The names listed here are used in Russia. See also about Russian names.

ABRAM (2)   Абрам   m   Russian
Russian form of ABRAHAM

ADAM   Адам   m   English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Jewish, Biblical
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADRIAN   Адриан   m   English, Romanian, Polish, German, Russian
Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN)... [more]

AFANASIY   Афанасий   m   Russian
Russian form of ATHANASIUS

AFANASY   Афанасий   m   Russian
Variant transcription of AFANASIY

AGAFYA   Агафья   f   Russian
Russian form of AGAPE

AGATA   Агата   f   Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Cognate of AGATHA

AGLAYA   Аглая   f   Russian
Russian form of AGLAIA

AGNESSA   Агнесса   f   Russian
Russian form of AGNES

AGRAFENA   Аграфена   f   Russian
Russian form of AGRIPPINA

AKILINA   Акилина   f   Russian
Russian form of the Roman name Aquilina, a feminine form of AQUILA.

AKIM   Аким   m   Russian
Russian form of JOACHIM

AKSINYA   Аксинья   f   Russian
Variant of KSENIYA

AKULINA   Акулина   f   Russian
Variant of AKILINA

ALBERT   Альберт   m   English, French, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch
From the Germanic name Adalbrecht which meant "bright nobility", 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
Feminine form of ALEXANDER

ALEKSANDRINA   Александрина   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Pet form of ALEKSANDRA

ALEKSEI   Алексей   m   Russian
Variant transcription of ALEKSEY

ALEKSEY   Алексей   m   Russian
Russian form of ALEXIUS

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 pet form of ALLA

ALYONA   Алёна   f   Russian
Russian variant of YELENA

ALYOSHA   Алёша   m   Russian
Pet form of ALEKSEY

ANASTAS   Анастас   m   Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian
Spanish, 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
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".

ANGELA   Ангела   f   English, Italian, German, Romanian, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELINA   Ангелина   f   English, Italian, Russian, Polish
Pet form of ANGELA

ANIA   Аня   f   Polish, Russian
Polish pet form 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, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNUSHKA   Аннушка   f   Russian
Russian pet form of ANNA

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

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

ANUSHKA   Анушка   f   Russian
Variant of ANNUSHKA

ANYA   Аня   f   Russian
Russian pet form of ANNA

ANZHELA   Анжела   f   Russian
Russian variant of ANGELA

ANZHELINA   Анжелина   f   Russian
Russian variant of ANGELINA

APOLLINARIYA   Аполлинария   f   Russian
Russian feminine form of APOLLINARIS

ARINA   Арина   f   Russian
Russian variant of IRINA

ARISHA   Ариша   f   Russian
Pet form 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
Pet form 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
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
Pet form 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, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DEMYAN   Демьян   m   Russian
Russian form of DAMIAN

DENIS   Денис   m   French, Russian, English, German
Medieval form of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DESYA   Деся   m   Russian
Pet form of MODEST

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

DIMA (2)   m   Russian
Pet form of DIMITRI

DIMITRI   Димитрий   m   Russian, French
Variant of DMITRIY

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
Pet form of AVDOTYA

DUNYASHA   Дуняша   f   Russian
Pet form 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
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
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA.

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

EVGENI   Евгений   m   Russian
Variant transcription of YEVGENIY

EVGENIY   Евгений   m   Russian
Variant transcription of YEVGENIY

EVGENIYA   Евгения   f   Russian
Variant 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
Pet form 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, Swedish
Russian and Swedish feminine form of PHILIP

FIMA   Фима   m   Russian
Pet form 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
Pet form 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
Pet form 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
Pet form 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   Герман   m   Russian
Russian form of the Roman cognomen Germanus which meant "brother" in Latin.

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
Pet form of GRIGORIY

GRUSHA   Груша   f   Russian
Pet form of AGRAFENA

IGOR   Игорь   m   Russian, Polish, Slovene
Russian form of IVOR... [more]

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

ILIA   Илья   m   Russian, Bulgarian
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
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 pet form of IRINA

ISAAK   Исаак   m   Russian, German
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   English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Serbian
Feminine form of ISIDORE

IVAN   Иван   m   Russian, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Cognate of JOHN... [more]

IVANNA   Иванна   f   Russian
Russian feminine form of IVAN

JEKATERINA   Екатерина   f   Russian
Variant transcription of YEKATERINA

KARINA   Карина   f   Polish, Russian, German
Polish and Russian form of KARIN

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

KATENKA   Катенька   f   Russian
Pet form of YEKATERINA

KATERINA   Катерина   f   Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek
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
Pet form of YEKATERINA

KAZIMIR   Казимир   m   Russian
Russian form of CASIMIR

KENYA (1)   Кеня   m   Russian
Pet form of INNOKENTIY

KHARITON   Харитон   m   Russian
Russian form of CHARITON

KIRA   Кира   f   Russian
Russian form of KYRA

KIRILL   Кирилл   m   Russian
Russian form of CYRIL

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

KLAVA   Клава   f   Russian
Pet form of KLAVDIYA

KLAVDIYA   Клавдия   f   Russian
Russian feminine form of CLAUDIUS

KLIMENT   Климент   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Czech
Russian, Bulgarian and Czech form of CLEMENT

KOLYA   Коля   m   Russian
Pet form of NIKOLAI

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

KOSTYA   Костя   m   Russian
Russian pet form of KONSTANTIN

KRISTINA   Кристина   f   Swedish, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of CHRISTINA

KSENIYA   Ксения   f   Russian
Russian form of XENIA

KUZMA   Кузьма   m   Russian
Russian of Kosmos (see COSMO).

LANA   Лана   f   English, Russian
Short form of ALANA or SVETLANA

LARA (1)   Лара   f   Russian, English, Slovene
Short form of LARISA

LARISA   Лариса   f   Russian, English
Russian name of unknown meaning, possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly... [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
Scandinavian and German 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 LEONTIUS

LEONTY   Леонтий   m   Russian
Variant transcription of LEONTI

LEV (1)   Лев   m   Russian
Means "lion" in Russian.

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

LIDOCHKA   Лидочка   f   Russian
Russian pet form of LIDIYA

LIOUBA   Люба   f   Russian
Variant transcription of LYUBA

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

LIZAVETA   Лизавета   f   Russian
Short form of YELIZAVETA

LUBA   Люба   f   Russian, Ukrainian
Variant transcription of LYUBA

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

LYOSHA   Лёша   m   Russian
Pet form of ALEKSEY

LYOV   Лёв   m   Russian
Variant of LEV (1)

LYUBA   Люба   f   Russian, Ukrainian
Pet form of LYUBOV

LYUBOCHKA   Любочка   f   Russian, Ukrainian
Pet form 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 pet form of MARIA

MARFA   Марфа   f   Russian
Russian form of MARTHA

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

MARIANNA   Марианна   f   English, Italian, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Polish, Greek
Latinate form of MARIAMNE, sometimes considered a combination of MARIA and ANNA.

MARINA   Марина   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, 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
Familiar 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 form of MARY

MARYANA   Марьяна   f   Russian
Russian form of MARIAMNE

MASHA   Маша   f   Russian
Russian pet form of MARY

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