Browse Submitted Names

Abdurazok m Tajik

Adylkhan m Kazakh (Rare)

Afon m Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Athos.

Aigel f Tatar
Aigel is the first name of Aigel Gaysina, the lead singer of the Russian band AIGEL. It is probably a form of Aygül.

Akhtem m Crimean Tatar
Alternate transcription of Ahtem.

Aleka m Russian
Alternate transcription of Alyoka 2.

Aleksasha m & f Russian
Diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.

Alena f Russian
Variant transcription of Alyona.

Alida f Bashkir (Russified), Tatar (Russified)

Alyoka m Russian
Diminutive of Aleksey.

Alyoka f Kazakh (Modern, Rare)

Ana f Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, English, South Slavic, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Georgian, Polish
Diminutive of Anastasiya (and any other spelling of the name).

Ancha f Russian (Rare)
Diminutive of Anna or Anastasiya.

Anchik f Russian (Rare)
Diminutive of Anastasiya or Anna.

Anek f Russian
Diminutive of Anastasiya or Anna.

Anenka f Russian
Diminutive of Anna or Anastasiya.

Anhel m & f Ukrainian (Rare)
Cognate of Angel.

Anhela f Ukrainian (Rare)
Variant of Anzhela.

Anyuk f Chuvash
Chuvash form of Anna.

Anyukha f Russian
Diminutive of Anna or Anastasiya.

Anyusha f Russian
Another form of Annusha.

Astrela f Soviet
From Greek αστερ (aster), meaning "star".

Avksom m Soviet
Москва (Moskva) spelled in reverse.

Avksoma f Soviet
Feminine form of Avksom.

Aydima f Chechen

Aygöl f Bashkir, Tatar
Alternate transcription of Aygol.

Aylana f Kalmyk, Tuvan, Buryat, Altai
The first part is likely derived from Turkic "ay" or "ай" in Cyrillic, meaning moon.

Aylina f Bashkir, Mordvin

Aymira f Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish (?), Tuvan (?)
The first part is likely derived from Turkic "ay" or "ай" in Cyrillic, meaning moon.

Ayshat f Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Abkhaz, Chechen, Dagestani, Karachay-Balkar, Ossetian, Tatar (Rare), Bashkir (Rare), Avar
A form of Aisha and alternate transcription of Aishat.

Ayzhakhan f Kyrgyz (Rare)

Azariy m Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Azariah.

Bayraktar m Turkish (Rare)
Means "flagger" or "flag carrier" in Turkish. More common as a surname (see Bayraktar).

Bucha f & m Indian

Czeszka f Kashubian
Kashubian diminutive of Czesława.

Dana f Slavic Mythology
Dana is a rusalka in Slavic Mythology.

Danya f Ukrainian, Russian (Rare)
Diminutive of Darya 1 or Daryna (Darina 2 in Russian).

Danylko m Ukrainian
Diminutive of Danylo.

Dzera f Digor Ossetian, Ossetian
Means "bird of prey" in Ossetian. It is also a diminutive of Dzerassa.

Dzmitryy m Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Dzmitry.

Edem m Crimean Tatar

Elektrifikatsiya f Soviet
Means "electrification" in Russian. This name was used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.

Fadha f Somali
Possibly from Arabic فِضَّة (fiḍḍa), meaning "silver" or فَضَاء (faḍāʔ), meaning "empty space".

Fatali m Azerbaijani (Russified, Rare)
Russified form of Fətəli.

Gadzhilav m Avar

Ganya f Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Hanya 4.

Gavrila m Russian
A Russian folk form of Gavriil.

Gul'chachak f Bashkir (Russified), Tatar (Russified)
Variant of Golchachak.

Gul'zamiya f Tatar

Hadizha f Dagestani
Dagestani form of Khadijah.

Hafiya f Rusyn
Rusyn form of Sofia.

Hanya f Ukrainian
Diminutive of Hanna 1.

Hara f Urdu

Hordiy m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Ukrainian form of Gordias. It also is very close to a word meaning "proud" in Ukrainian.

Hurşă m Chuvash
From Chuvash хурҫӑ (hurşă), meaning "steel". Alternative transcription of Khurşă.

Ivista f Soviet (Rare)
Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin contracted, used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.

Izaida f Soviet
Derived from a contraction of иди за Ильичом, детка (idi za Il'ichom, detka), meaning "follow behind (Vladimir) Ilyich (Lenin), child".

Izmira f Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Izmir.

