Felie's Personal Name List
Adela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Slovak, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: ə-DEHL-ə(English) a-DHEH-la(Spanish) a-DEH-la(Polish) A-deh-la(Slovak)
Personal remark: Old
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Old German element
adal meaning
"noble" (Proto-Germanic *
aþalaz).
Saint Adela was a 7th-century Frankish princess who founded a monastery at Pfazel in France. This name was also borne by a daughter of William the Conqueror.
Afina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Russified, Ukrainianized)
Other Scripts: Афина(Russian) Афіна(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: u-FYEE-nə(Russian)
Personal remark: Афина
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Russian and Ukrainian form of
Athena.
Aleksandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Александра(Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) ალექსანდრა(Georgian)
Pronounced: u-lyik-SAN-drə(Russian) a-lehk-SAN-dra(Polish) u-lyehk-SAN-dru(Lithuanian)
Personal remark: Александра
Rating: 68% based on 12 votes
Aleksey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Russian form of
Alexius. This name was borne by a 14th-century Metropolitan of Kiev who is regarded as a
saint in the Orthodox Church. It was also the name of a 17th-century tsar of Russia.
Alena 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: A-leh-na(Czech, Slovak)
Rating: 54% based on 12 votes
Short form of
Magdalena or
Helena. This was the name of a
saint, possibly legendary, who was martyred near Brussels in the 7th century.
Alexei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Alexej
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: A-lehk-say
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Alisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Finnish, Georgian
Other Scripts: Алиса(Russian) Аліса(Ukrainian) ალისა(Georgian)
Pronounced: u-LYEE-sə(Russian) AH-lee-sah(Finnish)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Form of
Alice used in several languages.
Alyona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Алёна(Russian) Альона(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: u-LYUY-nə(Russian)
Personal remark: Алёна
Rating: 58% based on 13 votes
Alyosha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алёша(Russian)
Pronounced: u-LYUY-shə
Rating: 46% based on 11 votes
Anastasiy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Archaic), Bulgarian (Archaic)
Other Scripts: Анастасий(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: u-nu-STA-syee(Russian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Anastasiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Анастасия(Russian, Bulgarian) Анастасія(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: u-nu-stu-SYEE-yə(Russian) u-nu-stu-SYEE-yu(Ukrainian) a-na-sta-SYEE-ya(Belarusian) a-na-sta-SEE-ya(Bulgarian)
Rating: 69% based on 11 votes
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of
Anastasia. This name was borne by the wife of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible.
Anatoliy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Анатолий(Russian) Анатолій(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: u-nu-TO-lyee(Russian) ah-nah-TAW-lee(Ukrainian)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Anya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English
Other Scripts: Аня(Russian)
Pronounced: A-nyə(Russian) AN-yə(English)
Rating: 64% based on 14 votes
Arkadiy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аркадий(Russian)
Pronounced: ur-KA-dyee
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Russian form of
Arkadios. This is the name of one of the main characters in Ivan Turgenev's
Fathers and Sons (1862).
Bisera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Бисера(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the South Slavic word
бисер (biser) meaning
"pearl" (ultimately of Arabic origin).
Boris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak, Georgian, German, French
Other Scripts: Борис(Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Macedonian) ბორის(Georgian)
Pronounced: bu-RYEES(Russian) BAWR-is(English) BO-rees(Croatian) BO-ris(Czech, German) BAW-rees(Slovak) BAW-REES(French)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From a Bulgar Turkic name, also recorded as
Bogoris, perhaps meaning
"short" or
"wolf" or
"snow leopard". It was borne by the 9th-century Boris I of Bulgaria, who converted his realm to Christianity and is thus regarded as a
saint in the Orthodox Church. To the north in Kievan Rus it was the name of another saint, a son of
Vladimir the Great who was murdered with his brother
Gleb in the 11th century. His mother may have been Bulgarian.
Other notable bearers of the name include the Russian emperor Boris Godunov (1552-1605), later the subject of a play of that name by Aleksandr Pushkin, as well as the Russian author Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), the Bulgarian king Boris III (1894-1943), and the Russian president Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007).
Branimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Бранимир(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Slavic element
borna "protection" combined with
mirŭ "peace, world".
Čedomir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Чедомир(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: CHEH-daw-meer(Serbian, Croatian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Derived from Slavic
čędo "child" and
mirŭ "peace, world".
Cezary
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: tseh-ZA-ri
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Dajana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Дајана(Serbian)
Pronounced: DA-ya-na
Rating: 62% based on 11 votes
Serbian and Croatian variant of
Diana, reflecting the English pronunciation.
Danica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Macedonian, English
Other Scripts: Даница(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: DA-nee-tsa(Serbian, Croatian) DA-nyee-tsa(Slovak) DAN-i-kə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus". This name occurs in Slavic folklore as a personification of the morning star. It has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.
Darko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Дарко(Serbian, Macedonian)
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
From the Slavic element
darŭ meaning
"gift", originally a
diminutive of names containing that element.
Davor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Давор(Serbian)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly from an old Slavic exclamation expressing joy or sorrow. This was the name of a supposed Slavic war god. His name was the basis for the word
davorije, a type of patriotic war song popular in the 19th century
[1].
Dimitri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Georgian, French
Other Scripts: Димитрий(Russian) დიმიტრი(Georgian)
Pronounced: dyi-MYEE-tryee(Russian) DEE-MEE-TREE(Georgian, French)
Rating: 71% based on 15 votes
Russian variant of
Dmitriy, as well as the Georgian form.
Divna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Дивна(Serbian, Macedonian)
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
From Serbian
диван (divan) or Macedonian
дивен (diven) meaning
"wonderful".
Diyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Диян(Bulgarian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Djordje
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian
Other Scripts: Ђорђе(Serbian)
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Alternate transcription of Serbian
Ђорђе (see
Đorđe).
Dmitri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Дмитрий(Russian)
Pronounced: DMEE-tree
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Dobroslav
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Доброслав(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: DO-bro-slaf(Czech)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Slavic elements
dobrŭ "good" and
slava "glory".
Dominika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Russian
Other Scripts: Доминика(Russian)
Pronounced: DAW-mee-nee-ka(Slovak) DO-mi-ni-ka(Czech) daw-mee-NYEE-ka(Polish) DO-mee-nee-kaw(Hungarian)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Dorota
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: daw-RAW-ta(Polish) DO-ro-ta(Czech) DAW-raw-ta(Slovak)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of
Dorothea.
Dragan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Драган(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Slavic element
dorgŭ (South Slavic
drag) meaning
"precious".
Dragomir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Romanian
Other Scripts: Драгомир(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Slavic element
dorgŭ (South Slavic
drag) meaning "precious" combined with
mirŭ meaning "peace, world".
Drahomír
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: DRA-ho-meer(Czech) DRA-haw-meer(Slovak)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Dubravko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
From the Old Slavic word *
dǫbrava meaning
"oak grove".
Dušana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak, Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Душана(Serbian)
Pronounced: DOO-sha-na(Slovak)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Edyta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: eh-DI-ta
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Enikő
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EH-nee-kuu
Created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty in the 19th century. He based it on the name of the legendary mother of the Hungarian people, Enéh, of Turkic origin meaning "young hind" (modern Hungarian ünő).
Gavrilo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian
Other Scripts: Гаврило(Serbian)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Gojko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Гојко(Serbian)
From South Slavic gojiti meaning "grow, heal, foster, nurture".
Goran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Горан(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: GO-ran(Croatian, Serbian)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Derived from South Slavic gora meaning "mountain". It was popularized by the Croatian poet Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913-1943), who got his middle name because of the mountain town where he was born.
Grażyna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: gra-ZHI-na
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
From Lithuanian graži meaning "beautiful". This name was created by Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz for his poem Grażyna (1823).
Grozdana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Гроздана(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Hajna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: HIE-naw
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Shortened form of
Hajnal. The Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty used it in his epic poem
Zalán Futása (1825).
Ibolya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EE-bo-yaw
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Means "violet" in Hungarian, ultimately from Latin viola.
Ilarion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Иларион(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of
Hilarion.
