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goneladyegcake-deactivated20170 Answer:

im so so so sorry for late respond anon !!! because previous attempt to reply was failED but whatever

but sure thing, i’ll try to elaborate! this gonna be a long one haha

as i know, big amount of nicknames for one certain name arent real big deal in any language, like Elizabeth can be Eliza, Elisa, Betty, Bettie and etc etc etc in english

but sure russian nicknames are fucking something, because they sometimes don’t look and sound like full name at all!

typical example for that: a friend called Alexander\Alexandra  (Александр\Александра) you can call Sasha (Саша), Sanya (Саня), Shura (Шура), Shurik (Шурик) and more, if you add specific suffixes, but that comes later

my real name Maria (Мария) has some similarities to Alexander in shorten name: the most common pet name is Masha (Маша; like Sasha) and Manya (Маня; like Sanya). Also you can call Marias as Marusya (Маруся), Marishka (Маришка), Marika (Марика) and more

according to your example for japanese nickname it seems you came after yoi anon, which is fucking cool because i can tell nicknames for Oh Those Russians™ too

So, the name Victor (Виктор) doesnt have much nicknames, so the most common ones are Vitya (Витя) Vityok (Витёк), Vityan (Витян), Vit'ka (Витька)

Yarkow called Victor ’Vitya’ tho

and there are some more since i google the names for extra info but trust me other nicknames are so dumb so i’ll keep it unknown

Yuri (Юрий) has not that many nicknames too, like Yura (Юра), Yurka (Юрка) and Yurochka (Юрочка; his grandpa called him like that)

but subs spelled it wrong lmao

thats for yoi… but actually some russians (me for instants lmao) sometimes forget nicknames of certain names tho! for example me and sis spent legit a lot of time recalling pet name for Georgy (Георгий), and it turned out to be Zhora (Жора; zh pronounced like ‘ge’ in ‘garage’)
also there is a name in russian Evdokia\Avdotia (Евдокия\Авдотья)  which shortens to Dunya (Дуня)

in conclusion?? if russian isnt your native language but you want to give a nickname in russian for someone russian too, you either look it up in advance, or guess it somehow

but i mentioned specific suffixes earlier, which play big role in russian nicknaming, because you can make a shorten name even cuter or funnier or uglier, which u prefer lmao

example: here is Alexander again, Sasha for short. but  with suffix and  -ka (-ка), -en'ka (-енка),  -ulya (-уля) you get even more nicknames: Sashka (Сашка), Sashen'ka (Сашенька), Sashulya (Сашуля)
and moRE, MORE TO COME
i can make legit list of COMMON nicknames for Alexander: Sasha -> Sashka, Sashen'ka , Sashulya, Sashechka, Sashunya; Sanya  -> Sanyok, San'ka,  Sanechka ; Shura -> Shurochka, Shurik
so now many is that? 13 nicknames! pretty cool, right?

all because russian has such a diversity of these suffixes!! and it’s hard to list them all, because there are really, really many ways to make more nicknames

but i’ll add some more examples after all! because every suffix have slightly different meaning

the regular shorten names, like Vitya for Victor, Masha for Maria are obviously much less formal as full names, and russians use them on daily basis with almost anyone (exceptions are teachers, bosses and any other official\higher persona), like classmates, colleagues, and any kind of acquaintances.

lil throwback to yoi: while watching of 1 ep all the russian fans were kinda pissed by Yuri and Victor using full names to each other, because russians rarely do that!!! they would definitely call each other Vitya and Yura, considering Victor’s personality, he would call Yuri only shorten names tho, like Yurka and Yurochka

but when you add those suffixes, shorter name became even lesser formal and are usually used by close (or not that much) friends

• the most popular suffix for russians is -ka-, and it’s supposed to sound kinda funny: Sashka (Сашка; Sasha + ka), Mashka (Машка; Masha + ka from Maria), Vit'ka (Витька ;Vitya + ka from Victor), Tan'ka (Танька; Tanya + ka from Tatiana)
  

• another suffix of same kind -ik-/-ok, used for male names only and either connected with full names: Pavlik (Павлик; full name Pavel/Павел + ik), Stasik (Стасик; Stas/Стас + ik), Vladik (Владик; Vlad/Влад + ik)
  

• or shorter ones too: Vityok (Витёк; Vitya + ok)
  

• -chk-/-shk- (-чк-/-шк- ) sounds more tender now, but still slightly funny: Sanechka (Санечка; Sanya+chk+a), Tanechka (Танечка;Tanya + chk+ a), Galechka (Галечка; Galya + chk + a from Galina/Галина)
  btw these suffixes cant be used with names Maria or Victor

• but -on’k-/-en’k- (-оньк-/-еньк-) do!! at least for Victor - Viten'ka (Витенька; Vitya + en'k + a). and some more too: good ol’ Sashen'ka (Sasha + en'k + a) sounds super cute and these suffixes are less funny but have more tender/sweet  character already
  

but……… i’m tired of writing ALL suffixes and variations of names, because there are even MORE, MUCH MUCH MORE and i, russian myself, can’t really recall and explain them all well

so i hope this was informative and at least understandable for you anon, and anyone who read this!

if you ever need to give a nickname for russian character, oc or not, feel free to dm me on the matter! bc every name has some special cases, some suffixes don’t go well with some names, so it’s better to ask someone whos russian about which nickname suits the character better and how to create a more accurate nickname