Russian Names
- Ganya
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"clever"Description:
Tanya with a G.
- Oleg
Origin:
RussianMeaning:
"holy"Description:
This common Russian name has a somewhat effete pencil-thin-moustached image here.
- Kiryl
- Dima
- Zhanna
Origin:
Russian variation of JaneDescription:
Makes Jane anything but plain.
- Lydie
- Aleksandr
- Dariya
- Varya
Origin:
RussianMeaning:
"foreign"Description:
Short form of the Russian Varvara, a feistier version of Barbara.
- Yakov
Origin:
Russian variation of JacobMeaning:
"supplanter"Description:
What a difference a couple of letters make: Old World version of most popular name never quite made it out of the shtetl.
- Nada
Origin:
Arabic, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, MacedonianMeaning:
"dew at sunrise; hope"Description:
Concise Nada is a cross-cultural choice with pleasant meanings. In Arabic, it is derived from nadan meaning "dew, moisture", though other possible translations include "caller" and "goodness". As a Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian name, it means "hope".
- Tishka
- Feodore
- Zoia
Origin:
Slavic variation of ZoeDescription:
See ZOE.
- Zinaida
Origin:
Russian, from Greek, related to ZeusDescription:
This unusual name belonged to a character played by Kirsten Dunst in an early film.
- Polina
Origin:
Russian and Basque, feminine variation of PaulDescription:
This version of the more familiar Paulina is occasionally used in the US, though some may see it as relating more to the word pole than to the classic Paul.
- Dimka
- Olesya
- Aleksei
- Anatoly