Cinnabar's Personal Name List

Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).

Czech form of Agnes.

Russian diminutive of Anna.

Alternate transcription of Russian Аркадий (see Arkadiy).

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Athanasius.

Russian form of Abner.

Polish form of Cecilia.

Polish form of Caesar.

Possibly derived from the Slavic elements danŭ "given" and mirŭ "peace, world". Otherwise, it might be of Turkic or Russian origin (see Damir 2). It was popularized by a character from Marija Jurić Zagorka's novel Gordana (1935).

Slovene, Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian form of Damian.

Bulgarian form of Damian.

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.

Medieval short form of Durante. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), the Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy.

Feminine form of Darius. Saint Daria was a 3rd-century woman who was martyred with her husband Chrysanthus under the Roman emperor Numerian. It has never been a particularly common English given name. As a Russian name, it is more commonly transcribed Darya.

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].

Feminine form of Dejan.

Croatian, Serbian, Slovene and Macedonian form of Diana.

Alternate transcription of Russian Дмитрий (see Dmitriy).

Derived from the Slavic element dorgŭ (South Slavic drag) meaning "precious".

Feminine form of Dragan.

Derived from the Slavic element dorgŭ (South Slavic drag) meaning "precious" combined with mirŭ meaning "peace, world".

Czech and Slovak diminutive of Elizabeth.

Polish, Slovak, Romanian and Lithuanian form of Esther.

Polish form of Felicia.

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.

Feminine form of Ilan.

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Hilarion.

Feminine form of Iliya.

Form of Irene in several languages.

Newer form of the Old Church Slavic name Іѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see John). This was the name of six Russian rulers, including the 15th-century Ivan III the Great and 16th-century Ivan IV the Terrible, the first tsar of Russia. It was also borne by nine emperors of Bulgaria. Other notable bearers include the Russian author Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), who wrote Fathers and Sons, and the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), who is best known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.

Czech, Slovak and Latvian form of Yvette.

Diminutive of Jadwiga.

Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of Agnes. It also may be inspired by Serbo-Croatian janje meaning "lamb".

Diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element jarŭ meaning "fierce, energetic", such as Jarosław or Jaroslav. It is sometimes used independently.

Derived from the Slavic elements jarŭ "fierce, energetic" and mirŭ "peace, world". This name was borne by an 11th-century duke of Bohemia.

Means "maple tree" in South Slavic.

Czech form of George.

Feminine form of Jiří.

Diminutive of Karolína.

Masculine form of Kalina.

Means "viburnum tree" in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polish.

Russian diminutive of Yekaterina.

Russian form of Cyrus.

Russian feminine form of Cyrus.

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Xenia.

Either a short form of Květoslava or directly from Czech květ "flower, blossom".

Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian form of Lazarus. This name was borne by a 14th-century Serbian ruler who was killed at the Battle of Kosovo.

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian cognate of Lily.

Macedonian, Slovene and Albanian form of Lillian.

Form of Maia 1 in various languages.

Alternate transcription of Russian Макарий (see Makariy).

Hungarian variant of Mária, and a Croatian and Serbian variant of Marija.

Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Mark.

Croatian diminutive of Marija.

Czech form of Margaret.

Probably a Polish variant of Marianna.

Croatian feminine form of Mateo.

Czech form of Matthias (via Hungarian Mátyás).

From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names that began with that element. It was originally used in Czech, Slovak, and the South Slavic languages, though it has recently become popular elsewhere in Europe.

A city in Italy bears this name, though in this case it originates from Latin Mediolanum, perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin meaning "middle of the plain". In some cases the city name may be an influence on the use of the given name.

Short form of Miroslava and other names beginning with Mir (often the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world").

Diminutive of Michaela.

Latinate form of Natalia (see Natalie).

Masculine form of Nevena.

Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".

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).

Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Николай (see Nikolay).

Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Peter.

Originally a short form of Radovana, now used independently.

Originally a diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element radŭ meaning "happy, willing". In Poland it is usually a diminutive of Radosław.

Derived from Slavic radovati meaning "to make happy, to gladden".

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Румяна (see Rumyana).

Derived from Czech růže meaning "rose".

Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "a Sabine" in Latin. The Sabines were an ancient people who lived in central Italy, their lands eventually taken over by the Romans after several wars. According to legend, the Romans abducted several Sabine women during a raid, and when the men came to rescue them, the women were able to make peace between the two groups. This name was borne by several early saints.

Alternate transcription of Russian Савелий (see Saveliy).

Means "shadow, shade" in Serbian and Croatian. It can also be a diminutive of Ksenija.

Form of Seraphinus (see Seraphina) in various languages.

Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Сергей (see Sergey).

Russian form of Sebastian.

From Croatian sunčan meaning "sunny", a derivative of sunce meaning "sun".

Derived from Russian свет (svet) meaning "light, world". It was popularized by the poem Svetlana (1813) by the poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It is sometimes used as a translation of Photine.

Derived from Croatian and Serbian tajiti "to keep secret".

Short form of Dorothea, Theodora and other names containing a similar sound.

Georgian form of Terentius (see Terence). It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Терентий (see Terentiy).

Probably derived from the Slavic element tomiti "to torment" combined with slava "glory". This was the name of the first king of Croatia (10th century).

Bulgarian and Georgian form of Valerius, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Валерий (see Valeriy).

Macedonian form of Evangelos.

Russian, Greek, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Barbara.

Russian form of Basil 1.

Means "clear, cheerful" in Croatian and Serbian.

Feminine form of Vedran.

Serbian and Croatian diminutive of Vera 1.

Russian form and Modern Greek transcription of Bessarion.

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-).

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.

Russian form of Elizabeth. This was the name of an 18th-century Russian empress.

Russian form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).