Imriška
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Irina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Georgian, Finnish, Estonian
Other Scripts: Ирина(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) ირინა(Georgian)
Pronounced: i-RYEE-nə(Russian) EE-ree-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Form of
Irene in several languages.
Iskra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Искра(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: EES-kru(Bulgarian) EES-kra(Macedonian, Croatian)
Rating: 62% based on 10 votes
Means "spark" in South Slavic.
Iva 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Ива(Bulgarian, Serbian)
Personal remark: Ива
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "willow tree" in South Slavic.
Ivančica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "daisy" in Croatian.
Ivaylo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ивайло(Bulgarian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Perhaps derived from an old Bulgar name meaning "wolf". This was the name of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria. It is possible that this spelling was the result of a 15th-century misreading of his real name Vulo from historical documents.
Jacek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: YA-tsehk
Rating: 54% based on 7 votes
Jadwiga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: yad-VEE-ga
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
Polish form of
Hedwig. This was the name of a 14th-century ruling queen of Poland who has recently been canonized as a
saint.
Jakša
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Јакша(Serbian)
Pronounced: YAK-sha
Jana 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German, Slovene, Catalan, Estonian, Latvian
Pronounced: YA-na(Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German) ZHA-nə(Catalan)
Rating: 60% based on 9 votes
Janja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Јања(Serbian)
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of
Agnes. It also may be inspired by Serbo-Croatian
janje meaning
"lamb".
Jerzy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: YEH-zhi
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Jolanta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian
Pronounced: yaw-LAN-ta(Polish)
Rating: 54% based on 7 votes
Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian form of
Yolanda.
Judyta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: yoo-DI-ta
Rating: 63% based on 7 votes
Julek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: YOO-lehk
Rating: 50% based on 8 votes
Justyna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: yoo-STI-na
Rating: 65% based on 11 votes
Polish form of
Iustina (see
Justina).
Kacper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: KATS-pehr
Rating: 60% based on 8 votes
Kalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Polish
Other Scripts: Калина(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ka-LEE-na(Polish)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Means "viburnum tree" in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polish.
Kamilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Other Scripts: Камилла(Russian)
Pronounced: KAW-meel-law(Hungarian)
Rating: 54% based on 8 votes
Russian and Hungarian form of
Camilla, as well as a Polish and Scandinavian variant. This is also the Hungarian word for the chamomile flower (species Matricaria chamomilla).
Karol 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: KAR-awl(Polish)
Rating: 48% based on 8 votes
Polish, Slovak and Slovene form of
Karl.
Kasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: KA-sha
Rating: 53% based on 9 votes
Katarzyna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ka-ta-ZHI-na
Rating: 66% based on 10 votes
Kazimierz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ka-ZHEE-myesh
Rating: 56% based on 7 votes
Khyzyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Karachay-Balkar
Other Scripts: Хызыр(Karachay-Balkar)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Karachay-Balkar form of
Khidr.
Kinga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Hungarian
Pronounced: KEENG-ga(Polish) KEENG-gaw(Hungarian)
Rating: 26% based on 9 votes
Kira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Кира(Russian) Кіра(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: KYEE-rə(Russian)
Rating: 63% based on 9 votes
Russian feminine form of
Cyrus.
Kirill
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Кирилл(Russian)
Pronounced: kyi-RYEEL
Rating: 48% based on 9 votes
Kornel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Slovak
Pronounced: KAWR-nehl
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Krzysztof
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: KSHI-shtawf
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Lana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Russian, Croatian, Slovene, Georgian
Other Scripts: Лана(Russian) ლანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: LAHN-ə(English)
Rating: 63% based on 16 votes
Short form of
Alana (English) or
Svetlana (Russian). In the English-speaking world it was popularized by actress Lana Turner (1921-1995), who was born Julia Jean Turner.
