This list will give you the most popular and interesting Russian names and their meaning.

Female names of russian origin. A large number of Russian surnames also end in evich ovich or just ich citation needed. Baby girl names popular in Russia include Elizaveta the Russian variation of Elizabeth Polina Varvara Ksenia Alina and Yulia. Surnames ending in y change to the feminine form by replacing the ending with -aya.

The feminine form is the same plus an a at the end for most surnames ending in v and n. The last names in the list below are all in the male form. Russian unisex name meaning strong water This name was originally a male name but became somewhat popular as a religious girls name due to the misidentification of the sex of the Russian martyr Inna a male student of the Apostle Andrei.

Russian names are becoming in style again. This was the name of a 9th-century Byzantine saint. Russian names originate from many sources with new names usually appearing during the most important historical periods including the advent of Christianity to ancient Rus the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Soviet years.

Innessa Russian singer and songwriter. Alternative Spellings Variations. Russian form of the Greek name Ἀνθοῦσα Anthousa which was derived from Greek ἄνθος anthos meaning flower.

With almost 144 million people and Moscow as the capital Russia has always had a complicated history. 200 A-Z Russian Baby Girl Names. 103 rows 302 Russian Baby Girl Names With Meanings A fair proportion of Russian names are orthodox Christian names and the others include Pre-Christian Slavic names Communist names and names derived from ethnic minorities of Russia.

Under the repressive regimes of Tsars Bolsheviks and eventually the Communist Party one would hardly find a country in the world with larger cultural and social differences. On one hand great architecture of Saint Basil. Russian female names starting with the letters Е Ж З and И К - Л - М Russian names for girls starting with the letters К Л and М Н - О - П - Р.