Behind the Name: Russian Names

ALBERT Альберт m English, French, German, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalberht, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALEKSANDR Александр m Russian
Russian form of ALEXANDER... [more]

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

ALEKSANDRINA Александрина f Russian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of ALEKSANDRA

ALEKSEI Алексей m Russian
Variant transcription of ALEKSEY

ALEKSEY Алексей m Russian
Russian form of ALEXIS... [more]

ALEXEI Алексей m Russian
Variant transcription of ALEKSEY

ALEXEY Алексей m Russian
Variant transcription of ALEKSEY

ALISA Алиса f Russian
Russian form of ALICE

ALLA Алла f Russian, Ukrainian
Meaning unknown, possibly of German origin.

ALLOCHKA Аллочка f Russian
Russian diminutive of ALLA

ALYONA Алёна f Russian
Probably a Russian variant of YELENA.

ALYOSHA Алёша m Russian
Diminutive of ALEKSEY

ANASTAS Анастас m Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian
Spanish, Russian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIUS

ANASTASIY Анастасий m Russian (Archaic), Bulgarian (Archaic)
Older Russian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIUS

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

ANATOLI Анатолий m Russian
Variant transcription of ANATOLIY

ANATOLIY Анатолий m Russian
Russian form of ANATOLIUS

ANATOLY Анатолий m Russian
Variant transcription of ANATOLIY

ANDREI Андрей m Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic
Romanian form of ANDREW, and a variant Russian and Bulgarian transcription of ANDREY.

ANDREY Андрей m Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of ANDREW

ANFISA Анфиса f Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ανθουσα (Anthousa), which was derived from Greek ανθος (anthos) "flower"... [more]

ANGELA Ангела f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGELINA Ангелина f Italian, English, Russian, German, Polish
Latinate diminutive of ANGELA

ANIA Аня f Polish, Russian
Polish diminutive of ANNA, and a variant Russian transcription of ANYA.

ANISIM Анисим m Russian
Russian form of ONESIMUS

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]

ANNUSHKA Аннушка f Russian
Russian diminutive of ANNA

ANTON Антон m German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian, Estonian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONINA Антонина f Italian, Polish, Russian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO).

ANUSHKA Анушка f Russian
Variant of ANNUSHKA

ANYA Аня f Russian
Russian diminutive of ANNA

ANZHELA Анжела f Russian
Russian form of ANGELA

ANZHELINA Анжелина f Russian
Russian form of ANGELINA

APOLLINARIYA Аполлинария f Russian
Russian feminine form of APOLLINARIS

ARINA Арина f Russian
Russian variant of IRINA

ARISHA Ариша f Russian
Diminutive of ARINA

ARISTARKH Аристарх m Russian
Russian form of ARISTARCHUS

ARKADI Аркадий m Russian
Variant transcription of ARKADIY

ARKADIY Аркадий m Russian
Russian form of ARKADIOS

ARKADY Аркадий m Russian
Variant transcription of ARKADIY... [more]

ARKHIP Архип m Russian
Russian form of ARCHIPPOS

ARSENI Арсений m Russian
Variant transcription of ARSENIY

ARSENIY Арсений m Russian
Russian form of ARSENIOS

ARTUR Артур m German, Portuguese, Galician, Russian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Romanian
Cognate of ARTHUR

ARTYOM Артём m Russian
Russian form of ARTEMISIOS

ASYA Ася f Russian
Diminutive of ANASTASIYA

AVDOTYA Авдотья f Russian
Russian form of EUDOCIA

BENEDIKT Бенедикт m German, Russian
German and Russian form of BENEDICT

BOGDAN Богдан m Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and dan "given".

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

BOLESLAV Болеслав m Russian, Czech, Slovak
Russian, Czech and Slovak form of BOLESŁAW

BOLESLAVA Болеслава f Russian, Czech
Russian and Czech feminine form of BOLESŁAW

BORIS Борис m Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, German, History
From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf"... [more]

BORISLAV Борислав m Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Means "fame in battle" from the Slavic element bor "battle" combined with slav "glory".