Jurko m Rusyn
Alternate transcription of Yurko.

Kaiwei m & f Chinese

Kallistrat m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Kallistratos.

Kalyö m Komi
Komi form of Kallistrat.

Kanira f Georgian, Armenian

Karya f Russian
Diminutive of Karina.

Katryna f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Katrina.

Khaya f Hebrew (Russified)
A form of Chaya used by Russian Jews.

Khaya f Dagestani
Dagestani form of Haya.

Kirya m Russian
Diminutive of Kir.

Ksanka f Ukrainian, Russian
Diminutive of Oksana.

Küzhüget m Tuvan
Kuzhuget Shoygu was a Soviet politician.

Kwang-suk f Korean
Kim Kwang-suk was a North Korean singer in the Pochonbo Electronic Ensamble.

Kyzylkul f Kyrgyz (Rare)
Derived from Kyrgyz кызыл (kızıl) meaning "red" and күл (kül) meaning "ash".

Lana f Ukrainian
Diminutive of Svitlana.

Lanya f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Melaniya.

Lanya f Taiwanese (?)

Lenera f Soviet
Means "Lenin's era", dervived from "Ленинская эра (leninskaya era)". This name was used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.

Lenur m Crimean Tatar

Lisa f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Larisa.

Livia f Albanian

Lusi f Armenian (Modern)

Lyokha m Russian
Diminutive of Aleksey via Alyokha.

Madya f Kabardian (?), Caucasian

Maiya f Russian

Maniusia f Polish
Diminutive of Maria via Mania.

Mara f Slavic Mythology, Ukrainian Mythology
Ukrainian form of Morana.

Mara f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Maria.

Marichko f Ukrainian
Variant of Marichka. This form would be used to address someone (by Ukrainian grammar rules).

Mariyko f Ukrainian (Rare)
Variant of Mariyka. This form would be used to address someone (by Ukrainian grammar rules).

Marusen'ko f Ukrainian
Diminutive of Mariya.

Mar'yana f Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Maryana.

Maryya f Belarusian
Alternative transcription of Maryia.

Maryyka f Belarusian
Belarusian cognate of Mariyka.

Maya f Soviet, Russian (Rare)
From Russian май (may), meaning "May". It was used by communist parents wanting to reject traditional names as a reference to International Worker's Day on May 1st. The name is written as Maya (Мая) because it is feminine.

Maya f Russian
Alternate transcription of Maiya 4.

Mechyslava f Belarusian
A form of Mečyslava.

Mechyslaw m Belarusian
A form of Mečyslaŭ.

Mečyslaŭ m Belarusian

Mečyslava f Belarusian
Feminine form of Mečyslaŭ.

Mikhas' m Belarusian
Diminutive of Mikhail.

Mikhayl m Russian
Alternate transcription of Mikhail.

Mila f Russian, Ukrainian
Diminutive of Milena or Milana and in Russian also Lyudmila.

Minzhu f & m Chinese (Rare)
Means "democracy" in Chinese.

Mishanya f Azerbaijani

Myla f Ukrainian
Ukrainian diminutive of Lyudmyla and variant of Mila.

Myra f Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian cognate of Mira 2.

Nadeya f Belarusian (Archaic)
Older Belarusian form of Nadzeya, used in the 16th century.

Nadźka f Belarusian
A diminutive of Nadzeya.

Nadzyunya f Belarusian
A diminutive of Nadzeya.

Nadzyusha f Belarusian
A diminutive of Nadzeya.

Narineh f Armenian
Alternate transcription of Narine.

Nasha f Hebrew, Russian

Nasha f Urdu

Nemiza f Slavic Mythology
Nemiza is the Slavic god of the wind.

Niyozqul m Uzbek

Nurshat f & m Kazakh, Bashkir, Tatar

Nyurochka f Russian
Diminutive of Anastasiya or Anna.

Odesa f Various
Variant of Odessa. This is the Ukrainian spelling of the name of the city.

Paghul m Yukaghir

Pajza f Rusyn
Alternate transcription of Payza.

Paŭlina f Belarusian
A Belarusian form of Paulina and variant of Palina.

Payza f Rusyn
Rusyn diminutive of Pelagiya (Пелаґія) or Paraskeva (Параскева).

Petrunko m Bulgarian
Diminutive of Petar.

Prove m Slavic Mythology, Baltic Mythology
Prove is a god in the old Slavic religion. He is a fertility god and has relations with Perun.

