The names listed here are used in Bulgaria. See also about Bulgarian names.

ALBENA   Албена   f   Bulgarian
Created by Bulgarian writer Yordan Yovkov for the heroine in his drama 'Albena' (1930)... [more]

ALEKSANDRA   Александра   f   Russian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Estonian
Form of ALEXANDRA

ALEKSANDRINA   Александрина   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of ALEKSANDRA

ANA   Ана   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian
Cognate of ANNA

ANASTASIYA   Анастасия   f   Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIA... [more]

ANGEL   Ангел   m & f   English, Bulgarian
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word αγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger")... [more]

ANKA   Анка   f   Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of ANNA

ANNA   Анна   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Provençal, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament... [more]

BILYANA   Биляна   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of BILJANA

BISERA   Бисера   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from the south Slavic word бисер (biser) "pearl".

BOGDANA   Богдана   f   Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Feminine form of BOGDAN

BORISLAVA   Борислава   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Feminine form of BORISLAV

BOYANA   Бояна   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of BOJANA

BOYKA   Бойка   f   Bulgarian
Feminine form of BOYKO

BRANIMIRA   Бранимира   f   Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of BRANIMIR

DANA (3)   Дана   f   Bulgarian
Short form of BOGDANA or YORDANA

DARINA (2)   Дарина   f   Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic element dar meaning "gift".

DESISLAVA   Десислава   f   Bulgarian
Feminine form of DESISLAV

DESSISLAVA   Десислава   f   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of DESISLAVA

DONKA   Донка   f   Bulgarian
Feminine diminutive of ANDON

EKATERINA   Екатерина   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of KATHERINE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEKATERINA.

ELENA   Елена   f   Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Russian, Old Slavic
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.

ELISAVETA   Елисавета   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of ELIZABETH

EMILIYA   Емилия   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EVA   Ева   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
Latinate form of EVE... [more]

EVDOKIYA   Евдокия   f   Bulgarian, Russian
Bulgarian form of EUDOCIA, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVDOKIYA.

EVGENIYA   Евгения   f   Bulgarian, Russian
Bulgarian form of EUGENIA and a variant Russian transcription of YEVGENIYA.

GALINA   Галина   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian feminine form of Galenus (see GALEN).

GERGANA   Гергана   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of GEORGE

GROZDA   Грозда   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of GROZDAN

GROZDANA   Гроздана   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of GROZDAN

HRISTINA   Христина   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of CHRISTINA

IOANA   Йоана   f   Romanian, Bulgarian
Romanian feminine form of JOHN... [more]

IRINA   Ирина   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish
Cognate of IRENE

ISKRA   Искра   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian
From a south Slavic word meaning "spark".

IVA   Ива   f   Czech, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Short form of IVANA

IVANA   Ивана   f   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Feminine form of IVAN

IVANKA   Иванка   f   Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Diminutive of IVANA

IVET   Ивет   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of YVETTE

KALINA   Калина   f   Bulgarian
Means "rowan tree" in Bulgarian.

KATERINA   Катерина   f   Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman
Macedonian form of KATHERINE, a Russian short form of YEKATERINA, a Bulgarian short form of EKATERINA, and a Greek variant of AIKATERINE.

KRASIMIRA   Красимира   f   Bulgarian
Feminine form of KRASIMIR

KRISTINA   Кристина   f   Scandinavian, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, English, Bulgarian
Cognate of CHRISTINA, and a Bulgarian variant of HRISTINA.

LALA   Лала   f   Bulgarian
From a south Slavic word meaning "tulip".

LIDIYA   Лидия   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of LYDIA

LILIYA   Лилия   f   Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian cognate of LILY

LILYANA   Лиляна   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of LILLIAN

LINDA   Линда   f   English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more]

LUDMILLA   Людмила   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Czech
Variant spelling of LUDMILA or a variant transcription of LYUDMILA.

LYUBOV   Любов   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Derived from Slavic lub meaning "love".