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

BORYA Боря m Russian
Diminutive of BORIS

BRONISLAV Бронислав m Czech, Slovak, Russian
Czech, Slovak and Russian form of BRONISŁAW

BRONISLAVA Бронислава f Czech, Slovak, Russian
Czech, Slovak and Russian feminine form of BRONISŁAW

DANIIL Даниил m Russian
Russian form of DANIEL

DARYA (1) Дарья f Russian
Russian form of DARIA

DAVID Давид m English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DEMYAN Демьян m Russian
Russian form of DAMIAN

DENIS Денис m French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DESYA Деся m Russian
Diminutive of MODEST

DIANA Диана f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

DIMA (2) Дима m Russian
Diminutive of DIMITRI

DIMITRI Димитрий m Russian, French
Variant of DMITRIY, using the Church Slavic spelling.

DMITRI Дмитрий m Russian
Variant transcription of DMITRIY

DMITRII Дмитрий m Russian
Variant transcription of DMITRIY

DMITRIY Дмитрий m Russian
Russian form of DEMETRIUS... [more]

DMITRY Дмитрий m Russian
Variant transcription of DMITRIY

DOMINIKA Доминика f Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Polish
Feminine form of DOMINIC

DOROFEI Дорофей m Russian
Variant transcription of DOROFEY

DOROFEY Дорофей m Russian
Russian form of Dorotheos (see DOROTHEA).

DUNYA Дуня f Russian
Diminutive of AVDOTYA

DUNYASHA Дуняша f Russian
Diminutive of AVDOTYA

EDUARD Эдуард m German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Catalan
Cognate of EDWARD

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.

ELIZAVETA Елизавета f Russian
Variant transcription of YELIZAVETA

ERMOLAI Ермолай m Russian
Variant transcription of YERMOLAI

ESFIR Есфирь f Russian
Variant transcription of YESFIR

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.

EVGENI Евгений m Bulgarian, Russian
Bulgarian form of EUGENE and a variant Russian transcription of YEVGENIY.

EVGENIY Евгений m Russian
Variant transcription of YEVGENIY

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

EVGENY Евгений m Russian
Variant transcription of YEVGENIY

EVPRAKSIYA Евпраксия f Russian
Variant transcription of YEVPRAKSIYA

FADDEI Фаддей m Russian
Variant transcription of FADDEY

FADDEY Фаддей m Russian
Russian form of THADDEUS

FAINA Фаина f Russian
Meaning unknown, possibly from the mythological Greek name Φαεννα (Phaenna), which was derived from φαεινος (phaeinos) "shining".

FEDOR Федор m Russian
Variant of FYODOR

FEDORA Федора f Russian
Russian form of THEODORA

FEDOT Федот m Russian
Russian form of THEODOTUS

FEDYA Федя m Russian
Diminutive of FYODOR

FELIKS Феликс m Russian, Slovene, Polish
Russian, Slovene and Polish form of FELIX

FEODOR Феодор m Russian
Variant of FYODOR

FEODORA Феодора f Russian
Russian form of THEODORA

FEODOSIY Феодосий m Russian
Russian form of THEODOSIUS

FEOFAN Феофан m Russian
Russian form of THEOPHANES

FEOFIL Феофил m Russian
Russian form of THEOPHILUS

FEOFILAKT Феофилакт m Russian
Russian form of THEOPHYLAKTOS

FERAPONT Ферапонт m Russian
Russian form of THERAPON

FILAT Филат m Russian
Short form of FEOFILAKT

FILIPP Филипп m Russian
Russian form of PHILIP

FILIPPA Филиппа f Russian, Greek, Swedish
Russian, Greek and Swedish feminine form of PHILIP

FIMA Фима m Russian
Diminutive of YEFIM

FOKA Фока m Russian
Russian form of PHOCAS

FOMA Фома m Russian
Russian form of THOMAS

FYODOR Фёдор m Russian
Russian form of THEODORE... [more]

