



Usage note [ edit ]

Every Russian is born with three names:

First: Given name Middle: Patronymic Last: Surname

The given name is unique to the individual and chosen by their parents. These are names like Kristina, Luka, or Aleksandr. Many names have several possible diminutives, or "nicknames", that may go with them.

The patronymic middle name typically comes from suffixing -ovich/-evich ("son of") or -ovna/-evna ("daughter of") to the father's given name. One can tell from the names Andrei Denisovich Ivanov & Yelena Denisovna Ivanova that they share a father named Denis Ivanov. There are some spelling changes for names that end in a or i:

When the given name ends in a , the vowel is dropped when -ovich/-ovna is suffixed to the name to create its patronym (Luka begets Lukovna & Lukovich, Slava begets Slavovna & Slavovich).

, the vowel is dropped when is suffixed to the name to create its patronym (Luka begets Lukovna & Lukovich, Slava begets Slavovna & Slavovich). When the given name ends in consonant + i , the i might become either y or iy before -evich/-evna is suffixed (Anatoli begets Anatolyevich/Anatolyevna, Dimitri begets Dimitriyevich & Dimitriyevna, Evgeni begets Evgenyevich & Evgenyevna).

, the might become either or before is suffixed (Anatoli begets Anatolyevich/Anatolyevna, Dimitri begets Dimitriyevich & Dimitriyevna, Evgeni begets Evgenyevich & Evgenyevna). Names ending in vowel + i simply gain the suffix -evich/-evna (Alexei begets Alexeievich & Alexeievna)

For example, the children of Grigori Vadimovich Ragulin might be Kostantin Grigoryevich Ragulin and Anna Grigoryevna Ragulina.

The surname is typically passed down from father to children, and a woman adopts the feminine form of her husband's surname upon marriage. Surnames of men and women take masculine and feminine forms, respectively, the difference being that feminine names are suffixed with -a. Masculine names ending in -v become feminine -va (Diykov to Diykova, Bobylev to Bobyleva, Korneev to Korneeva), those ending in -in become -ina (Borodin to Borodina), and those ending in -sky become -skaya (Prerovsky to Prerovskaya). For an example of a woman changing her name, if Yelena Denisovna Ivanova were to marry Maksim Sergeievich Karazamov, her name would be changed to Yelena Denisovna Karazamova. Although the -off spelling is common in other countries, such surnames are always spelt with -ov in Russia (Ivanoff is always Ivanov or Ivanova).

Name choice and formality [ edit ]

The choice of what to call someone implies different levels of familiarity/formality. The full given + patronymic + surname form is very formal, used on official documents. The given + patronymic form denotes formality and distances the speaker, used when referring to a respected colleage or elder. The simple surname form also distances the speaker, used such as by schoolteachers referring to their students, but also used for ironic formality between peers. Diminutives are friendlier, but they can still maintain formality. Names ending in -ka are very familiar, and some are affectionately used by a boy or man to refer to his girlfriend.

Girls' given names [ edit ]

Note that these names are originally written with a different alphabet, the Cyrillic script. These spellings are common transliterations. Spellings ending in letters iya and ia are often interchangeable, both coming from Cyrillic ия. The name Клавдия can be transliterated to either Klavdiya or Klavdia.

