These
names are or were used by the indigenous peoples of Siberia in northeastern Asia.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Osor m & f BuryatMeans "spread of light" in Buryat.
Oyuna f BuryatDerived from Mongolian оюу
(oyuu) meaning "turquoise" or оюун
(oyuun) meaning "mind, intellect, spirit".
Palgun m NivkhFrom Nivkh
paln meaning "mountain", indicating a child born in the mountains.
Parkizin m NivkhDerived from Nivkh
park and
yzn meaning "his own master". This name was traditionally given to independent young boys.
Pilgun m NivkhDerived from Nivkh
pild meaning "to be large".
Pitynyl m SelkupMeans "the bottom of the nest" in Selkup. This is usually given to the youngest child.
Pulychkh m NivkhDerived from Nivkh
pulk vuld meaning "to walk on all fours", therefore on the knees.
Pylymk f NivkhName given to the older sister of a mother.
Radna m & f BuryatMeans "precious, valuable" in Buryat, ultimately from Sanskrit रत्न
(ratna).
Rsholin m Nivkh (Archaic)Traditional Nivkh name of unknown meaning. Because most Nivkhs adopted Russian names in the 20th century, it is no longer used in the modern-day.
Rul-tyne f ChukchiEtymology unknown. This was the birth name of Chukchi poet and writer Antonina Kymytval.
Rytgėv m ChukchiFrom the Chukot
рытгэватъё (rytgėvatʺjo) meaning "forgotten" or "unremembered". This was the birth name of Chukchi writer Yuri Rytkheu.
Rytkheu m ChukchiMeans "unknown" in Chukchi. A bearer is Yuri Rytkheu, born Rytkheu, a Chukchi-Russian writer.
Saaryn m YakutMeans "one with a developed lower body, 'Don Juan', a favorite of women".
Sakhaaya f YakutDerived from Yakut Саха
(Sakha) meaning "Sakha, Yakut".
Sandaara f YakutDerived from Yakut сандаар
(sandaar) meaning "to shine".
Sanzhima f BuryatMeans "clean, honest" in Buryat, from Tibetan གཙང་མ
(gtsang ma) "clean".
Sardaana f YakutFrom Yakut сардаана
(sardaana) meaning "Siberian lily", referring to a type of flower that grows in Yakutia.
Sarıada f YakutFrom
сарыал (sarıal) meaning "radiance, halo, shining".
Sarig-ool m TuvanFrom Tuvan сарыг
(saryg) meaning "yellow" combined with оол
(ool) meaning "boy, son".
Sayana f Tuvan, BuryatFrom the name of the Sayan Mountains, of uncertain meaning, possibly of Turkic origin.
Sayana f Mongolian, BuryatFrom the name of the Sayan mountain range, possibly from a word in the Sayan dialect meaning "myself". Possibly influenced by Mongolian сая
(saya) meaning "million".
Sayiina f YakutDerived from Yakut сайын
(sayın) meaning "summer".
Saylyk f TuvanMeans "wagtail (a type of bird)" in Tuvan.
Sekhuunee f BuryatFrom the Buryat
сэхэ (sekhe) meaning "directly, straight, frank, decisively" or "truth".
Seregmaa f BuryatFrom the Buryat
сэрэг (sereg) meaning "army" and the Mongolian feminine suffix
-маа (-maa). Serge m YakutFrom the name of a ritual pole or tree in Buryat and Yakut culture, used to indicate that a place has an owner, ultimately from the Buryat word for "pole".
Sherig-ool m TuvanFrom Tuvan шериг
(sherig) meaning "military, army, soldier" combined with оол
(ool) "boy".
Smedun m NivkhMeans "loving"; derived from Nivkh
ezmud meaning "love".
Soelma f BuryatDerived from Buryat соёл
(soyol) meaning "culture".
Soëlmaa f BuryatFrom the Buryat
соёл (soёl) meaning "culture" and the Mongolian feminine suffix
-маа (-maa). Sulustaana f YakutFrom the Yakut word сулус (
sulus) meaning "star" possibly combined with the element
stani meaning "stand, become".
Sumber f BuryatFrom the Buryat name for Mount Meru, the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology which is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes
Syvne f NenetsMeans "winter woman" in Nenets. It is traditionally given to baby girls born in the wintertime.
Tasi m NganasanDerived from
татуси (tatusi) meaning "to keep deer".
Tatuk f NivkhDerived from Nivkh
t'atn meaning "morning", used to indicate girls born in the morning.
Tolvin m NivkhDerived from Nivkh
tolv meaning "summer"; used on baby boys born in the summertime.
Tomam f Ket (Rare), Siberian MythologyMeaning unknown. In Ket mythology, Tomam was the goddess of migratory birds who was associated with the south, warmth, and migration.
Tsybik m & f Buryat (Russified)Russified form of the Buryat name Цэбэг
(Tsebeg) or Сэбэг
(Sebeg) meaning "eternal, immortal, undying", ultimately from Tibetan ཚེ་དཔག
(tshe-dpag).
Tsyrendorzho m BuryatDerived from Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning “long life, longevity” combined with རྡོ་རྗེ
(rdo rje) meaning “diamond”.
Tümen m & f Mongolian, YakutMeans "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" in Mongolian and Yakut, the attributive form of Mongolian түм
(tüm). Among the Mongol and Turkic peoples, a
tümen (
tumen in English) was historically also a social and military unit of 10,000 households and soldiers.... [
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Tupsuuna f YakutFrom the Yakut word тупсуу (
tupsuu) meaning "reconciliation; truce".
Tuskulaana f YakutEither from тускул
(tuskul) meaning "future" or means "doing good" in Yakut.
Tuyana f BuryatDerived from Buryat туяа
(tuyaa) meaning "ray, beam".
Tygrynkeev m ChukchiMeans "after" in Chukchi. This name was given to children as a reference the spirits or souls of deceased ancestors or family members.
Tygyn m YakutFrom the name of
Тыгын Дархан (Tygyn Darkhan) a legendary Yakut leader from the 17th century.
Tyne-nny f ChukchiTraditional feminine Chukchi name with an unknown meaning.
Tynvin m NivkhFrom Nivkh
tynad meaning "to be exact, correct".
Urkayn m NivkhMeans "night"; derived from Nivkh
urk. This name was given to boys born at midnight.