Lara 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
Other Scripts: Лара(Russian)
Pronounced: LAHR-ə(English) LA-ra(German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch) LA-RA(French) LA-ru(Portuguese) LAW-raw(Hungarian)
Rating: 66% based on 16 votes
Russian short form of
Larisa. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by a character from Boris Pasternak's novel
Doctor Zhivago (1957) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1965). Between 1965 and 1969 it increased by almost 2,000 percent in the United States, however it is currently much more popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Germany. Another famous fictional bearer is Lara Croft, first appearing in video games in 1996 and movies in 2001.
Lera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Лера(Russian, Ukrainian)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Leszek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: LEH-shehk
Rating: 40% based on 7 votes
Originally a
diminutive of
Lech. The name was borne by several medieval dukes of Poland.
Ljerka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Љерка(Serbian)
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
Derived from the rare Serbo-Croatian word lijer meaning "lily" (the usual word is ljiljan).
Maksim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Максим(Russian, Macedonian, Ukrainian) Максім(Belarusian)
Pronounced: muk-SYEEM(Russian)
Rating: 64% based on 11 votes
Russian, Belarusian and Macedonian form of
Maximus, as well as an alternate transcription of Ukrainian
Максим (see
Maksym).
Małgosia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: mow-GAW-sha
Rating: 58% based on 9 votes
Malina 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Serbian, Polish
Other Scripts: Малина(Bulgarian, Serbian)
Pronounced: ma-LEE-na(Polish)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Means "raspberry" in several Slavic languages.
Malwina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: mal-VEE-na
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
Maša
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene, Croatian
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Slovene and Croatian form of
Masha.
Matej
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Матеј(Macedonian)
Pronounced: MA-kyay(Slovak) ma-TAY(Slovene)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Slovak form of
Matthias, used to refer to the apostle chosen to replace
Judas Iscariot. Also the Slovene, Croatian and Macedonian form of
Matthew, used to refer to the evangelist and apostle also known as
Levi.
Matvej
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Матвей(Belarusian)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Variant transcription of
Matvey.
Michal 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: MI-khal(Czech) MEE-khal(Slovak)
Miłosz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: MEE-wawsh
Rating: 66% based on 8 votes
Mira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Polish
Other Scripts: Мира(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MEE-ra(Polish)
Rating: 63% based on 9 votes
Short form of
Miroslava and other names beginning with
Mir (often the Slavic element
mirŭ meaning
"peace, world").
Mirna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Мирна(Serbian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From Serbo-Croatian miran meaning "peaceful, calm".
Miro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Short form of
Miroslav and other names beginning with
Mir (often the Slavic element
mirŭ meaning
"peace, world").
Misha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Миша(Russian)
Pronounced: MYEE-shə
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Nadejda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Надежда(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: nu-DYEZH-də(Russian)
Rating: 72% based on 12 votes
Nadia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Italian, Spanish, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Надя(Russian, Bulgarian) Надія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: NA-DYA(French) NAD-ee-ə(English) NAHD-ee-ə(English) NA-dyə(Russian)
Rating: 61% based on 11 votes
Variant of
Nadya 1 used in Western Europe, as well as an alternate transcription of the Slavic name. It began to be used in France in the 19th century
[1]. The name received a boost in popularity from the Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci (1961-)
[2].
Nedelya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Неделя(Bulgarian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "Sunday" in Bulgarian.
Neva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Personal remark: 🌐
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Neven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Невен(Serbian, Macedonian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Nevena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Невена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)
Rating: 63% based on 6 votes
Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".
Nikita 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Никита(Russian) Нікіта(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: nyi-KYEE-tə(Russian)
Rating: 66% based on 12 votes
Russian form of
Niketas. This form is also used in Ukrainian and Belarusian alongside the more traditional forms
Mykyta and
Mikita. A notable bearer was the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971).
Odessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 64% based on 13 votes
From the name of a Ukrainian city that sits on the north coast of the Black Sea, which was named after the ancient Greek city of
Ὀδησσός (Odessos), of uncertain meaning. This name can also be used as a feminine form of
Odysseus.
