Borys
From Ukrainian Бори́с (Borýs). Compare Belarusian Барыс (Barys), Russian Бори́с (Borís).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
ukrainian names
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Danylo
Borrowed from Ukrainian Данило (Danylo).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Ivanna
Transliteration of Ukrainian Іва́нна (Ivánna). Doublet of Jane.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Katya
Transliteration of Russian and Ukrainian Ка́тя (Kátja), diminutive of Екатери́на (Jekaterína), Катери́на (Katerýna).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Lara
Anglicized from Russian Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago. Recently borrowed from Russian. Recently borrowed…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Luba
From Slavic * (English-language female given name found in Canada): From Ukrainian Люба (Ljuba)
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Maroussia
Borrowed from Russian Маруся (Marusja), from Ukrainian Маруся (Marusja).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Misha
A transliteration of the Russian Ми́ша (Míša), a hypocoristic for Михаи́л (Mixaíl), the Russian equivalent of Michael, from Hebrew מיכאל. Also a female name, presumably…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Natasha
Borrowed from Russian Ната́ша (Natáša), an informal pet form of Ната́лья (Natálʹja), cognate to Natalie. Borrowed from Russian Ната́ша (Natáša). Borrowed from Russian Ната́ша…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Nila
From Sanskrit नील (nīla, “of a dark colour; blue; black”), Bengali নীলা (nila, “blue”), or related words in other Indian subcontinent languages. From Russian Ни́ла (Níla),…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Olga
Borrowed in the 19th century from Old East Slavic О́льга (Ólĭga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy;…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Oľga
Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Oxana
From Russian and Ukrainian Оксана (Oksana).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Roksolana
a female given name from Ukrainian, equivalent to English Roxolana
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Sasha
Borrowed from the Slavic diminutive form of Alexander and Alexandra; in English mostly from Russian Са́ша (Sáša), a diminutive form for both Алекса́ндр m (Aleksándr,…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Taras
From Ukrainian Тара́с (Tarás).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S