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[kastehelmi.livejournal.com]

How would I say/write a plural of someone's name, as in Vladimirs, and Elenas?
Thanks in advance!
XOXOX,
Indigo

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[danvolodar.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Never met it in nominative, always in genetive, like: У нас в классе две Елены" or Среди нас три Владимира".

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

У нас в классе есть Владимиры, Елены, Ольги и Алексеи, но только один Илья.
We have Vladimirs, Elenas, Olgas and Alerxeys in our class, but only one Ilya.

[apollotiger.livejournal.com]

Do you mean like, "I have a new friend named Vladimir. There are so many Vladimirs around here"?

[jejuneraccoon.livejournal.com]

HAHA.

[padruka1988.livejournal.com]

In the same way that you would pluralize anything else. Make sure, however, that you pluralize it according to its proper case (you figure that out based upon the words/number in front of it). If you want to say "many Vladimirs", you have to use genitive plural. If you want to say, "Give these cookies to the two Olgas", you'll use dative. But obviously, it should be better to say, "to them". I can't think of any other good examples of the other cases.

[apollotiger.livejournal.com]

"I went to the store with both Alexes", maybe, for prepositional?

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Я пошел в магазин с обоими, мнэ-э-э, Алексами. Though it's really Westernized and though relatively rare when Russian Alexes call themselves Alexes, not Sashas or Shuras :)

[padruka1988.livejournal.com]

No, whenever you say "with" you use instrumental.

[ex-vedeney669.livejournal.com]

Vovki, Lenki :)

[mari-marian.livejournal.com]

Владимиры
Елены