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

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.

AKSINYA   Аксинья   f   Russian
Variant of KSENIYA

AKULINA   Акулина   f   Russian
Variant of AKILINA

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

ALEKSANDRINA   Александрина   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of ALEKSANDRA

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
Russian variant of YELENA

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

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, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

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

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

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 diminutive of ANNA

ANTONINA   Антонина   f   Italian, Polish, Russian
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 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
Diminutive of ARINA

ASYA   Ася   f   Russian
Diminutive of ANASTASIYA

AVDOTYA   Авдотья   f   Russian
Russian form of EUDOCIA

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

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

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

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

DARYA (1)   Дарья   f   Russian
Russian form of DARIA

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]

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

DUNYA   Дуня   f   Russian
Diminutive of AVDOTYA

DUNYASHA   Дуняша   f   Russian
Diminutive of AVDOTYA

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

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... [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.

EVPRAKSIYA   Евпраксия   f   Russian
Variant transcription of YEVPRAKSIYA

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

FEDORA   Федора   f   Russian
Russian form of THEODORA

FEODORA   Феодора   f   Russian
Russian form of THEODORA

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

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

GAVRIILA   Гавриила   f   Russian
Feminine form of GAVRIIL

GENNADIYA   Геннадия   f   Russian
Feminine form of GENNADIY

GRUSHA   Груша   f   Russian
Diminutive of AGRAFENA

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).

IRA (2)   Ира   f   Russian
Short form of IRINA

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

IRINUSHKA   Иринушка   f   Russian
Russian diminutive of IRINA

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

KATENKA   Катенька   f   Russian
Diminutive 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
Diminutive of YEKATERINA

KIRA   Кира   f   Russian
Russian feminine form of CYRUS

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

KRISTINA   Кристина   f   Swedish, 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

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]

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

LESYA   Леся   f   Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of ALEKSANDRA or OLEKSANDRA

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
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.

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]

MANYA   Маня   f   Russian
Russian diminutive 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   Italian, English, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Polish, Greek
Combination of MARIA and ANNA... [more]

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

MARYA   Марья   f   Russian
Russian form of MARY

MARYANA   Марьяна   f   Russian
Russian form of MARIAMNE

MASHA   Маша   f   Russian
Russian diminutive 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

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

MILOSLAVA   Милослава   f   Czech, Russian
Feminine form of MILOSLAV

MIROSLAVA   Мирослава   f   Czech, Slovak, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Feminine form of MIROSLAV

MOTYA   Мотя   m & f   Russian
Diminutive of MATVEY or MATRONA

NADEJDA   Надежда   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of NADEZHDA

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

NADYA (1)   Надя   f   Russian
Diminutive of NADEZHDA

NASTASIA   Настасья   f   Russian
Variant transcription of NASTASYA

NASTASYA   Настасья   f   Russian
Short form of ANASTASIYA

NASTYA   Настя   f   Russian
Diminutive of ANASTASIYA

NATA   Ната   f   Russian
Diminutive of NATALYA

NATALIYA   Наталия   f   Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of NATALIE

NATALYA   Наталья   f   Russian
Russian form of NATALIE

NATASHA   Наташа   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of NATALYA... [more]

NIKA (1)   Ника   f & m   Russian
Short form of VERONIKA and other names ending in nika... [more]

NINA (1)   Нина   f   Russian, Italian, English, German, French, Polish, Slovene
Short form of names that end in nina, such as ANTONINA and GIANNINA... [more]

NINA (4)   Нина   f   Russian
Russian form of NINO (2)

NINEL   Нинель   f   Russian
Reversal of the name Lenin... [more]

NONNA   Нонна   f   Russian
Russian form of NONA (2)

OKSANA   Оксана   f   Ukrainian, Russian
Ukrainian form of XENIA

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

OLYA   Оля   f   Russian
Diminutive of OLGA

OXANA   Оксана   f   Ukrainian, Russian
Variant transcription of OKSANA

PELAGEYA   Пелагея   f   Russian
Russian form of PELAGIA

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

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

POLINA   Полина   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Short form of APOLLINARIYA

PRASKOVIYA   Прасковья   f   Russian
Variant transcription of PRASKOVYA

PRASKOVYA   Прасковья   f   Russian
Russian form of PARASKEVE

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

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

RAISA (1)   Раиса   f   Russian
Possibly from Greek ‘ραιον (rhaion) meaning "more relaxed".

ROKSANA   Роксана   f   Russian, Polish
Russian and Polish form of ROXANA

ROZA   Роза   f   Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Means "rose" in the Slavic languages.

