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By Anami

Here we give the Russian Popular Names, with the name meaning

· Arkady
from Greek “Arkados”, that mean inhabitant
of Arkadiya (in Ancient Greece)

· Artem
from Greek: healthy, strong

· Alexander (short forms: Sasha, Shurik, Alex)
from Greek: defender

· Aleksey (short form: Lesha, Alesha, Alex)
from Greek: defender

· Anatoly (short form: Tolya, Tolia, Tolik)
mean inhabitant of Anatolya (in Ancient Greece)
from Greek: “West”

· Anton
from Greek: “go into action”

· Andrey
from Greek “andros” – man

· Adam
from Hebrew “from red clay” – man

· Bogdan
from Old Slavic – “given by God”

· Boris
from Slavic name “Borislav” – “bor” means fight, “slav” means “fame”

· Valery (Valera)
from Latin word “valeo”, that mean healthy

· Valentin (Valik)
from Latin word “valeo”, that mean healthy

· Vasily (Vasya)
from Old Greek, that · Vadim (Vadik)
from Old Russian “vadity”, that mean dispute

· Vladimir (Vova)
from Old Slavic “the owner of the world”

· Vladislav (Vlad, Vladik)
from Old Slavic “the owner of the fame”

· Viktor (Vitya)
from word “victory”

· Vitaly (Vitalik)
from Latin word “vitalis”, that mean vital

· Viacheslav (Slavik, Slava)
from Old Russian words – “biache” means “more” and “slav” means fame

· Grigory (Grisha)
from Old Greek words “waking”

· Georgy
from Old Greek words “georgos”, which mean “farmer”

· Gennady (Gena) mean roya

· David
from Hebrew “beloved”

· Danil (short forms: Danya, Danila, Danilo, Danechka)
from Hebrew “divine justice”

· Denis (short forms: Denya, Deniska, Den)
from Old Greek name Dionisios. In Greek
Mythology Dionis is the God of nature and wine.

· Dmitri (Dmitry, Dima, Dimochka, Dimka)
from Antique Mythology name Demetra.
Demetra was the goddess of the Land and Fecundity.

· Eugeny (Evgeny, Evgeniy, Zhenia)
from Old Greek word “noble”

· Egor
from name Georgy which means “tiller”

· Efim (Fima)
from Old Greek word “eufemos” which means devout, complacent.

· Ivan (Yvan, Vanya, Vanechka)
From Old Jewish name John which means “The God Yahveh had forgived”.

· Kirill (Kiril)
familiar variant of Old Greek first name Kir which means “the lord”

· Lev (Leo)
from Latin word Leo wchich means lion

· Leonid (Lenya, Lenechka)
from Leonidas which means “lion’s son”

· Ludvig

· Maksim (Maxim, Max)
from Latin word “maximus”: which means the Greatest

· Oleg (Olezhka)
from Scandinavian word “holy”

· Pavel, Pasha
from Latin word Paulus which means “small”

· Petr (Petya)
from Old Greek “Petra” which means “rock”

· Roman (Roma)
from Latin word Romanos which means “Roman”

· Ruslan

· Semen (Senya)
“From Old Jewish. Means “”Heared by God”" ”

· Sergei (Sergey, Serg, Serezha, Serega)
from Roman Sergius which means “”respected”

· Stanislav (Stas)
From Polish word meaning “glorious”

· Stepan (Styopa)
from Old Greek word “stefanos” which means “diadem”

· Taras
from Old Greek word meaning mutineer, rebel.

· Timur (Tymur)

· Fillyp (Fillip)
from Old Greek word meaning “infatuated with horses”

· Eduard (Edik, Edya)
from German word which means “slum landlord”

· Yuri (Yura)
Name Georgy Slavic form

· Yakov
Russian form of Old Jewish name Jacob

· Yan
Baltic form of name John, Ivan

Most Russian Popular Name

Female

• Lena
• Olga
• Tatyana
• Irina
• Nataly
• Anna
• Svetlana

Girls

• Nastya
• Katya
• Maria
• Darya
• Yulia
• Valery
• Elizaveta

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