Eastern European Names

The Russian variation of Alex or Alec.

Alina has been drifting up the US popularity charts since the early 1980s, now nearing the Top 100. But Alina's real strength is in its international flexibility: The name ranks highly in a wide range of European, English speaking, and Latin American countries.

Anja is one of the most internatioanl of several versions of Ann/Anna now being imported, also including Anya and Annika.

This is an alternative to Laura or Lauren made romantic by Dr Zhivago, and badass by video-game heroine Lara Croft.