#kate alexandrovna denali

[thegamingcatmom]

Do you think that instead of using ‘Denali’ as their surname the sisters would instead use the Russian patronym (or in this case matronym) ‘Alexandrovna’ for their mother Sasha who I assume was born with the name Alexandra and just went by her nickname instead of her full name. I don’t know if you’d agree, but in my head I always think of them as the Alexandrovna sisters, instead of the more canon way to refer to the trio by their coven name.

Okay, OKAY-

So, I've been meaning to answer another ask first because I just need to get that outta my system because the hype is REAL, BUT-

I just had to get to yours first because yes, yes, YES to ALL of what you said, I-

In fact, I've read something like that only recently. Like, Stephenie Meyer changing the Denalis' origin story over and over to the point she probs didn't quite know wtf was even going on anymore. Go figure-

Anyhow, it said something about the Denalis mayhaps originating from Russia instead of Slovakia? Or, well, some of their names do. I've read that "Sasha" is of russian origin and a gender-neutral form of "Alexandra". Or the nickname, like you said.

Same with Tanya, which is also of russian origin. I think that´s quite fitting, given that she´s the only daughter actually related to Sasha.

Look, they´ll always be The Denalis to me, originating from Slovakia. It´s just how we (well, I) got to know them. HOWEVER-

I just can´t unsee this now. The idea that they would call themselves "Alexandrovna" aka "Daughter of Alexandra" is just so perfect. It just makes sense, yknow? (Ofc yk, you sent me that ask, after all.)

I love all of this, especially considering I´ve been struggling with that name-topic ever since I started writing bits about Sasha as well. Technically, when I´m including Sasha in my writing, none of them are Denalis yet because the Denalis only became the Denalis because they settled in Denali, which is something that didn´t happen yet whenever I imagine Sasha with them. Sooo-

RIGHT, here´s what´s going to happen:

Whenever we´re talking about the sisters before Denali, they shall be the Alexandrovna sisters. I will put that in the tags as well.

Otherwise, they´ll remain the Denali sisters (but I´ll probs have them use "Alexandrovna" as a middle name because it just makes so much sense).

Sasha is just...Sasha, for now, because we don´t know her father´s name. So we can´t do the same for her as we did for the sisters just now. Perhaps I´ll come up with something, we´ll see. 😏

(How about Ivan, though? Alexandra (Sasha) Ivanovna. I think it´s got quite a nice ring to it. 🤭)

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For anyone confused af rn:

To this day, it is common practise in Russia to use a patronymic name as part of a person´s full name. Patronymic means using the father´s first name to form a person´s middle name, so to speak. We also differentiate between women and men here:

women: ending with ovna

men: ending with ovich

So, if we´re using "Alexandra" (aka Sasha) to form the middle name while keeping Denali as a last name, then we got:

Tanya Alexandrovna Denali

It´s not standard to use a matronym (mother´s first name) instead of a patronym, but it´s also not unheard of, so we´ll still go with it.

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All in all, I think it´s quite a nice way to differentiate between the sisters with and without Sasha. I always imagine they´d be entirely different people if their mother was still with them, so it´s only fitting we treat them as such, in a way. Starting with their names. 🤭

Thank you so much for that truly inspiring ask! 💡🫶💋