Russian Names that Start With Y

An attractive, widely appealing, multicultural option. KPOP singer Yuna may be attracting some attention to her name.

One of many international versions of this classic.

A less-known member of the Sasha-Misha family, deriving from Yakov, the Russian form of Jacob.

Common Russian name familiarized here via cosmonaut Yury Gagarin and a character in Dr. Zhivago, but we don't see it ever gaining permanent resident status.

A Top 10 name in Moscow. In Russian, the emphasis is put on the first syllable.

What a difference a couple of letters make: Old World version of most popular name never quite made it out of the shtetl.

An overly elaborate version for use in this country.

In an English-speaking country, stick with Eugenia.

See EUGENE.

The original is so out of style that this Olde World version sounds almost cool.