RUF   Руфь   f   Russian
Russian form of RUTH

RUFINA   Руфина   f   Russian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Rufinus (see RUFINO).

SABINA   Сабина   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "Sabine" in Latin... [more]

SASHA   Саша   m & f   Russian
Russian diminutive of ALEKSANDR or ALEKSANDRA

SELENA   Селена   f   Spanish, Russian, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of SELENE... [more]

SERAFIMA   Серафима   f   Russian
Russian form of SERAPHINA

SHURA   Шура   f & m   Russian
Russian diminutive of ALEKSANDRA or ALEKSANDR

SLAVA   Слава   m & f   Russian, Slovene
Short form of Slavic names containing the element slav "glory".

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

SOFIYA   София   f   Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of SOPHIA

SOFYA   Софья   f   Russian
Russian form of SOPHIA

SONYA   Соня   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of SOPHIA... [more]

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

STASYA   Стася   f   Russian
Diminutive of ANASTASIYA

SUSANNA   Сусанна   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]

SVETA   Света   f   Russian
Short form of SVETLANA

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

SYUZANNA   Сюзанна   f   Russian
Russian variant of SUSANNA

TAISIYA   Таисия   f   Russian
Meaning unknown, possibly a Russian form of THAIS.

TAMARA   Тамара   f   Russian, English
Russian form of TAMAR... [more]

TANYA   Таня   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of TATIANA... [more]

TASHA   Таша   f   Russian, English
Short form of NATASHA

TATIANA   Татьяна   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, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TATYANA   Татьяна   f   Russian
Variant transcription of TATIANA

TEKLA   Текла   f   Scandinavian, Russian, Polish
Scandinavian, Russian and Polish form of THEKLA

TOMA (1)   Тома   f   Russian
Diminutive of TAMARA

TSETSILIYA   Цецилия   f   Russian
Russian form of CECILIA

ULIANA   Ульяна   f   Russian
Russian form of JULIANA

USTINYA   Устинья   f   Russian
Russian form of JUSTINA

VALENTINA   Валентина   f   Italian, Russian, Slovene, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1))... [more]

VALERIYA   Валерия   f   Russian
Russian feminine form of VALERIUS

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

VARYA   Варя   f   Russian
Diminutive of VARVARA

VASILISA   Василиса   f   Russian
Russian feminine form of BASIL (1)

VERA (1)   Вера   f   Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VEROCHKA   Верочка   f   Russian
Russian diminutive of VERA (1)

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

VERUSHA   Веруша   f   Russian
Russian diminutive of VERA (1)

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

VIOLETTA   Виолетта   f   Italian, Russian
Italian and Russian form of VIOLET

VLADIMIRA   Владимира   f   Russian, Slovene
Feminine form of VLADIMIR

VLADISLAVA   Владислава   f   Russian, Czech
Feminine form of VLADISLAV

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

YAROSLAVA   Ярослава   f   Russian
Russian feminine form of JAROSŁAW

YEKATERINA   Екатерина   f   Russian
Russian form of KATHERINE

YELENA   Елена   f   Russian
Russian form of HELEN

YELIZAVETA   Елизавета   f   Russian
Russian form of ELIZABETH

YESFIR   Есфирь   f   Russian
Russian form of ESTHER

YEVA   Ева   f   Russian, Armenian
Russian and Armenian form of EVE

YEVDOKIYA   Евдокия   f   Russian
Russian form of EUDOCIA

YEVGENIYA   Евгения   f   Russian
Russian form of EUGENIA

YEVPRAKSIYA   Евпраксия   f   Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ευπραξια (Eupraxia), which was derived from Greek ευ "good" and πραξις (praxis) "action, exercise"... [more]

YULIA   Юлия   f   Russian
Variant transcription of YULIYA

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

YULIANNA   Юлианна   f   Russian
Russian form of JULIANA

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

YUSTINA   Юстина   f   Russian
Russian form of JUSTINA

ZHANNA   Жанна   f   Russian
Russian form of JEANNE

ZHANNOCHKA   Жанночка   f   Russian
Diminutive of ZHANNA

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

ZINA   Зина   f   Russian
Short form of ZINAIDA

ZINAIDA   Зинаида   f   Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ζηναις (Zenais), which was derived from the name of the Greek god ZEUS.

ZINOVIYA   Зиновия   f   Russian
Russian form of ZENOBIA

ZOYA   Зоя   f   Russian
Russian form of ZOE