Browse Names

This is a list of names in which the usage is Russian; and the relationship is diminutive.
gender
usage
form
Abrasha Абраша m Russian (Rare)
Russian diminutive of Abraham.
Afonya Афоня m Russian
Diminutive of Afanasiy.
Aleksandrina Александрина f Russian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of Aleksandra.
Alesya Алеся f Belarusian, Russian
Diminutive of Aliaksandra or Aleksandra.
Alik Алик m Russian
Diminutive of Aleksandr, Albert and other names beginning with the same sound.
Allochka Аллочка f Russian
Russian diminutive of Alla.
Alya 2 Аля f Russian
Diminutive of Aleksandra, Albina and other names beginning with Ал.
Alyona Алёна f Russian, Ukrainian
Originally a Russian diminutive of Yelena. It is now used independently.
Alyonka Алёнка f Russian
Diminutive of Alyona.
Alyosha Алёша m Russian
Diminutive of Aleksey.
Angelina Ангелина f Italian, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Armenian
Latinate diminutive of Angela. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).
Annushka Аннушка f Russian
Russian diminutive of Anna.
Anya Аня f Russian, English
Russian diminutive of Anna.
Arisha Ариша f Russian
Diminutive of Arina.
Asya 1 Ася f Russian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of Anastasiya or Aleksandra.
Borya Боря m Russian
Diminutive of Boris.
Danya 3 Даня m Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Daniil or Danila 1 (Russian) or Danylo (Ukrainian).
Dasha Даша f Russian
Russian diminutive of Darya 1.
Dima 2 Дима m Russian, Georgian
Diminutive of Dmitriy.
Dimka Димка m Russian
Diminutive of Dmitriy.
Dunya 1 Дуня f Russian
Diminutive of Avdotya.
Dunyasha Дуняша f Russian
Diminutive of Avdotya.
Fedya Федя m Russian
Diminutive of Fyodor.
Fima Фима m Russian
Diminutive of Yefim.
Galya Галя f Russian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of Galina.
Gena 2 Гена m Russian
Diminutive of Gennadiy.
Genya Геня m & f Russian
Diminutive of Gennadiy, Yevgeniy or Yevgeniya.
Grisha Гриша m Russian
Diminutive of Grigoriy.
Grusha Груша f Russian
Diminutive of Agrafena.
Irinushka Иринушка f Russian
Russian diminutive of Irina.
Katenka Катенька f Russian
Diminutive of Yekaterina.
Katya Катя f Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian diminutive of Yekaterina.
Katyusha Катюша f Russian
Diminutive of Yekaterina. This is the name of a 1938 Soviet song, which became popular during World War II.
Kesha 1 Кеша m Russian
Diminutive of Innokentiy.
Klava Клава f Russian
Diminutive of Klavdiya.
Kolya Коля m Russian
Diminutive of Nikolai.
Kostya Костя m Russian
Russian diminutive of Konstantin.
Ksyusha Ксюша f Russian
Diminutive of Kseniya.
Lada Лада f Slavic Mythology, Czech, Russian, Croatian
The name of a Slavic fertility goddess, derived from Old Slavic lada "wife". It can also be a diminutive of Vladislava or Vladimira.
Lidochka Лидочка f Russian
Russian diminutive of Lidiya.
Lyosha Лёша m Russian
Diminutive of Aleksey.
Lyuba Люба f Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Lyubov, and a Bulgarian form of Ljuba.
Lyubochka Любочка f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Lyubov.
Manya Маня f Russian
Russian diminutive of Maria.
Marusya Маруся f Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Mariya.
Masha Маша f Russian
Russian diminutive of Mariya.
Misha Миша m Russian
Russian diminutive of Mikhail.
Mishka Мишка m Russian
Russian diminutive of Mikhail.
Mitya Митя m Russian
Diminutive of Dmitriy or Mitrofan.
Motya Мотя m & f Russian
Diminutive of Matvey or Matrona 1.
