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Russian names

Names of Russian and Slavic origin. This page brings those names together so you can compare popularity, open individual name profiles and find names with the same background.

Name lists

Russian first names

These lists are ordered by total births, so names with long, steady use usually appear above newer or rarer choices.

Female names

Russian female names

Open a name to see its meaning, popularity over time, latest rank and regional spread.

  1. 1 Elena 8,234
  2. 2 Anya 8,105
  3. 3 Lilia 2,911
  4. 4 Karina 2,008
  5. 5 Aleksandra 1,846
  6. 6 Milena 1,504
  7. 7 Larissa 1,256
  8. 8 Tatiana 884
  9. 9 Katerina 859
  10. 10 Mischa 648
  11. 11 Dominika 627
  12. 12 Mika 601
  13. 13 Irina 361
  14. 14 Larisa 322
  15. 15 Nakita 184
  16. 16 Tatyana 153
  17. 17 Nadya 149
  18. 18 Vanya 118
  19. 19 Jelena 71
  20. 20 Natascha 70
  21. 21 Tahnee 70
  22. 22 Manya 69
  23. 23 Miesha 61
  24. 24 Dimitra 59
  25. 25 Masha 45
  26. 26 Marisha 44
  27. 27 Svetlana 38
  28. 28 Inessa 29
  29. 29 Yeva 28
  30. 30 Oksana 19
  31. 31 Nadezhda 17
  32. 32 Natashia 14
  33. 33 Tashi 12
  34. 34 Tatianna 12
  35. 35 Kisa 12
  36. 36 Nesha 11
  37. 37 Galina 10
  38. 38 Laryssa 7
  39. 39 Calina 6
  40. 40 Varya 4
  41. 41 Olya 3
  42. 42 Olenka 3

Male names

Russian male names

Open a name to compare its birth count, rank history, meaning and similar names.

  1. 1 Filip 5,876
  2. 2 Igor 1,333
  3. 3 Vladimir 541
  4. 4 Marko 448
  5. 5 Pavel 307
  6. 6 Ilya 234
  7. 7 Dimitrios 208
  8. 8 Andrey 201
  9. 9 Maks 132
  10. 10 Vladislav 131
  11. 11 Alek 126
  12. 12 Kiril 88
  13. 13 Nicolai 85
  14. 14 Matvey 70
  15. 15 Michail 63
  16. 16 Misha 55
  17. 17 Oleg 46
  18. 18 Dima 42
  19. 19 Bohdan 31
  20. 20 Egor 28
  21. 21 Aleksi 24
  22. 22 Pavlo 10
  23. 23 Zivon 9
  24. 24 Fyodor 9
  25. 25 Aleksis 7
  26. 26 Yasha 4
  27. 27 Gavril 3
  28. 28 Orel 3
  29. 29 Konstantine 3

How to read this page

Choosing a Russian name

Origin is a useful starting point, but names move across languages, families and countries. A name can belong to more than one tradition, especially when it has been used for centuries.

The individual name pages give the fuller picture. They show whether a name is rising or falling, how often it appears in recent birth records, and where it is strongest across the UK.

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Questions

About Russian names

What makes a name Russian?

A name is grouped here when its meaning, language history or common use links it with russian naming tradition. Some names also appear in other origin groups because naming history is messy, especially in Britain.

Are these names ranked by recent popularity?

No. The lists are ordered by total births in the UK baby-name figures. That makes long-running names easier to spot. Open any name to see its latest rank and yearly trend.

Why do some familiar names appear lower down?

A name can be famous without being common in birth records. Spelling variants can also split the count across several forms, so names such as Sean and Shaun may appear separately.