LYUDMILA   Людмила   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of LUDMILA... [more]

MAGDALENA   Магдалена   f   German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, English
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MARGARITA   Маргарита   f   Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Latinate form of MARGARET... [more]

MARINA   Марина   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARIYA   Мария   f   Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of MARIA

MARTA   Марта   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of MARTHA

MILA   Мила   f   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Short form of MILOSLAVA, LUDMILA or EMILIA... [more]

MILENA   Милена   f   Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Polish, Italian
Feminine form of MILAN

MIRA (2)   Мира   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene
Short form of names beginning with the Slavic element mir "peace".

NADEJDA   Надежда   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of NADEZHDA

NADEZHDA   Надежда   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Means "hope" in Russian.

NEDELYA   Неделя   f   Bulgarian
Means "Sunday" in Bulgarian.

NEVENA   Невена   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from Bulgarian and Macedonian невен (neven) meaning "marigold".

NIKOLINA   Николина   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of NICHOLAS

OLGA   Олга   f   Russian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish
Russian form of HELGA... [more]

PENKA   Пенка   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine diminutive of PETAR

PETIA   Петя   m & f   Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of PETYA

PETRA   Петра   f   Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]

PETYA   Петя   m & f   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian masculine diminutive of PYOTR or Bulgarian feminine diminutive of PETAR.

POLINA   Полина   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Short form of APOLLINARIYA

RADA   Рада   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Short form of Slavic names beginning with the element rad "care, joy".

RADKA   Радка   f   Czech, Bulgarian
Feminine form of RADKO

RADOSLAVA   Радослава   f   Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of RADOSLAV

RAINA   Райна   f   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of RAYNA (1)

RAYA   Рая   f   Bulgarian
Diminutive of RAYNA (1)

RAYNA (1)   Райна   f   Bulgarian
Either a Bulgarian form of REGINA or a feminine form of RAYNO

ROSA (2)   Роса   f   Bulgarian
Means "dew" in Bulgarian.

ROSITSA   Росица   f   Bulgarian
Diminutive of ROSA (2)

ROZA (1)   Роза   f   Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Means "rose" in the Slavic languages, making it a cognate of ROSA (1).

SILVA   Силва   f   Bulgarian, Slovene
Short form of SILVIYA or SILVIJA

SILVIYA   Силвия   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of SILVIA

SNEZHANA   Снежана   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian cognate of SNJEZANA

STANISLAVA   Станислава   f   Czech, Slovak, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Croatian
Feminine form of STANISLAV

STANKA   Станка   f   Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian
Feminine diminutive of STANISLAV

STOYANKA   Стоянка   f   Bulgarian
Feminine form of STOYAN

SVETLANA   Светлана   f   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian
Derived from the Slavic element svet meaning "light, holy"... [more]

TATIANA   Татяна   f   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name TATIUS... [more]

TEODORA   Теодора   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).

TEREZA   Тереза   f   Bulgarian, Czech, Romanian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Bulgarian, Czech, Romanian and Portuguese form of THERESA

TODORKA   Тодорка   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of THEODORE

TSVETA   Цвета   f   Bulgarian
Feminine form of TSVETAN

TSVETANKA   Цветанка   f   Bulgarian
Feminine diminutive of TSVETAN

VARVARA   Варвара   f   Russian, Greek, Bulgarian
Russian, Greek and Bulgarian form of BARBARA

VASILKA   Василка   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine diminutive of BASIL (1)

VERONIKA   Вероника   f   Russian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of VERONICA

VIKTORIYA   Виктория   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian form of VICTORIA (1)

VIOLETA   Виолета   f   Romanian, Bulgarian, Spanish
Romanian, Bulgarian and Spanish form of VIOLET

YANA   Яна   f   Bulgarian, Russian
Bulgarian and Russian feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN).

YOANA   Йоана   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of JOHN

YORDANA   Йордана   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of JORDAN

YORDANKA   Йорданка   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of JORDAN

YULIANA   Юлиана   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of JULIANA

YULIYA   Юлия   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of JULIA

ZAHARINA   Захарина   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of ZECHARIAH

ZARA (2)   Зара   f   Bulgarian
Diminutive of ZAHARINA

ZHENYA   Женя   f & m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian diminutive of YEVGENIYA or YEVGENIY or a Bulgarian diminutive of EVGENIYA.

ZHIVKA   Живка   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of ZHIVKO

ZORA   Зора   f   Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "dawn" in south Slavic.