Oksana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian, Russian
Other Scripts: Оксана(Ukrainian, Russian)
Pronounced: uk-SA-nə(Russian)
Rating: 74% based on 11 votes
Olga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovene, Serbian, Bulgarian, Greek
Other Scripts: Ольга(Russian, Ukrainian) Олга(Serbian, Bulgarian) Όλγα(Greek)
Pronounced: OL-gə(Russian) AWL-ga(Polish, German) AWL-ka(Icelandic) OL-gaw(Hungarian) OL-gha(Spanish) OL-ga(Czech)
Rating: 60% based on 20 votes
Russian form of the Old Norse name
Helga. The 10th-century
Saint Olga was the wife of
Igor I, the ruler of Kievan Rus (a state based around the city of Kyiv). Like her husband she was probably a Varangian, who were Norse people who settled in Eastern Europe beginning in the 9th century. Following Igor's death she ruled as regent for her son
Svyatoslav for 18 years. After she was baptized in Constantinople she attempted to convert her subjects to Christianity, though this goal was only achieved by her grandson
Vladimir.
Piroska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: PEE-rosh-kaw
Rating: 62% based on 10 votes
Hungarian form of
Prisca, influenced by the Hungarian word
piros meaning "red".
Praskoviya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Прасковья(Russian)
Pronounced: pru-SKO-vyə
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Pravda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Правда(Serbian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Proto-Slavic word *pravьda meaning "truth; justice" in many Slavic languages.
Radka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Радка(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: RAT-ka(Czech)
Rating: 65% based on 8 votes
Raisa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Раиса(Russian) Раїса(Ukrainian) Раіса(Belarusian)
Pronounced: ru-EES-ə(Russian)
Rating: 62% based on 10 votes
Probably a Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of
Herais.
Roksana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Polish
Other Scripts: Роксана(Russian)
Pronounced: raw-KSA-na(Polish)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Russian and Polish form of
Roxana.
Rostislav
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Czech
Other Scripts: Ростислав(Russian)
Pronounced: rəs-tyi-SLAF(Russian) ROS-kyi-slaf(Czech)
Personal remark: Ростислав
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Slavic elements
orsti "to grow" and
slava "glory".
Ruslana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Руслана(Ukrainian)
Rating: 67% based on 9 votes
Sacha
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French, Dutch
Pronounced: SA-SHA(French)
Rating: 62% based on 13 votes
French and Dutch form of
Sasha.
Saša
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Саша(Serbian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Semyon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Семён(Russian)
Pronounced: syi-MYUYN
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Snježana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Сњежана(Serbian)
Derived from the Serbo-Croatian word snežan meaning "snowy".
Sonja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Соња(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ZAWN-ya(German) SON-yah(Finnish)
Rating: 67% based on 7 votes
Form of
Sonya in various languages.
Sonya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English
Other Scripts: Соня(Russian)
Pronounced: SO-nyə(Russian) SON-yə(English) SAWN-yə(English)
Rating: 68% based on 10 votes
Russian
diminutive of
Sophia. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel
War and Peace (1869, English translation 1886).
Spartak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Спартак(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian) Սպարտակ(Armenian) სპარტაკ(Georgian)
Pronounced: spur-TAK(Russian) spahr-TAHK(Armenian)
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Stanisław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: sta-NYEE-swaf
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Polish form of
Stanislav. Two kings of Poland have borne this name, as well as a few
saints.
Stas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Стас(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: STAS(Russian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Stasya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Стася(Russian)
Rating: 59% based on 8 votes
Szymon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: SHI-mawn
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Tomor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian, Albanian Mythology
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Father Tomor is the personification of Mount Tomorr, also known as Mount Tomor in Albanian, a mountain range which includes the highest peak in central Albania. Mount Tomorr is considered the home of the gods in central Albanian popular belief. The name itself is derived from Illyrian Tómaros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tómhxes-, "dark".
Tsvetana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Цветана(Bulgarian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Tündér
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian (Rare)
Pronounced: TUYN-dehr
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Means "fairy" in Hungarian.
Tymoteusz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ti-maw-TEH-oosh
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Vasilisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Василиса(Russian)
Pronounced: və-syi-LYEE-sə
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Vera 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Вера(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian) ვერა(Georgian)
Pronounced: VYEH-rə(Russian) VEE-rə(English) VEHR-ə(English) VEH-ra(German, Dutch) VEH-rah(Swedish) BEH-ra(Spanish) VEH-raw(Hungarian)
Rating: 72% based on 14 votes
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.