Afimya Афимья—From Greek euphēmos ευφημοσ Agafiya Агафия—Form of Agafya Агафья Agafya Агафья—From Ancient Greek ágathós ἀγαθός Agafonika Агафоника (Aga, Agasha, Fonya, Nika, Nikasha)—Old & uncommon Agapiya Агапия (Agapa, Gapa, Ganya, Gasya, Aga, Agasha)—Old & uncommon Agasha Агаша (Gasha) Aglaya Англая Agnes Агнес Agnesa Агнеса Agnessa Агнесса (Nessa, Nesha, Nesya, Netya, Neza) Agrafena Аграфена (Grunya)—Form of Agrippina Аграппина Agrippina Аграппина (Agrippa) Akillina Акиллина (Akulya, Kilya, Kulya) Aksiniya Аксиния (Aksinya, Kseniya) Alena Алэна (Alenka, Lenusya, Lila, Lyalechka, Lyalya) Aleksandra Александра (Sasha, Sanya, Sacha, Sashenka, Shura, Sachenka, Shurochka, Sashura) Alina Алина (Alya, Lina) Alisya Алися Alla Алла (Alya, Alka, Allochka) Alma Алма Alyona Алёна (Alyonka) Amaliya Амалия Anastasiya Анастасия (Nastasia, Nastassia, Nastya, Tasya, Nasya, Stasya, Tasenka, Nastenka) Anatoliya Анатолия (Tolya) Anatolya Анатоля (Tolya) Anfisa Анфиса (Fisa) Anfiya Анфия Anisiya Анисия Anna Анна (Anya, Nyuta, Nyusha, Nura, Anechka, Annushka, Asya, Vanya, Anuta, Anutochka) Antonina Антонина (Tonya, Tosya, Tonechka, Antonidka) Anzhela Анжела (Anzhelka) Arina Арина (Arisha) Asenka Асенка Avdotiya Авдотий (Avdunya, Dunya, Dunyasha, Dounia) Avgusta Августа Azaliya Азалия (Zalya) Bela Бела Bella Белла Berte Берте Bruna Бруна Chiona Чиона Daryana Дарина (Dasha, Dara, Darya, Darina, Darinya, Dariyana, Danya,Dariya) Devora Девора Dina Дина Dobrina Добрина Dominika Доминика (Domka, Nika, Mika) Domna Домна Doroteya Доротея (Dasya, Dosya, Dasha) Duscha Дуца Eda Еда Ekaterina Екатерина (Katya, Katenka, Katerinka, Katinka, Katlina, Kiska, Katuscha, Katyenka, Katyushka) Elen Елен (Lena, Lenochka, Lenusya, Liolya, Lolya) Elena Елена (Lena, Lenochka, Lenusya, Liolya, Lolya) Ella Елла (Ellochka) Elina Елина (Lina) Elvira Эльвира (El, Elya, Elyechka, Elyenka, Elyushka, Elvirochka) Euprakseya Еупраксея Eva Ева Evdokeya Евдокея Evelina Евелина Evfrosinya Евфросиня Evgeniya (Zenya, Zenechka, Zhenya, Yenya, Yenechka) Fayina Файина Fekla Фекла (Feklitsa) Feodora Феодора (Fedya, Fedorka)—From Theodor Feodosya Феодосия Fevroniya Феврония Filipa Филипа (Lipa) Galina Галина (Gala, Galya, Galochka, Galenka, Galechka) Gana Гана Glafira Глафира (Glasha) Glikeriya Гликерия (Lukerya) Iliya Илия (Ilya) Ilya Илья Industriya Индустрия Inessa Инксса (Nessa, Nesha, Netia, Neza) Inna Инна (Innochka, Inusya, Inulya) Ioanna Иоанна Irina Ирина (Ira, Rina, Irinka, Irochka, Irisha, Irishka, Rinka) Irisa Ириса Ivana Ивана (Vanya) Kaleriya Калерия (Kalya, Lera) Kamenka Каменка Karolina Каролина (Lina) Katerina Катерина (Katenka, Katerinka, Katinka, Katlina, Kiska, Katuscha, Katya, Katyenka, Katyushka) Kharitaniya Харитания Kilina Килина (Akulya, Kilya, Kulya) Kira Кира (Kirochka) Kisa Киса Klavdiya Клавдия (Klasha) Kostya Костя (Kostenka, Kostyusha) Kommuna Коммуна Kristina Кристина (Krisya) Kseniya Ксения (Ksusha, Senya, Asya, Ksushenka, Asechka) Lada Лада Lara Лара Larina Ларина Larisa Лариса (Lara, Lora, Larochka, Larisochka, Lorochka) Lenina