Tovaryshka_Anya's Personal Name List

Derived from Arabic أَب‎ (ab) meaning "father" and Persian جان‎ (jan) meaning "soul".

Means "justice" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic عدل (ʿadala) meaning "to act justly".

Old German form of Adolf.

Ancient Greek form of Katherine.

Belarusian form of Xenia.

Diminutive of Alexandra.

Russian and Armenian form of Alexander. This name was borne by the Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837).

Russian form of Alexius. This name was borne by a 14th-century Metropolitan of Kiev who is regarded as a saint in the Orthodox Church. It was also the name of a 17th-century tsar of Russia.

Belarusian form of Helen.

This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France. However, the name was in rare use before the battle; it was probably inspired by Latin almus "nourishing". It also coincides with the Spanish word meaning "the soul".

Variant transcription of Aliaksandra.

Form of Anna used in various languages.

Older Russian and Bulgarian form of Anastasius.

Often from Sino-Vietnamese 英 (anh) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero". This name is frequently combined with a middle name to create a compound name; the meaning of Anh can change depending on the Sino-Vietnamese characters underlying the compound.

Russian diminutive of Anna.

Means "like the sun" in Armenian.

Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek ἀρτεμής (artemes) meaning "safe" or ἄρταμος (artamos) meaning "a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.

Means "beautiful soul" in Kazakh.

Means "lion" in Bashkir.

Means "friend" in Persian.

Alternate transcription of Kyrgyz/Kazakh Айбек (see Aibek).

Bashkir and Tatar form of Aygül.

Means "fame, glory" in Sakha.

Derived from Nivkh ayzn meaning "gold". Because most Nivkhs adopted Russian names in the 20th century, it is no longer used in the modern-day.

Anglicized form of Bheur or Bhuer perhaps meaning "cutting, sharp, shrill" in Scottish Gaelic, from Cailleach Bheur "sharp old wife", the name of the Scottish personification of winter, a reference to wintry winds. Alternatively her name could mean "old woman of Beara" from an Irish place name which according to legend derives from the personal name of Princess Beara of Castille, wife of King Eoghan Mór of Munster.

From the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" and the Persian suffix زاد (zād) meaning "son of".

Derived from the Old Slavic word *bělŭ meaning "white".

From the name of the city in Germany, which is of uncertain meaning.

Latin form of the Welsh Cymru, the Welsh name for the country of Wales, derived from cymry meaning "the people". It is occasionally used as a given name in modern times.

From Tuvan далай (dalay) meaning "sea, ocean" and кыс (kys) meaning "girl, daughter".

Alternate transcription of Hebrew דַּלְיָה (see Dalia 3).

Feminine form of Dazmir. This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Yakut form of Yevdokiya.

Finnish and Estonian form of Eva.

Means "golden nation" from Turkic el meaning "people, country, nation" combined with Persian زر (zar) meaning "gold".

From Turkish er "man, hero, brave" combined with either kan "blood" or han "khan, leader".

Means "September" in Turkish.

Uzbek form of Firouzeh.

Welsh form of Flora.

From the Old Norse name Finnr, which meant "Sámi, person from Finland".

Russian form of Theodore. It was borne by three tsars of Russia. Another notable bearer was Fyodor Dostoyevsky (or Dostoevsky; 1821-1881), the Russian author of such works as Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.

Simply from the English word glory, ultimately from Latin gloria.

Means "blue" in Turkish.

From an archaic Persian word meaning "rose garden", a derivative of گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose".

Ukrainian form of Galina.

Means "life" in Arabic, from حيي (ḥayiya) meaning "to live". In Arabic and Persian it is a feminine name, while in Urdu it is masculine.

Russian form of Irenaeus.

Ukrainian feminine form of Ivan.

Scandinavian form of Ivor.

Feminine form of Ivaylo.

Variant transcription of Iziaslav.

Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian variant of Ana.

Swedish and Norwegian cognate of June.

Low German form of George.

Finnish form of Jörg.

From the Ukrainian word for a type of shrub, also called the guelder rose (species Viburnum opulus).

Means "young woman" in Thai.

Altai feminine name derived from кара (kara) meaning "black" or кар (kar) meaning "snow".

German diminutive of Katherine.

Norwegian variant of Cato 1. This is the name of the main antagonist in Swedish author Astrid Lindgren's fantasy book 'Mio, min Mio' (1954).

Rusyn form of Catherine. The name is rarely in use due to Rusyn assimilation with other Slavic cultures.

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of Claudia.

Derived from Kosovo, the name of a partially recognized country in Europe that declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Kosovare Asllani (b. 1989) is a Swedish soccer player who plays for the Swedish national women's soccer team.

Finnish form of Gustav.

Derived from Kyrgyz кызыл (kızıl) meaning "red" and күл (kül) meaning "ash".

Means "ruby" in Georgian, of Sanskrit origin.

Derived from the rare Serbo-Croatian word lijer meaning "lily" (the usual word is ljiljan).

Medieval feminine form of Amabilis. This spelling and Amabel were common during the Middle Ages, though they became rare after the 15th century. It was revived in the 19th century after the publication of C. M. Yonge's 1854 novel The Heir of Redclyffe [1], which featured a character named Mabel (as well as one named Amabel).

Means "angel" in Arabic.

From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" combined with 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic" or 里 (ri) meaning "village". Many other combinations of kanji characters can form this name.

Variant of Maarja (Estonian) or Marja (Finnish).

From Russian май (may), meaning "May". It was used by communist parents wanting to reject traditional names as a reference to International Worker's Day on May 1st. The name is written as Maya (Мая) because it is feminine.

From 敏 (mǐn) meaning "quick, clever, sharp", 民 (mín) meaning "people, citizens", or other Chinese/Sino-Korean characters that are pronounced similarly.

