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[ob-ivan.livejournal.com]

Hello here. I have a question 'bout classification of Russian letters.

Should we treat Й as a vowel or as a consonant?

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[nymphatacita.livejournal.com]

yep. I figured that out when I started to see mens' names that ended with й. I knew mens' russian names had to end in a consonant, so I double checked with my prof.

[oryx_and_crake]

::I knew mens' russian names had to end in a consonant
Er, not necesssarily. E.g. Лука, Никита, Савва, Кузьма (most of these are not very popular these days, but they are mens' names anyway). To say nothing about diminutives, most of which end with a vowel: Ваня, Коля, Дима. But you figured out correctly - y is indeed a consonant.

[nymphatacita.livejournal.com]

Oh, I knew diminutives could end in a vowel... and I just assumed that's what Никита and Савва were. Oh well.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

My son is Никита Кириллович. In his elementary school class, there were four more Nikitas. Лука, Савва and Кузьма (as well as Фома) definitely are not that popular anymore.