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What names did you put that are deleted? I probably can tell why.
I do not know how much these help, I mostly do Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian names, but here are sources:
– wikipedia (find person with name, sometimes there is name pages with meanings)
– ridni (ukraine data)
https://ridni.org/karta/ - surnames
https://ridni.org/forenames/ - forenames
In Ukrainian but I think that they have English version
– random documents / books with names on them
– news articles with names in them
Sometimes these:
https://www.bolshoyvopros.ru/ – forums (in Russian)
https://otvet.mail.ru/ - forums (in Russian)
https://www.unian.ua/?_gl=1*1v8kz6g*_ga*MTAyNTQ3MzgwNi4xNzQzNjQ3NTg5*_ga_TECJ2YKWSJ*MTc0MzY0NzU4OS4xLjAuMTc0MzY0NzU4OS42MC4wLjA.*_ga_DENC12J6P3*MTc0MzY0NzU4OS4xLjAuMTc0MzY0NzU4OS42MC4wLjgwNjkyNzM2 – news, they sometimes have name information articles (in Ukrainian, there is Russian version)
https://www.imia.online/gender/female/ – girls (in Ukrainian)
https://www.imia.online/gender/male/ – boys (in Ukrainian)
https://imena-znachenie.ru/imena/ (in Russian)
https://famiry.ru/database/names (in Russian)
I also find names from Spotify artists and people I see on OK
Here is OK search – https://m.ok.ru/dk?st.cmd=anonymUsersOnlySearchV2&st.university=&st.gn=&st.ageF=&st.cityId=&st.single=false&st.search=&st.school=&st.ageT=&st.online=false&_prevCmd=anonymUsersOnlySearchV2&tkn=332&_searchToolbarMode=false&_searchFieldId=AnonymUsersOnlySearchFormV2Field&_searchQueryType=0 (in Russian)
There also is forebears but it is not very reliable.
https://forebears.io/
Other people also use LinkedIn search.
If you are not sure what name means you can ask on facts or surname boards.
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/ – facts (for forenames)
https://surnames.behindthename.com/bb/sur/ – surnames (for surnames)
Sometimes I also use me as source, because I do mostly Slavic surname and you can figure these meaning out if you understand language they are from... I also do Slavic diminutive and I know how these work, I meet people with these short form names. For other things I have sources!
I do not know how much these help, I mostly do Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian names, but here are sources:
– wikipedia (find person with name, sometimes there is name pages with meanings)
– ridni (ukraine data)
https://ridni.org/karta/ - surnames
https://ridni.org/forenames/ - forenames
In Ukrainian but I think that they have English version
– random documents / books with names on them
– news articles with names in them
Sometimes these:
https://www.bolshoyvopros.ru/ – forums (in Russian)
https://otvet.mail.ru/ - forums (in Russian)
https://www.unian.ua/?_gl=1*1v8kz6g*_ga*MTAyNTQ3MzgwNi4xNzQzNjQ3NTg5*_ga_TECJ2YKWSJ*MTc0MzY0NzU4OS4xLjAuMTc0MzY0NzU4OS42MC4wLjA.*_ga_DENC12J6P3*MTc0MzY0NzU4OS4xLjAuMTc0MzY0NzU4OS42MC4wLjgwNjkyNzM2 – news, they sometimes have name information articles (in Ukrainian, there is Russian version)
https://www.imia.online/gender/female/ – girls (in Ukrainian)
https://www.imia.online/gender/male/ – boys (in Ukrainian)
https://imena-znachenie.ru/imena/ (in Russian)
https://famiry.ru/database/names (in Russian)
I also find names from Spotify artists and people I see on OK
Here is OK search – https://m.ok.ru/dk?st.cmd=anonymUsersOnlySearchV2&st.university=&st.gn=&st.ageF=&st.cityId=&st.single=false&st.search=&st.school=&st.ageT=&st.online=false&_prevCmd=anonymUsersOnlySearchV2&tkn=332&_searchToolbarMode=false&_searchFieldId=AnonymUsersOnlySearchFormV2Field&_searchQueryType=0 (in Russian)
There also is forebears but it is not very reliable.
https://forebears.io/
Other people also use LinkedIn search.
If you are not sure what name means you can ask on facts or surname boards.
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/ – facts (for forenames)
https://surnames.behindthename.com/bb/sur/ – surnames (for surnames)
Sometimes I also use me as source, because I do mostly Slavic surname and you can figure these meaning out if you understand language they are from... I also do Slavic diminutive and I know how these work, I meet people with these short form names. For other things I have sources!
This message was edited 4/2/2025, 7:58 PM