GALA Гала f Russian
Short form of GALINA

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

GALYA Галя f Russian
Diminutive of GALINA

GAVRIIL Гавриил m Russian, Greek
Russian and Greek form of GABRIEL

GAVRIILA Гавриила f Russian
Feminine form of GAVRIIL

GENA (2) Гена m Russian
Diminutive of GENNADIY

GENNADI Геннадий m Russian
Variant transcription of GENNADIY

GENNADIY Геннадий m Russian
Russian form of GENNADIUS

GENNADIYA Геннадия f Russian
Feminine form of GENNADIY

GENNADY Геннадий m Russian
Variant transcription of GENNADIY

GENYA Геня m Russian
Diminutive of GENNADIY or YEVGENIY

GEORGIY Георгий m Russian
Russian form of GEORGE

GEORGY Георгий m Russian
Variant transcription of GEORGIY

GERASIM Герасим m Russian
Russian form of GERASIMOS

GERMAN (2) Герман m Russian
Russian form of HERMAN

GERMOGEN Гермоген m Russian
Russian form of HERMOGENES

GLEB Глеб m Russian
Russian form of the Old Norse name Guðleifr, which meant "heir of god" from Old Norse guð "god" and leifr "heir".

GRIGORI Григорий m Russian
Variant transcription of GRIGORIY

GRIGORIY Григорий m Russian
Russian form of GREGORY

GRIGORY Григорий m Russian
Variant transcription of GRIGORIY

GRISHA Гриша m Russian
Diminutive of GRIGORIY

GRUSHA Груша f Russian
Diminutive of AGRAFENA

IGOR Игорь m Russian, Polish, Slovene
Russian form of Ingvarr (see INGVAR)... [more]

ILARI Иларий m Russian, Finnish
Russian and Finnish form of HILARIUS

ILIA Илья m Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic
Variant transcription of ILYA or ILIYA

ILLARION Илларион m Russian
Russian form of HILARION

ILYA Илья m Russian
Russian form of ELIJAH

INGA Инга f Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian
Strictly feminine form of INGE

INNA Инна f Russian
Meaning unknown, perhaps originally a short form of names ending in ина (ina).

INNOKENTI Иннокентий m Russian
Variant transcription of INNOKENTIY

INNOKENTIY Иннокентий m Russian
Russian form of Innocentius (see INNOCENT).

IOANN Иоанн m Russian
Older Russian form of JOHN

IOSIF Иосиф m Russian, Romanian, Greek
Russian, Romanian and Greek form of JOSEPH

IPATI Ипатий m Russian
Russian form of the Greek name ‘Υπατιος (Hypatios), which was the masculine form of HYPATIA.

IPPOLIT Ипполит m Russian
Russian form of HIPPOLYTOS

IRA (2) Ира f Russian
Short form of IRINA

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

IRINEI Ириней m Russian
Variant transcription of IRINEY

IRINEY Ириней m Russian
Russian form of IRENEUS

IRINUSHKA Иринушка f Russian
Russian diminutive of IRINA

ISAAK Исаак m Russian, German, Biblical Greek
Russian and German form of ISAAC

ISAY Исай m Russian
Russian form of ISAIAH

ISIDOR Исидор m German, Russian
German and Russian form of ISIDORE

ISIDORA Исидора f Serbian, Spanish, Russian (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ISIDORE... [more]

IVAN Иван m Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, English
Newer form of the old Slavic name Іѡаннъ (Ioannu), which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

IVANNA Иванна f Russian (Rare)
Russian feminine form of IVAN

JEKATERINA Екатерина f Russian
Variant transcription of YEKATERINA

KARINA Карина f Scandinavian, Polish, German, Russian, English
Elaborated form of KARIN

KARP Карп m Russian
Russian form of Karpos (see CARPUS).

KATENKA Катенька f Russian
Diminutive of YEKATERINA

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.

KATIA Катя f Russian
Variant transcription of KATYA

KATYA Катя f Russian
Diminutive of YEKATERINA

KAZIMIR Казимир m Russian
Russian form of CASIMIR

KENYA (1) Кеня m Russian
Diminutive of INNOKENTIY

KHARITON Харитон m Russian
Russian form of CHARITON

KIR Кир m Russian
Russian form of CYRUS

KIRA (1) Кира f Russian
Russian feminine form of CYRUS

KIRILL Кирилл m Russian
Russian form of CYRIL

KLARA Клара f Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Latvian
Cognate of CLARA

KLAVA Клава f Russian
Diminutive of KLAVDIYA

KLAVDIYA Клавдия f Russian
Russian feminine form of CLAUDIUS

KLIMENT Климент m Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).