Finnish form of Miriam.

Ukrainian form of Niketas.

Ukrainian cognate of Nadezhda, being the Ukrainian word meaning "hope".

Belarusian cognate of Nadezhda, being the Belarusian word meaning "hope".

A diminutive of Nadzeya.

Hungarian form of Nadezhda.

From the name of a 10th-century Armenian saint, Grigor of Narek, who came from the town of Narek (formerly in Armenia, now in eastern Turkey).

Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Nazli.

Croatian form of Nike.

Ukrainian form of Xenia.

Means "October" in Russian.

Alternate transcription of Arabic رانية (see Raniya).

Means "young gazelle" in Arabic.

Hungarian form of Kreka.

Yiddish variant of Rivka.

Diminutive of Rusudan.

Form of Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.

Taken directly from the country Russia.

Old Church Slavic form of Ruth 1.

Meaning unknown. It was used by the Armenian author Muratsan for the main character in his historical play Ruzan (1882).

Vilamovian form of Rozalia.

Means "patient, steadfast, enduring" in Arabic, from the root صابر (ṣābara) meaning "to bear, to be patient, to endure".

Armenian form of Isaac. This was the name of a 5th-century patriarch of the Armenian Church.

Diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.

Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.

Alternate transcription of Sheetal.

Short form of names containing the Slavic element slava meaning "glory". It is typically masculine in Russia and Belarus, unisex in Ukraine, and feminine the South Slavic countries.

Ukrainian form of Salome.

Ukrainian form of Svetlana.

Means "magic, spell" in Finnish.

Udmurt form of Tatiana.

From a Welsh place name meaning "front hill", derived from Welsh tal "front, extremity" and bryn "hill".

Derived from Finnish talvi meaning "winter". This is also the Finnish word for the wintergreen plant (genus Pyrola).

Russian and Bulgarian form of Tatiana.

Short form of Terhenetär, which was derived from Finnish terhen meaning "mist". In the Finnish epic the Kalevala Terhenetär is a sprite associated with mist and forests.

A diminutive of Ukko, a god in finnish mythology.

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Juliana.

From the English word unity, which is ultimately derived from Latin unitas.

Biblical Hebrew form of Uriel.

Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa [1]. He arrived at it by rearranging the initial syllables of the first name and surname of Esther Vanhomrigh, his close friend. Vanessa was later used as the name of a genus of butterfly. It was a rare given name until the mid-20th century, at which point it became fairly popular.

Diminutive of Ivan.

Means "victorious", from Esperanto venki "to conquer", ultimately from Latin vincere.

Georgian diminutive of Vera 1.

Belarusian form of Victor.

Form of Victor used in various languages.

Means "rifle" in Russian. Probably used by militarist parents.

French, Portuguese and Belarusian form of Vitalis (see Vitale).

From the Old Slavic name *Voldiměrŭ, derived from the elements volděti meaning "to rule" and měrŭ meaning "great, famous". The second element has also been associated with mirŭ meaning "peace, world".

This was the name of a 9th-century ruler of Bulgaria. It was also borne by an 11th-century grand prince of Kyiv, Vladimir the Great, who is venerated as a saint because of his efforts to Christianize his realm. Other notable bearers include the revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), and the Russian president and prime minister Vladimir Putin (1952-).

Derived from the Old German element folk "people" combined with heri "army".

From Nivkh vyskd meaning "to fight".

Arabic form of Yoḥanan (see John) appearing in the Quran, as well as the Turkish and Persian form. This name honours John the Baptist, a prophet in Islam.

Ukrainian form of Jacob (or James).

Invented name, probably inspired by Jarell, Yara 2 and Yael. It can also be newly coined from Hebrew, יַעַראל (Ya'arel), meaning "forest of God".

Means "close friend", derived from Persian یاران (yārān).

Variant of Irina, perhaps influenced by the Slavic element yaru meaning "energetic".

Ukrainian and Russian feminine form of Yaroslav.

Means "lives, inhabits" in Turkish.

Russian diminutive of Yakov.

Invented name inspired by similar names like Yaretzi and Yaritza.

Russian form of Eugene.

Finnish form of Jurian.

Ukrainian form of Euthymius.

From Japanese 優 (yu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other combinations of kanji.

Means "rise!" in Turkish.

Means "star" in Uzbek.

Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Julian.

Means "oak" in Chuvash.

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of George. This name was borne by Yuriy Dolgorukiy, a 12th-century grand prince of Kyiv. The Soviet cosmonaut Yuriy (or Yuri) Gagarin (1934-1968), the first man to travel to space, was another famous bearer of this name.

A diminutive of the Rusyn form of Yuriy.

Contraction of the Soviet slogan За революцию мира! (Za revolyutsiyu mira!) meaning "For the world revolution!". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Derived from Persian زر ‎(zar) "gold" combined with the Armenian feminine suffix ուհի ‎(uhi).

Derived from the Russian noun заря (zarya) meaning "dawn, daybreak". Also compare the related name Zorya.

This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names, possibly in the sense of красная заря (krasnaya zarya) meaning "red dawn" (i.e. the dawn of communism). Also note that Zarya was once the name of a Marxist publication as well as of several Soviet scientifically-inclined projects.

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Jeanne.

Diminutive of Yevgeniy or Yevgeniya.

Feminine form of Ziv.

Feminine form of Zlatan.

Diminutive of Erzsébet or Zsófia.

Diminutive of Zuriko, which in turn is a diminutive of Zurab. In other words: this name is a double diminutive of Zurab.

In Georgian literature, Zurikela is the nickname of Zuriko, the central character of the book Granny, Iliko, Illarion, and I (1960) written by Nodar Dumbadze (1928-1984). A film based on the book was released in 1962.

Polish diminutive of Zuzanna.