allis28's Personal Name List

Aleksandr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Александр(Russian, Ukrainian) Ալեքսանդր(Armenian)
Pronounced: u-lyik-SANDR(Russian) ah-lehk-SAHN-dər(Armenian)
Rating: 63% based on 20 votes
Russian and Armenian form of Alexander. This name was borne by the Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837).
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)
Rating: 75% based on 20 votes
Form of Alexandra in several languages.
Anya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English
Other Scripts: Аня(Russian)
Pronounced: A-nyə(Russian) AN-yə(English)
Rating: 79% based on 22 votes
Russian diminutive of Anna.
Dmitri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Дмитрий(Russian)
Pronounced: DMEE-tree
Rating: 74% based on 20 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian Дмитрий (see Dmitriy).
Ekaterina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Other Scripts: Екатерина(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian)
Pronounced: yi-kə-tyi-RYEE-nə(Russian) i-kə-tyi-RYEE-nə(Russian)
Rating: 63% based on 20 votes
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Katherine, and an alternate transcription of Russian Екатерина (see Yekaterina).
Evgenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ευγενία(Greek) Евгения(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: yiv-GYEH-nyi-yə(Russian) iv-GYEH-nyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 66% based on 19 votes
Modern Greek form of Eugenia. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Евгения (see Yevgeniya) or Bulgarian Евгения (see Evgeniya).
Feliks
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Slovene, Polish
Other Scripts: Феликс(Russian)
Pronounced: FYEH-lyiks(Russian) FEH-leeks(Polish)
Rating: 71% based on 19 votes
Russian, Slovene and Polish form of Felix.
Katya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Катя(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: KA-tyə(Russian)
Rating: 76% based on 19 votes
Russian diminutive of Yekaterina.
Kolya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Коля(Russian)
Pronounced: KO-lyə
Rating: 51% based on 19 votes
Diminutive of Nikolai.
Kseniya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Ксения(Russian) Ксенія(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: KSYEH-nyi-yə(Russian) KSYEH-nyee-ya(Belarusian)
Rating: 55% based on 21 votes
Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Xenia.
Lev 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Лев(Russian)
Pronounced: LYEHF
Rating: 60% based on 19 votes
Means "lion" in Russian, functioning as a vernacular form of Leo. This was the real Russian name of both author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) and revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879-1940).
Liliya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Лилия(Russian, Bulgarian) Лілія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LYEE-lyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 75% based on 19 votes
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian cognate of Lily.
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: 65% based on 19 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].
Nastya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Настя(Russian)
Pronounced: NAS-tyə
Rating: 42% based on 19 votes
Diminutive of Anastasiya.
Nikolai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Николай(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: nyi-ku-LIE(Russian)
Rating: 73% based on 19 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Николай (see Nikolay).
Sasha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, English, French
Other Scripts: Саша(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: SA-shə(Russian) SASH-ə(English) SAH-shə(English) SA-SHA(French)
Rating: 69% based on 19 votes
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.
Valentina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Ancient Roman
Other Scripts: Валентина(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) Βαλεντίνα(Greek)
Pronounced: va-lehn-TEE-na(Italian) və-lyin-TYEE-nə(Russian) vu-lyehn-tyi-NU(Lithuanian) ba-lehn-TEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 72% based on 19 votes
Feminine form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1). A famous bearer is the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.
Vladimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian
Other Scripts: Владимир(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: vlu-DYEE-myir(Russian) VLA-dee-meer(Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian)
Rating: 43% based on 20 votes
From the Old Slavic name *Voldiměrŭ, derived from the elements volděti meaning "to rule" and měrŭ meaning "great, famous". The second element has also been associated with mirŭ meaning "peace, world".

This was the name of a 9th-century ruler of Bulgaria. It was also borne by an 11th-century grand prince of Kyiv, Vladimir the Great, who is venerated as a saint because of his efforts to Christianize his realm. Other notable bearers include the revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), and the Russian president and prime minister Vladimir Putin (1952-).

behindthename.com   ·   Copyright © 1996-2024