Railya f Tatar, Bashkir

Ralina f Tatar, Bashkir, Indonesian (?)

Rasimya f Tatar (Rare)

Raychka f Russian
Diminutive of Raisa 1.

Rema f Soviet, Russian
Feminine form of Rem 4.

Renata f Russian, Soviet
Feminine form of Renat.

Reva f Russian (Rare), Soviet (Rare)
Diminutive of Revolyutsiya, or also a standalone name derived from Russian революция (revolyutsiya), meaning "revolution".

Revo m & f Soviet
Unisex variant of Reva 2.

Roki m Serbian (Rare)
Diminutive of Rodoljub used by Bosnian Serb singer Roki Vulović.

Rossiya f Russian (Rare)
Means "Russia" in Russian. Used by patriotic parents.

Ruiza f Kazakh, Uzbek

Runi f Indian

Ruxshona f Uzbek

Ruzal m Tatar (Russified), Bashkir (Russified)
Possibly a form of Rusul.

Seman m Rusyn
Rusyn form of Simon 1.

Sevilya f Crimean Tatar
Possibly from Crimean Tatar sevil meaning "be loved" or from the name for the city of Seville.

Sherrian f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Sherian.

Silyan m Macedonian
Silyan was a character in the Macedonian folk tale "Silyan the Stork".

Sol-ju f Korean
Ri Sol-ju is the first lady of North Korea.

Souyoung f Korean
Souyoung Park is a Korean author.

Svet f Russian (Anglicized, Rare)
Diminutive of Svetlana that people in the English-speaking world sometimes use. It also means "light" in Russian.

Tallinn m & f Obscure
From the city in Estonia.

Tatyjana f Russian (Magyarized)
Magyarised form of Tatyana. This is used exclusively as a spelling from Russian, and is not the form Hungarians use. For the Hungarian form of Tatyana, see Tatjána.

Tayisa f Ukrainian
Ukrainian alternate transcription of Taisa.

Tikhan m Russian (Rare)
Variant of Tikhon.

Trvanda m Armenian (Rare)

Tsikhan m Belarusian (Rare), Russian (Belarusianized)
Belarusian form of Tikhon.

Uzeir m Karachay-Balkar
Karachay-Balkar form of Üzeir.

Valjancina f Belarusian
Belarusian Latin transcription of Valiantsina.

Van' m Komi
Komi form of Ivan.

Varlen m Soviet (Rare)
Means "great army of Lenin", from великая армия Ленина (velikaya armiya Lenina). This name was used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.

Vintovka f Russian (Rare)
Means "rifle" in Russian. Probably used by militarist parents.

Vlodzyo m Ukrainian
Diminutive of Volodymyr, a cognate of Polish Władzio.

Vovka m Russian
A diminutive of Vladimir via Vova.

Voyenmor m Soviet
From a contraction of военный моряк (voyennyy moryak). meaning "war sailor".

Voyshelk m Lithuanian (Russified)
It was the name of a Lithuanian Grand Duke.

Wenxing m & f Chinese
Zhong Wenxing is a Web editor for the People's Daily.

Wołodymyr m Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Volodymyr. Used as a Polish transcription of Володимир or sometimes by Ukrainians in Poland.

Yanzhima f Buryat

Yarmil m Czech (Archaic), Folklore
Yarmil was the name of a character in the Czech folk tale "The Mouse-Hole and the Underground Kingdom".

Yaryk m Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Yarik.

Yatsentiy m Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Hyacinthus.

Yatzi f Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Invented name inspired by similar names like Yatziri and Yaretzi.

Yevraziya f Soviet (Rare)
From the continent Yevraziya.

Yulik m Russian
Diminutive of Yuliy or Yulian.

Yulyk m Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Yulik.

Yurdan f & m Turkish, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar

Yurik m Russian
Variant of Yuri 1. Derived from Greek 'geōrgós' and means "farmer". It is also used as a diminutive of Yuri.

Yurko m Rusyn
A diminutive of the Rusyn form of Yuriy.

Yvo f Obscure
Diminutive of Yvonne.

Zakhariy m Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian variant of Zakhar.

Zera f Russian

Zheka m & f Russian
Diminutive of Yevgeniy or Yevgeniya.

Zirka f Slavic Mythology
Zirka is the Slavic god of happiness.

Zmiter m Belarusian (Russified)
Russified form of Zmitser.

Zori m Armenian
From Armenian զոր (zor) meaning "strength" or "mighty".