Ленина Lenora Ленора Leonilla Леонилла Leta Лета Leva Лева Lidiya Лидия (Lida, Lidka, Lidocha, Lidochka) Lotta Лотта Ludmila Лудмила (Luda, Lyuba, Lusya, Mila, Lyubochka, Lyubonka, Milena, Ludochka) Lyubov Любов (Lyuba, Luba, Lubochka, Lubushka, Lubasha) Lyudmila Людмила (Lyuda, Lyuba, Lyubochka, Lyubonka, Mila, Milena) Magdalina Магдалина Maiya Маия Makrina Макрина Mara Мара Marfa Марфа Margarete Маргарете (Margo, Margosha) Margarita Маргарита (Margo, Margosha, Rita, Ritochka, Ritulya) Marianna Марианна Marina Марина (Marinochka, Marisha) Mariya Мария (Masha, Marusya, Manya, Manechka, Mara, Maricha, Marisha, Mashenka) Matryona (Matryoshka, Motka) Mavra Melaniya Melita Mikhaila (Minka) Milana Militsa Minodora Miropiya Mirra Mounya Nadezhda (Nadya, Dusya, Nadenka, Nadyenka, Nadysha, Nadyuiska, Nadusha) Nadiya (Nadya, Nadenka, Nadyenka, Nadysha, Nadyuiska, Nadusha) Narkissa Natalya (Natasha, Natalka, Natashenka, Talya, Tasha) Nataliya (Natasha, Natalka, Natashenka, Talya, Tasha) Nelly (Nelya, Nelochka, Nelechka) Neonila Nina (Ninochka, Ninotchka) Nonna Nyura (Nusya, Nuta, Nusha, Nurochka, Nyurochka) Ogrofena (Grunya, Grusha) Oksana (Ksana, Ksanochka) Olena (Lenusya, Lila, Lyalechka, Lyalya) Olga (Olya, Olenka, Olechka) Orina (Orya) Orlenda Orlitza Osyenya Parasha Pavla (Pasha, Pavlusha) Pelageya (Palasha) Polina Полина (Polya, Lina, Pasha, Polenka, Polechka) Praskovya Прасковья (Parasha, Pasha) Rada (Radka) Rahil Raisa (Raya) Raiza (Raya) Roksana Rozaliya (Roza, Zalya) Sabina Sapozhnika Serafima (Sima, Sera) Serafina (Sera) Shelovlevaya Sinoviya (Sinya) Snigurka Sofiya (Sonya, Sonja, Sonechka, Sonyuru, Sonyusha, Sonyushka) Stephaniya (Panya, Stepka, Stesha) Stephanida (Panya, Stepka, Stesha) Svetlana (Sveta, Svetka, Svetocha, Svetochka, Svetik) Taissiya Tamara (Tamarochka) Tatyana (Tanya, Tanechka, Tania, Tanusha) Tsetsiliya Uliana Ursola Valentina (Tina, Valya, Valusha, Valechka, Valushenka) Valeriya (Lera, Lerka, Lerochka, Valerochka) Varinka Varvara (Varya, Varenka, Varinka, Varyusha, Varusha, Varushenka) Vasilisa (Vasya, Vaska, Vasha) Velika Vera (Verochka, Verusha, Verunya) Veronika (Nika, Vera, Vika, Nikochka) Vesna Viktoriya (Vika) Vilena Vilma Vitalina (Vita, Vitya, Talya, Lina, Talina, Vitalya, Vitasya, Vitasha, Vitulya, Vitalinka) Vitaliya (Vita, Vitya, Talya, Vitalya, Vitasya, Vitasha, Vitulya, Vitalinka) Vladimira (Mira) Xeniya (Ksusha, Asya, Ksushenka, Asechka) Yekaterina (Katenka, Katerinka, Katinka, Katlina, Kiska, Katuscha, Katya, Katyenka, Katyushka) Yelena Елена (Lena, Lenochka, Lenusya, Liolya, Lolya) Yelizaveta (Liza, Lisa, Lisanka, Lisaveta, Lisil, Lisilka, Lizanka, Lizabetta, Lizochka) Yeva Ева Yevdokiya (Yeva) Yevfrosinya Yevgeniya (Zenya, Zenechka, Zhenya) Yulia Юлия (Yulya, Yulenka, Yulechka) Yulianna Юлианна (Yulya, Yulenka) Yuliya Юлия (Yulya, Yulenka, Yulechka) Zenaida (Zena, Zenya, Zenochka) Zenevieva Zhanna Zima Zinaida (Zina, Zinya, Zinochka, Zinulya) Zinerva (Zina, Zinya, Zinochka, Zinulya) Zinoviya (Zina, Zinya, Zinochka, Zinulya) Zoya (Zoyenka, Zoyechka) Zytka

