Along with Natalia and Anastasia, other Russian girl names in the US Top 1000 include Angelina, Annika, Kira, Mila, Nadia, Nina, Sasha, and Vera. Popular girl names in Russia include Yelizaveta — the Russian variation of Elizabeth — Polina, Varvara, Ksenia, Alina, and Yulia.
Printsessa – принцесса: Meaning “princess”. Vasilisa – Василиса. It means 'queen' or 'empress', and it's a classic Russian name.
The Russian female name Vasilisa (Russian: Василиса) is of Greek origin (Greek: βασίλισσα, basilissa), which means "queen" or "empress". It is the feminine form of Vasily, the Russian form of the name Basil.
Common male names are Alexander (Sasha, Shura, Sanya), Dmitry (Dima), Eugeny (Zhenya), Ivan (Vanya), Mikhail (Misha), Nikolai (Kolya), Sergey (Seryozha), Victor (Vitya) and Vladimir (Volodya, Vova). Sasha and Zhenya are common names for both men and women.
For women, a patronymic comes from the father's name with a suffix. Usually it's either -evna or -ovna. For example if you meet Lyudmila Nikolayevna/Людмила Николаевна, you already know tha she's the daughter of a man named Nikolai. While Ekaterina Aleksandrovna has a father named Aleksandr.
Cyzarine: Meaning “royalty”.
Lyubov, Liubov or Lubov is a female given name, meaning “love”. It is of Slavic origin, coming from the basic word l'ub (Latin: caritas).
Popularity:1164. Origin:Russian. Meaning:Defender, Helper of mankind. Sasha is a gender-neutral name of Russian origin, meaning “defender” and “helper of mankind”. This solid and heroic name is the Russian short-form of the Greek name Alexander or Alexandra, which means “to defend man”.
Anfisa. Description: This name comes from the Greek word “anthos,” which means “flower.”
Raisa is a feminine name of Yiddish, Russian, and Arabic origin, meaning “rose,” “easy-going,” and “leader.” In Yiddish, Raisa blossomed from the word roiz, meaning “rose,” making it a unique choice for lovers of flower monikers.
You might consider Dahlia, which means “Dahl's flower;” Eden, which means “place of pleasure, delight;” Flora, which means “flower;” Flo or Florence, which mean “blossoming or flowering;” Jasmine, which means “gift from God;” Laurel, which means “laurel tree or sweet bay tree;” Lavender, which means “purple flower;” ...
Svetlana.
Often used in Russia and Eastern Europe, Svetlana means “star.” It's a unique and traditional Russian name choice for your little girl who is sure to shine as bright as a star.
The most popular neutral names are Saša and Nikola, both with a slight Russian (or East-Slavic) connotation. Other names of that paradigm are Áda, Jarka, Jára, Jindra, Jirča, Jirka, Kája, Mára, Míla, Mira, Míša, Míťa, Nikola, Péťa, Saša, Stáňa, Sváťa, Štěpa, Vlasta, Zbyňa, Zdena.
The general system of Russian names is quite logical. Every Russian has three names: First name, patronymic (middle name, derived from one's father's first name) and surname. First (Christian) names are usually traditional. They come from the Bible, or can be of Greek (most names, in fact), Latin or old Slavic origin.
Along with Natalia and Anastasia, other Russian girl names in the US Top 1000 include Angelina, Annika, Kira, Mila, Nadia, Nina, Sasha, and Vera. Popular girl names in Russia include Yelizaveta — the Russian variation of Elizabeth — Polina, Varvara, Ksenia, Alina, and Yulia.
ANYA (Аня): Russian form of Latin Anna, meaning "favor; grace." ANZHELA (Анже́ла): Russian form of Latin Angela, meaning "angel, messenger." ANZHELINA (Анжели́на): Russian form of Latin Angelina, meaning "angel, messenger."
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The term oblast can be translated into English as "province" or "region", and there are currently 46 oblasts, the most common type of the 85 federal subjects in Russia.
Zlata (Cyrillic: Злата) is a female given name of South Slavic origin meaning "golden".
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In 2020, Forbes announced that Baturina's position as the richest woman in Russia was overtaken by Tatyana Bakalchuk, the founder of Wildberries, with a net worth of $1.4 billion.
Eventually, such words as девушка (lady), молодой человек (young man), and even мужчина (man) and женщина (woman) have been adopted as default forms of addressing strangers, which may seem awkward or even rude to a foreigner.
The first double surnames in Russia and Eastern Europe were known and used in medieval times. Having a double surname was a privilege and an indication of a higher social class. The practice of adding a second surname arose because of the need to distinguish between members of the same family.
Hugs, backslapping, kisses on the cheeks and other expansive gestures are common among friends or acquaintances and between members of the same sex. Russians stand close when talking. Putting your thumb through your index and middle fingers or making the "OK" sign are considered very rude gestures in Russia.