| Russian women names |
| Name and variations |
Meaning and source language |
| ALEKSANDRA, ALEXA, SANDRA, SASHA |
Defender of man |
| ALINA |
"noble" ancient German |
| ALLA |
Greek "Sunday","First Day" |
| ANASTASIA, STASYA, NASTYA |
reborn (Greek) |
| ANTONINA, TONYA |
feminine form of Anton, Latin "assailant" |
| ANNA, ANYA, ANIA |
graceful, grace (Greek) |
| EKATERINA, KATARINA, KATYA, KATIA |
Russian form of Katherine (pure) |
| EVGENIA, ZHENYA |
Russian form of Eugenia (noble) |
| GALINE, GALYA |
God has redeemed |
| GALINA |
"unanxious" Greek |
| GANNA |
Ukrainian form of ANNA |
| ELENA (JELENA), LENA |
Russian form of Helen - shining light |
| INNA |
"outrush","roaring stream" (Greek) |
| IRENA, IRINA, IREN |
peace (Greek) |
| JANA, YANA |
Hebrew "given by god" |
| KARINA |
form of Karen |
| KIRA |
femnine form of Greek name Cyrus (lord) |
| KATYA, KATIA, KATERINA (EKATERINE) |
pure, innocent (Greek) |
| KRISTINA, KRISTA |
Christian |
| LADA |
ancient Slavic "beloved" |
| LARA, LARISA |
"sweet" (Greek) |
| LIDIJA, LIDIA, LIDIYA, LIDOCHKA, LIDA |
from Lydia (Asian territory) |
| LILIA, LILYA |
form of Lilac, having a bluish color |
| LUDMILA, LYUDMILA, LUDA |
love of the people (the one who loved by people) |
| LYUBOV, LYUBA, LUBA |
Russian equivalent of the virtue, "love" |
| MARGARETE, MARGARITA |
Russian form of Margaret (pearl) |
| MARINA |
from the sea, marine |
| MASHA,MARIA |
ancient Hebrew "beloved" |
| NADEZHDA, NADIA, NADYA, NADIA, NADINE |
Russian equivalent of the virtue, "hope." |
| NATALY, NATALYA, NATASHA, TASHA |
born at Christmas |
| NINA |
"youth" (Georgian) |
| OKSANA |
Ukrainian form of Russian KSENIA equvalent to ancient name XENA ("hospitality") |
| OLENA, ELENA |
light; bright one |
| OLESYA, OLESIA, LESYA, LESIA |
Greek roots probably means "protect" |
| OLGA, OLYA |
holy |
| RAISA, RAYA |
Greek "docile" |
| SACHA, SASHA, ALEXANDRA, ALEXA |
defender of man |
| SOFIYA, SOPHY |
wisdom (Greek) |
| SONIA, SONYA, SONJA |
wise |
| SNEZHANA |
unknown, probably from "snow", "snowy" |
| SVETLANA, SVETA |
luminescent, clean (ancient Slavic) |
| TAMARA |
palm tree (ancient Hebrew) |
| TANYA, TANIA, TATYANA |
from ancient Greek meant "founder" |
| TAYA, TAISIA |
from ancient Egyptian "wise" |
| VALERIA |
Russian form of Valery (Latin "strong") |
| VALYA, VALIA,VALENTINA |
Latin "healthy" |
| VERA |
Russian equivalent of the virtue, "faith." |
| VIKTORIA, VIKTORYA, VIKA |
Victory |
| VIOLETTA |
Russian equivalent of Violet (flower) |
| VLADA, VLADISLAVA |
Slavic "power", "glorious" |
| YULIYA, JULIA, JULYA |
Russian form of Julia (from Latin masculine Julius) |
| YANA, JANA |
Hebrew "given by god" |
| ZENYA, EVGENIA |
Russian form of Eugenia - "noble" (Greek) |
| ZOYA |
life (Greek) |