Veselin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Веселин(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)
Pronounced: VEH-seh-leen(Macedonian)
Derived from South Slavic vesel meaning "cheerful".
Vesna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Slavic Mythology
Other Scripts: Весна(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: VEHS-na(Croatian, Serbian)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Means "spring" in many Slavic languages. This was the name of a Slavic spirit associated with the springtime. It has been used as a given name only since the 20th century.
Vissarion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Archaic), Greek
Other Scripts: Виссарион(Russian) Βησσαρίων(Greek)
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Russian form and Modern Greek transcription of
Bessarion.
Vitaliy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Виталий(Russian) Віталій(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: vyi-TA-lyee(Russian)
Rating: 55% based on 8 votes
Russian and Ukrainian form of
Vitalis (see
Vitale).
Vladislava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Czech
Other Scripts: Владислава(Russian)
Pronounced: vlə-dyi-SLA-və(Russian) VLA-gyi-sla-va(Czech)
Rating: 73% based on 4 votes
Vlado
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak
Other Scripts: Владо(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Short form of
Vladimir and other names beginning with the Slavic element
volděti (South Slavic
vladati) meaning
"to rule, to control".
Vukašin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian
Other Scripts: Вукашин(Serbian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Derived from Serbian vuk meaning "wolf". This was the name of a 14th-century Serbian ruler.
Wanda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, English, German, French
Pronounced: VAN-da(Polish, German) WAHN-də(English) WAHN-DA(French)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Possibly from a Germanic name meaning "a Wend", referring to the Slavic people who inhabited eastern Germany. In Polish legends this was the name of the daughter of King Krak, the legendary founder of Krakow. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by the author Ouida, who used it for the heroine in her novel Wanda (1883).
Wiktoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: veek-TAW-rya
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Wiola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: VYAW-la
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Wojciech
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: VOI-chekh
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Slavic elements
vojĭ "warrior, soldier" and
utěxa "solace, comfort, joy".
Saint Wojciech (also known by the Czech form of his name
Vojtěch or his adopted name
Adalbert) was a Bohemian missionary to Hungary, Poland and Prussia, where he was martyred in the 10th century.
Yekaterina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Екатерина(Russian)
Pronounced: yi-kə-tyi-RYEE-nə, i-kə-tyi-RYEE-nə
Personal remark: Екатерина
Rating: 69% based on 11 votes
Russian form of
Katherine. This name was adopted by the German princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst in 1744 shortly before she married the future Russian emperor Peter III. She later overthrew her husband and ruled as empress, known as Catherine the Great in English.
Yevgeniy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Евгений(Russian)
Pronounced: yiv-GYEH-nyee, iv-GYEH-nyee
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Żanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Polish, Polish
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Žarko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Жарко(Serbian, Macedonian)
Derived from South Slavic žar meaning "ember, zeal, fervour".
Željko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Жељко(Serbian)
Pronounced: ZHEHL-ko(Croatian, Serbian)
Personal remark: Жељко
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Derived from South Slavic
želja meaning
"desire", ultimately from Old Slavic
želěti.
Zhivka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Живка(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Zina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Зина(Russian)
Personal remark: Зина
Rating: 63% based on 12 votes
Zlatan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Златан(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ZLA-tan(Croatian, Serbian)
Personal remark: Златан
Rating: 55% based on 8 votes
Derived from South Slavic
zlato meaning
"gold", a derivative of Old Slavic
zolto.
Zora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Other Scripts: Зора(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ZO-ra(Czech) ZAW-ra(Slovak)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "dawn, aurora" in the South Slavic languages, as well as Czech and Slovak.
Zoran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Зоран(Serbian, Macedonian)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Zornitsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Зорница(Bulgarian)
Personal remark: Зорница
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "morning star" in Bulgarian.
Zoya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Зоя(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ZO-yə(Russian)
Personal remark: Зоя
Rating: 62% based on 9 votes
Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Bulgarian form of
Zoe.
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