Nadya 1 Надя f Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian diminutive of Nadezhda.
Nastya Настя f Russian
Diminutive of Anastasiya.
Natasha Наташа f Russian, Belarusian, English
Russian diminutive of Natalya. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace (1865). It has been used in the English-speaking world only since the 20th century.
Nelli Нелли f Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, Hungarian
Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish and Hungarian form of Nellie.
Nelya Неля f Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Nelli.
Ninochka Ниночка f Russian
Diminutive of Nina 1.
Olesya Олеся f Ukrainian, Russian
Ukrainian diminutive of Oleksandra. This was the name of an 1898 novel by the Russian author Aleksandr Kuprin.
Olya Оля f Russian
Diminutive of Olga.
Pasha Паша m Russian
Diminutive of Pavel.
Patya Патя m Russian (Rare)
Diminutive of Ipatiy.
Petya Петя m & f Russian, Bulgarian
Russian masculine diminutive of Pyotr or Bulgarian feminine diminutive of Petar.
Raya Рая f Bulgarian, Russian
Diminutive of Rayna 1 or Raisa 1.
Rodya Родя m Russian
Diminutive of Rodion.
Roma 1 Рома m Russian
Diminutive of Roman.
Sanya 2 Саня m & f Russian
Diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.
Sasha Саша m & f Russian, Ukrainian, English, French
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.
Sashenka Сашенька f Russian
Diminutive of Sasha.
Sashok Сашок m Russian
Diminutive of Aleksandr.
Senya Сеня m Russian
Russian diminutive of Arseniy and other names containing sen.
Seva Сева m Russian
Diminutive of Vsevolod.
Shura Шура f & m Russian
Russian diminutive of Aleksandra or Aleksandr.
Sonya Соня f Russian, English
Russian diminutive of Sophia. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace (1869, English translation 1886).
Stas Стас m Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Stanislav.
Stasya Стася f Russian
Diminutive of Stanislava or Anastasiya.
Styopa Стёпа m Russian
Diminutive of Stepan.
Svetka Светка f Russian
Diminutive of Svetlana.
Tanya Таня f Russian, Bulgarian, English
Russian diminutive of Tatiana. It began to be used in the English-speaking world during the 1930s.
Tolya Толя m Russian
Diminutive of Anatoliy.
Toma 1 Тома f Russian
Diminutive of Tamara.
Tyoma Тёма m Russian
Diminutive of Artyom.
Vadik Вадик m Russian
Diminutive of Vadim.
Valya Валя f & m Russian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of Valentina or Valentin.
Vanya Ваня m & f Russian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of Ivan (Russian, masculine) or Ivana (Bulgarian, feminine).
Varya Варя f Russian
Diminutive of Varvara.
Vaska Васька m & f Russian, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Russian diminutive of Vasiliy (masculine) or a Macedonian and Bulgarian diminutive of Vasilija (feminine).
Vasya Вася m & f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Vasiliy, Vasilisa, Vasyl, and similar names.
Verochka Верочка f Russian
Russian diminutive of Vera 1.
Verusha Веруша f Russian
Russian diminutive of Vera 1.
Verusya Веруся f Russian
Russian diminutive of Vera 1.
Violetta Виолетта f Italian, Russian, Hungarian
Italian, Russian and Hungarian form of Violet.
Vitalik Виталик m Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Vitaliy.
Vitya Витя m Russian
Diminutive of Viktor.
Vladik Владик m Russian
Diminutive of Vladislav.
Volodya Володя m Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Vladimir.
Volya Воля m Russian (Rare)
Diminutive of Vsevolod. It also means "will, freedom" in Russian.
Vova Вова m Russian
Diminutive of Vladimir.
Yanina Янина f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Yana.
Yarik Ярик m Russian
Russian diminutive of Yaroslav.
Yasha Яша m Russian
Russian diminutive of Yakov.
Yulya Юля f Russian
Diminutive of Yuliya.
Yura Юра m Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Yuriy.
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.