From кисель - kissel.

Popular russian names 1930s. Variant spelling of Russian Akilina meaning eagle ALEKSANDRA Александра. Ancient Slavs were very creative in naming their children. AKULINA Акулина.

The following were the most popular names during the 30s. From комар - gnat mosquito. Komsomolskaya Pravda via World Press Review 30 1983.

Katerina means The Pure and the Clear. Anna sounds similar to Anastasia and Ivan was the name of one of Russias. The diminutives of several popular names include.

Similar endings are added for male and female names. Albert Aristocratic and bright. Anastasia and Maria were the names of daughters of Russias last emperor Tsar Nicholas II.

Russian form of Alice which comes from the French name AdelaisAdalheidis. Along with Natalia and Anastasia other Russian girls names in the US Top 1000 include Angelina Annika Kira Mila Nadia Nina Sasha and Vera. For example the name Ivan has another spelling Ayyen that means merciful and gracious Elijah is also known as Ilya that means my god is Yahweh Below is a curated collection of Russian names.

These 1930s names may be familiar to you via grandparents or great-grandparents or other older relatives born in the first half of the 20th century. It means noble sort. After Yekaterina the Russian form of Catherine the most popular girls names were Anna Maria Yelena Olga and Tatyana.