Re: A perfect day for introducing myself

>On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, nicole perrin wrote:
>
>> I know I'm late but I have to jump in on this Russian naming thread
>> too.  I need to know:  is there a Russian equivalent of Nicole?  and for
>> the patronymic, my father's name is Kim.  and Perrin is from French
>> "pierre," I believe.  But I've not been able to think of a Russian form
>> of Nicole...
Gr. Nikolaos -> Rus. Nikolay, but I'm afraid there's no traditional
feminine derivate.

I'd take the transliterated French form: _Nikol'_ (stressed on the last
syllable; note the 'soft sign' in the end). Better than transliterated
from English - _Nikol_ (no 'soft sign', [?] stress on the first syllable)
- since the latter doesn't sound like a feminine noun in Russian, so
you'll have to explain all the time...

Kim - in what language? For the time being, you'll be _Nikol' Kimovna_
- this even doesn't sound too exotic...

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:23:55 -0500, bjm10@CORNELL.EDU wrote:

>Nicole is French from the feminine of Nicholas.  I think it's also
>diminutive.  Thus, "Nikita" might suffice.
Oh, no! Nikita is a male name, and it is Nikêtês in Greek.

>(Not Russian, but am Orthodox,
- May I ask you what particular Church/Patriarchy you belong to?

> where one learns that St. Gwen and St.
>Blanche are the same woman, just recorded in different languages...)
- What is the Russian/Church Slavonic/Greek for Gwen/Blanche/Bianca,
I wonder?


Basilius