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Common male first names
Иван (Ivan, equivalent to John)
Николай (Nikolay or Nicolai, equivalent to Nicholas)
Борис (Boris, a pre-Christian Slavic diminutive of Borislav, meaning "Fighter for Glory")
Владимир (Vladimir, a pre-Christian Slavic name meaning "the Lord of the World")
Пётр (Pyotr, equivalent to Peter)
Андрей (Andrey or Andrei, equivalent to Andrew)
Александр (Aleksandr, equivalent to Alexander)
Дмитрий (Dmitry or Dmitriy, of Greek origin)
Common female first names
Елена (Yelena, equivalent to Helen)
Наталья (Natalya, equivalent to Natalie)
Мария (Mariya, equivalent to Mary)
Ольга (Ol'ga, a pre-Christian name derived from Varangian Helga)
Александра (Aleksandra, equivalent to Alexandra)
Оксана (Oksana, the most widespread Ukrainian female name)
Ксения (Kseniya, from Greek Xenia)
Diminutive forms (e.g. Tony for Anthony in English) exist for almost every popular name. Some common names and their diminutive forms are:
Aleksandr (Александр) - Sasha (Саша), Sanya (Саня), Shura (Шура), Alik (Алик)
Aleksandra (Александрa) - Sasha (Саша), Sanya (Саня), Shura (Шура)
Aleksey (Алексей) - Alyosha (Алёша), Lyosha (Лёша), Lyokha (Лёха)
Anastasiya (Анастасия) - Nastya (Настя), Asya (Ася), Stasya (Стася)
Anatoliy (Анатолий) - Tolya (Толя), Tolik (Толик)
Anna (Анна) - Anya (Аня)
Boris (Борис) - Borya (Боря)
Dar'ya (Дарья) - Dasha (Даша)
Dmitriy (Дмитрий) - Dima (Дима), Mitya (Митя)
The patronymic of a person is based on the first name of his or her father and is written in all documents. If it is mentioned, it always follows the first name. A suffix (meaning either "son of" or "daughter of") is added to the father's given name—in modern times, males use -ович -ovich, while females use -овна -ovna. If the suffix is being appended to a name ending in й (y) or a soft consonant, the initial o becomes a ye (-евич -yevich and -евна -yevna). There are also a few exceptions to this pattern; for example, the son of Ilya is always Ilyich, not Ilyevich.
Historically, the -ovich (-ovna) form was reserved for the Russian aristocracy, while commoners had to use -in, -yn, -ov, -ev, etc. (for a son; e.g., Boris Alekseev, Dmitri Kuzmin) and -eva, -ova, -ina, etc. (for a daughter; e.g., Sofiya Alekseeva, Anastasiya Kuzmina). Over time, the -ovich (-ovna) form spread to commoners favored by the tsar, high-ranking bureaucrats, and during the 19th century, to all segments of Russian society. |
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Russian names:
Male:
Aleksei, Boris, Dimitri, Igor, Ilja, Ivan, Jevgeni, Josef, Leo, Maximiliam, Mihail, Pavel, Pjotr, Sergei, Valeri, Vjatsehslav, Vladimir
Female:
Anna, Irina, Jekaterina, Jelena, Katarina, Ludmila, Olga, Tatiana, Svetlana, Vera, Valentina |
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