sasha, Natasha, Dimitri, and Sergii.
Isn't Sasha the feminine for Alexander? Is it also the masculine of Alexander?
Who is the patron saint for Natasha or Natalie?
It would be wonderful if we could learn how to address each other in Russian.
Perhaps, the folks here can make an attempt, or look at icons for hints.
Then, our gracious teacher can correct our lists.
Here are some proper names of people. Some of these English names are not too common except in our Orthodox Churches as they have been imported from Spain, Greece, and Russia.
Albert
Alexander, Alexandra, Sasha
Ambrose
Anastasia, Anastasios
Andrew, Andrea, Andreas
Anna, Ann
Anthony, Antonios
Arsenios
Barbara
Bartholomew
Basil
Benedict
Benjamin, Ben, Benny
Caroline, Carolyn
Charles, Carlos
Christopher, Christina
Chrysostomos
Clement
Constantine, Constance, Kosta, Konstantin
Cyrill
Daniel
David
Demetrios, Demetrius, Dimitri
Dennis
Dionysi
Edward
Elijah
Elizabeth, Lisa, Betty
Enoch
Ephraim
Esther
Fotina
Francis, Frances, Frank
Gabriel
George, Georgia
Gregory, Greg
Harold, Harry
Helen, Elena
Henry
Isaac
Isabel, Isabella
Jacqueline, Jackie
James
Jeffrey
Jesse
Joanna
John, Johann, Sean, Jean
Jonah
Jonathan
Joseph, Joe
Jude, Judas
Julianna
Justin
Katherine, Catherine, Kathy, Katina, Ekaterina
Lawrence, Larry
Lorraine
Luke, Lukas
Lydia
Maria, Mary, Marie
Mark, Marcus
Matrona
Matthew
Maximus
Methodius
Michael, Mikhail
Mikita
Miriam
Moses
Nancy
Natasha, Natalie
Nectarios, Nektarios
Nicholas
Nicodemus
Patrick, Pat
Paul, Pavlos, Paulo, Pablo
Peter, Pedro
Phillip, Felipe
Photios
Raphael, Rafael
Rebecca. Beckie
Richard, Ricardo
Robert, Bob
Samuel, Sam
Seraphim
Sergios, Sergius
Siluan
Sophia, Sonia
Stephen, Steve
Susan, Sue
Symeon
Tatiana
Thomas, Tom. Tomas
Tikhon
Timothy, Tim
Titus
Vasily
Victoria, Vickie
William, Bill
Xenia
Zacharius, Zachary