KOLYA Коля m Russian
Diminutive of NIKOLAI

KONSTANTIN Константин m German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Cognate of CONSTANTINE

KOSTYA Костя m Russian
Russian diminutive of KONSTANTIN

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

KSENIYA Ксения f Russian
Russian form of XENIA

KUZMA Кузьма m Russian
Russian form of COSMAS

LANA Лана f English, Russian
Short form of ALANA (English) or SVETLANA (Russian)... [more]

LARA (1) Лара f Russian, English, Slovene
Short form of LARISA... [more]

LARISA Лариса f Russian, Greek Mythology
Possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly, which meant "citadel"... [more]

LAVRENTI Лаврентий m Russian
Variant transcription of LAVRENTIY

LAVRENTIY Лаврентий m Russian
Russian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAVRENTY Лаврентий m Russian
Variant transcription of LAVRENTIY

LAZAR Лазарь m Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian form of LAZARUS

LENA Лена f Scandinavian, German, Russian, English
Scandinavian, German and English short form of HELENA or MAGDALENA, and a Russian short form of YELENA.

LEONID Леонид m Russian
Russian form of LEONIDAS

LEONTI Леонтий m Russian
Russian form of LEONTIOS

LEONTY Леонтий m Russian
Variant transcription of LEONTI

LESYA Леся f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of ALEKSANDRA or OLEKSANDRA

LEV (1) Лев m Russian
Means "lion" in Russian, functioning as a vernacular form of LEO... [more]

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

LIDOCHKA Лидочка f Russian
Russian diminutive of LIDIYA

LILIA Лилия f Russian, Ukrainian
Variant transcription of LILIYA

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

LILYA Лилия f Russian, Ukrainian
Variant transcription of LILIYA

LIOUBA Люба f Russian
Variant transcription of LYUBA

LIZA Лиза f English, Russian, Hungarian
Short form of ELIZABETH or YELIZAVETA

LIZAVETA Лизавета f Russian
Short form of YELIZAVETA

LUBA Люба f Russian, Ukrainian
Variant transcription of LYUBA

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

LUKA Лука m Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Russian, Serbian, Croatian and Slovene form of LUKE

LYOSHA Лёша m Russian
Diminutive of ALEKSEY

LYOV Лёв m Russian
Variant of LEV (1)

LYUBA Люба f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of LYUBOV

LYUBOCHKA Любочка f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of LYUBOV

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

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

MAKAR Макар m Russian
Russian form of Makarios (see MACARIO).

MAKARI Макарий m Russian
Variant transcription of MAKARIY

MAKARIY Макарий m Russian
Russian form of Makarios (see MACARIO).

MAKS Макс m Russian
Short form of MAKSIM

MAKSIM Максим m Russian
Russian form of MAXIMUS

MAKSIMILIAN Максимильян m Russian
Russian form of MAXIMILIAN

MANYA Маня f Russian
Russian diminutive of MARIA

MARFA Марфа f Russian
Russian form of MARTHA

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

MARIANNA Марианна f Italian, English, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Polish, Greek
Combination of MARIA and ANNA... [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

MARK Марк m English, Russian, Biblical
English and Russian form of MARCUS... [more]

MARLEN Марлен m Russian
Blend of Marx and Lenin... [more]

MARTIN Мартин m English, French, German, Scandinavian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MARYA Марья f Russian
Russian variant form of MARIA

MARYANA Марьяна f Russian
Russian variant of MARIANNA

MASHA Маша f Russian
Russian diminutive of MARIYA

MATFEY Матвей m Russian
Older Russian form of MATTHEW

MATRONA Матрона f Russian
Means "lady" in Late Latin. This was the name of three early saints.

MATRYONA Матрёна f Russian
Variant of MATRONA

MATVEI Матвей m Russian
Variant transcription of MATVEY

MATVEY Матвей m Russian
Russian form of MATTHEW

MAXIM Максим m Russian
Variant transcription of MAKSIM

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