Boys' given names [ edit ]

Note that these names are originally written with a different alphabet, the Cyrillic script. These spellings are common transliterations. Spellings ending in letters i and y are often interchangeable, both coming from Cyrillic й or ий. The name Григорий can be transliterated to either Grigori or Grigory.

Adrian (Adrik) Afanasi (Afonka, Afonya) Agavva Агавва (Aga, Agakha, Agasha)—Old & uncommon Aleksandr/Alexander (Alek, Lyaksandr, Sanya, Sasha, Sashenka, Shasura, Shura, Shurik) Aleksei/Alexei (Alesha, Alyosha, Alyoshenka, Lyosha) Anatoly (Tolya, Tolenka) Andrei (Andrusha, Andryusha) Andrey (Andrusha, Andryusha) Andrian Anfim Anton (Antinko, Antosha, Tosya, Tusya) Arkadi (Arkasha) Arkhip (Khipa) Arman Arseni (Senya) Artemi (Tyoma, Tyomechka, Tyomka) Artur Artyem (Tyoma, Tyomechka, Tyomka) Artyom (Tyoma, Tyomechka, Tyomka) Avgust Avgustin Berdy Bogdan (Bogdasha) Bohdan Boris (Borinka, Borya, Boba, Boryenka, Borushka) Boroda Burian Cheslav Daniil (Danya) Demid (Desya) Demyan Denis (Deniska) Diak Dimitri/Dmitri (Dima, Dimka, Dmitryushka, Mitka, Mitenka, Mitya) Donat Dosifei Eduard (Edik) Efim (Fima) Eitan Endar Evgeni (Zhenya, Zhenechka) Fabiyan (Fabi) Faddei (Fadeyka, Fadeyushka) Fedor Fedot (Fedya) Feliks Feodor Feodosi (Fedya) Feofil Feofilakt (Filat) Filaret Filip Florenti Foka Fredek Fyodor (Fedya, Fedyenka, Fedka) Garald (Garii, Garsha) Gavril (Ganya, Gavrusha, Vag) Gedeon Gennadi (Gena, Genochka) Georgy (Goga, Gora, Gorya, Jeorgif, Zhorah, Zhorz, Yuri) Gerasim (Garsha) Gervasi Gleb Gorain Gridia Grigory (Grisha, Grishka) Hedeon Iev Ignatii (Ignat) Igor (Garik, Igorek, Igorechek, Igoryok) Ilarion (Ilari) Ilation Ilya (Ilusha, Ilyusha) Innokenti (Kenya, Kesha) Ioakim (Akim) Ipati (Patya) Ippolit Irinei Iosif (Oska, Osya) Ivan (Vanya, Vanyusha, Vanechka) Iziaslav Kapiton Karp Kazimir Khariton Kiril (Kirila, Kiriyushak, Kiriyak) Klavdii (Clasha) Kliment Kondrati (Kondrashka) Konstantin (Kostya, Kostick, Kotik, Kostenka, Kostusha, Kostyusha) Kostya (Kotik) Kozmin (Kozma, Kuzma, Kuzya, Kuzenka) Lavrenty Lenian Lenin Leonid (Leon, Lyonya, Lyonechka, Leo, Lev) Leonti Lev (Levka, Levushka) Luka Lukyan (Lukasha, Lukya) Lyov (Lyovka, Lyovushka) Makar (Makarka) Maksim (Maks) Matvei (Matyash, Motka) Maxim (Maks) Mavriky Mecheslav Mefodi (Mefodya, Modya) Meliton Melor Mendeley Mikhail (Misha, Mischa, Mishenka, Mika) Mily Miron Mitrofan (Mitroshka, Mitya) Modest (Desya) Moriz Mstislav Nazary Nikita Nikolai (Kolya, Kolenka, Kolushka, Nikolenka, Nikolinka, Nikolushka) Nikodim Ninel Nofel Oleg (Olezka, Olezha, Olezhka) Olgov Onanin Osip (Oska, Osya) Osyen Ovdei Padorin Parfen (Parfenka) Pavel (Pasha, Pashenka, Pavlusha, Pavushenka, Pusha) Pimen (Pima) Porfiry Pribislav Prokhor (Pronya, Prosha) Prokofy (Pronya, Prosha) Pyotr (Petya, Petenka, Petrusha, Petrushka) Qudiar Radoslav Rafail Ravil Renat Rodion (Rodya) Roman (Roma, Romochka) Rostislav (Rostya) Ruslan Ryurik Samuil (Syoma, Samoyla) Sava Saveli Semyon (Semka, Senya, Syoma) Sergei (Sergev, Seriozha, Seriozhenka, Seryozhenka, Seryozha, Seryozkha, Serezha) Sevastien (Seva, Syova) Shelovleviy Sidor Silvestr Spiridon Stanislav (Slavik) Stefan (Stepka, Stepanka, Stepashka, Styopa) Sviatoslav (Slava) Svyatopolk Tikhon (Tisha) Timofei (Tyoma) Tomas (Foma) Vadim (Vadya, Vadik, Dima, Vad, Dimka, Vadimka, Vadyusha, Vadyushka) Valentin (Valya) Valeriy (Valera) Varfolomei Vasily (Vasya, Vasilik, Vaska, Vasenka, Vasilyok, Vasyenka) Vaslav Venedikt (Venya) Veniamin (Venka) Vikent (Vikenti, Vikesha) Viktor (Vitya, Vitenka) Vitaly (Vitya) Vladik Vladimir (Volya, Volodya, Vova, Vimka, Volodenka, Vovochka, Dima) Vladislav (Vladik, Vladya, Vlad) Vladlen Vlas Vlasi Vsevolad (Voldoya, Volya, Seva, Syova) Vyacheslav (Slava, Slavochka) Vyesniy Yakov (Yasha) Yarok (Yasha) Yaropolk Yaroslav (Slava) Yefrem (Rema) Yegor (Egorushka, Egorka, Goga, Gora, Gorya) Yelesiy/Elisei Yeremai (Yarema, Yaremka, Yerik) Yerik Yevgeny (Zhenya, Zhenechka) Yov Yuri (Yura, Yurasha, Yurochka, Yurik) Zavier Zimiy Zinoviy Zivon (Ziv) Zoran

