Behind the Name: blackiesunshine's Personal Name List

Yevdokiya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, Ukrainian

Other Scripts: Евдокия(Russian) Євдокія(Ukrainian)

Pronounced: yiv-du-KYEE-yə(Russian) iv-du-KYEE-yə(Russian)

Russian and Ukrainian form of Eudocia.

Tsetsiliya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian (Rare)

Other Scripts: Цецилия(Russian)

Pronounced: tsi-TSI-lyi-yə

Russian form of Cecilia.

Stanislav

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian

Other Scripts: Станислав(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian) Станіслав(Ukrainian)

Pronounced: STA-nyi-slaf(Czech) STA-nyee-slow(Slovak) stə-nyi-SLAF(Russian)

Derived from the Slavic element stati "stand, become" (inflected forms in stan-) combined with slava "glory". This name was borne by a few medieval saints (typically called by the Polish form Stanisław or Latinized form Stanislaus), including a bishop of Krakow who was martyred in the 11th century.

Rudolf

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Dutch, Russian, Armenian

Other Scripts: Рудольф(Russian) Ռուդոլֆ(Armenian)

Pronounced: ROO-dawlf(German, Slovak) ROO-dolf(Czech, Hungarian) RUY-dawlf(Dutch)

From the Germanic name Hrodulf, which was derived from the elements hruod meaning "fame" and wolf meaning "wolf". It was borne by three kings of Burgundy and a king of West Francia, as well as several Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. Anthony Hope used this name for the hero in his popular novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894).

Pyotr

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian

Other Scripts: Пётр(Russian)

Pronounced: PYUYTR

Russian form of Peter. A famous bearer was the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).

Nikita 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

Other Scripts: Никита(Russian) Нікіта(Ukrainian, Belarusian)

Pronounced: nyi-KYEE-tə(Russian)

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).

Kseniya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

Other Scripts: Ксения(Russian) Ксенія(Ukrainian, Belarusian)

Pronounced: KSYEH-nyi-yə(Russian) KSYEH-nyee-ya(Belarusian)

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Xenia.

Fyodor

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian

Other Scripts: Фёдор(Russian)

Pronounced: FYUY-dər

Russian form of Theodore. It was borne by three tsars of Russia. Another notable bearer was Fyodor Dostoyevsky (or Dostoevsky; 1821-1881), the Russian author of such works as Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.