Surnames [ edit ]

Abelev Abramov Afanasiev Afanasyev Afansiev Aisenyev Akimov Akoulov Aksenov Aleihov Aleksandrov Aleksandrovich Alekseev Alenichev Aliev Alliluyev Aminov Anchov Andreev Andreyev Andropov Anisimov Antonov Antyuhin Aparin Arkhipov Arsov Artamov Aseev Asimov Astapkovich Avigdor Aznabaev Babusch Bagirli Baguirov Baikov Bakhtin Bakhvalov Baklanov Bakunin Balakirev Banketik Baranov Barenoosky Barsky Barsukov Bartnev Baryatinsky Bashmet Batkin Bazoev Beketov Belanov Beletsky Beloi Belousov Belov Belsky Belyaev Belyakov Berezin Bershadensky Berzin Bezborodov Biryukov Bischov Bobylev Bogomolov Bolkonsky Borisov Borodin Bourdukovsky Brezhnev Briansky Brodsky Bushmanov Butkovsky Byko Bykov Byrkovuc Bytchkov Chapaev Chazov Chekhol Chernitsky Chernov Chernyshev Chichagov Chistyakov Chubinsky Danilov Dashkov Davydov Demichev Demidov Denisov Dimitrov Dimitry Diykov Dmitriev Dolgikh Dolgonosov Dombrosky Donskoy Dorogoi Doumnov Dubinsky Dublin Dubrovsky Duchovny Dudinsky Dyakonov Efimov Efremov Egorov Erikeev Ermakov Evanov Evdokimov Fedorov Fedotov Filatov Filimonov Filipov Filippov Fomin Fortunatov Frolov Fyodorov Gagarin Galiyev Ganelin Gapon Gavrilov Gerasimov Ghukov Gladishiv Glebov Goncharov Gontarev Gontcharov Govorov Grachev Graudyn Gregorovich Grigorev Grigoriev (Grigorieff) Grisin Gromov (Gromoff) Grosha Groshev Gubin Gulianskoy Gurov Gusev Hvorostovsky Ignatev Ignatov Ilin Instinsky Isaev Ivakin Ivanovich Izhitsky Kafelnikov Kalinin Kalygin Kaminov Karataev Karelin Karin Karlov Karlovsky Karpov Kasheyev Kasparkov Katin Katzev Kausky Kayakov Kazakov Kerensky Kevorkov Khadartsev Kherpin Khokhlov Khoklov Kholodov Khudov Kirov Kiryakov Kiselev Kislyakov Kissin Klimov Klossovsky Kochelaev Koikov Kokorev Kolesnikov Kolosnitsyn Kolotcha Komarov Kondrash Kondrashin Kondratov Konovalov Korneev Kornitsky Korolev Korzhanenk Koshelev Koslov Kostezh Kostov (Kostoff) Kosygin Kotov Kovalev Krashnoshtanov (Krashnoshtanoff) Krestyanov Krukov Krylov Kubarev Kulikov Kupetsky Kuritzin Kurpinsky Kutuzov Kuzmin Larionov Laskin Lavrin Lazarev Lazovert Lazutkin Lensky Leonov Leshchev Ligachev Litvinov Lobanov Lobodin Lobov Loginov Lubinsky Lukin Lukov (Lukoff) Lukyanov Lutrov Magomedov Makarov Maksimov Malenkov Malikov Malinin Maltsev Malyshev Markov Martinov Matisov (Matisoff) Matusov (Matusoff) Matveev Maxim Mayakovsky Medvedev Mele Melnikov Merinov Miasnikov Miaskovsky Mihailovich Mikhailov Mikhaylov Mironov Mirsky Mishkin Moldovan Molodin Molotov Moroskin Moskovsky Motorin Motov Muchnick Nadezhdin Nakhimov (Nakhimoff) Naumov Nazarov Nenov Nesterov Nikiforov Nikitin Nikolaev Obolensky Oleksei Orlov (Orloff, Orlow) Ortov (Ortoff) Osipov Ostrovsky Pankrat Parshin Pasternak Pavel Pecinovsky Peskov Petrachkov Petrosky Philemonov (Philemonoff) Platov Plotkin Podkopayev Pokidin Polansky Polinsky Polyakov Ponomarev Porkhomov Pouchkov Preminin Prerovsky Primakov Prokhorov Pronin Protopopov Putyatin Rachmanov Radimov Ragulin Rasputin Rebikov Rezanov Rokossovsky Rolov (Roloff) Romanov (Romanoff) Rozhdestvensky Rukovsky Rumianov Ryzhkov Salamov Samarin Samoylov Sapozhinsky Sapozhnikov Satyev Savelev Savin Seleznyov Selkov Semenov Sementsov Serebryannikov Sergeev Sergeyev Shagiev Shanin Sharov Shcherbakov Shelemin Shistyev Shvanov Sidorov Skulsky Slavinsky Slobodin Slovinsky Slutsky Smolnikov Snegir Soloviev Sonkin Sorokin Sosunov Spiridonov Stepanov Stolypin Stransky Sudakov Suvorov Sviatoslavov Sytsov Tabanov Tarasov Tchesnov Teodorov Tikhomirov Tikhonov Timofeev Timoshinin Titov Tokarev Tonkov Toropov Tretyak Trofimov Turov Tutiakov (Tutiakoff) Tuzmukhamedov Udinsky Ulyanov Ushakov Ustinov Valeev Varenkov Varyguin Vasaly Vasilev Velikovsky Vessensky Vinsky Vlasihin Vlasov Volodin Volosheninov Volsky Vorobev Voronin Voronov Vyatkin Yablokov Yagudin Yakovlev Yanev Yanofsky Yavlinsky Yefemov Yudin Yumashev Zablin Zablotny Zagitov Zaitsev Zakharov Zbruyev Zelensky Zenchikov Zharov Zhirinovsky Zhoukov Zhukov Zhuravlev Zolkin Zorkin Zotkin Zubov Zychik



