For soon-to-be parents, choosing a name for your new arrival can be the perfect opportunity to honor your culture and help your child connect to it, too.
Whether you want your baby’s name to reflect their Russian heritage or are simply looking to expand your horizons with name ideas, Russian baby names provide an abundance of choices.
According to the Social Security Administration, some Russian baby names that made the top 1000 boy names of 2022 include Anastasia, Nadia, Sasha, Zoya, Ivan and Nikolai.
Some prominent women with Russian girl names include "Mad Men" actor Larisa Oleynik, writer and philosopher Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum), "RuPaul’s Drag Race" winner Sasha Velour, "High School Musical" actor Olesya Rulin and "Vampire Diaries" actor Olga Fonda.
Additionally, prominent men with Russian boy names include writer Vladimir Nabokov, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin.
More baby-naming inspiration
200 Russian Baby Names
Since we know the process of landing on the perfect name for your baby can be overwhelming and even stressful, we’re here to help you find a choice that feels right to you!
Without further ado, here is a list of Russian baby names for expecting parents to consider.
- Polina
- Liliya
- Yelizaveta
- Varvara
- Sasha
- Anna
- Mariya
- Elmira
- Faina
- Zinaida
- Katerina
- Ania
- Oksana
- Nadya
- Anastasia
- Kamilla
- Roksana
- Sofiya
- Tatiana
- Maria
- Svetlana
- Inga
- Katya
- Darya
- Masha
- Noyabrina
- Alisa
- Dasha
- Yulia
- Ulyana
- Anzhelina
- Motya
- Karina
- Alina
- Elena
- Irina
- Vladislava
- Nina
- Olga
- Natalya
- Zhenya
- Arina
- Kristina
- Manya
- Susanna
- Iolanta
- Eva
- Yuliana
- Zhanna
- Aleksandra
- Elvira
- Lidiya
- Ira
- Lana
- Agata
- Dina
- Sanya
- Marina
- Glafira
- Koroleva
- Antonina
- Zoya
- Inna
- Marta
- Anya
- Tasha
- Yeseniya
- Sonya
- Yeva
- Anjelika
- Boleslava
- Alya
- Inessa
- Calina
- Inga
- Diana
- Aleksandrina
- Nika
- Klara
- Albina
- Vasilisa
- Zoyechka
- Mir
- Yasemin
- Dominika
- Viktoria
- Ludmila
- Varya
- Miroslava
- Anzhela
- Nata
- Olimpiada
- Doroteya
- Yera
- Galina
- Ekaterina
- Katyusha
- Feodora
- Raya
- Larisa
- Nikolai
- Dimitri
- Aleksandr
- Ivan
- Denis
- Arseni
- Mikhail
- Boris
- Igor
- Alexei
- Lev
- Maxim
- Leonid
- Maksim
- Artyom
- Matvey
- Konstantin
- Anatoly
- Vladimir
- Melor
- Ilariy
- Radimir
- Viktor
- Pyotr
- Dima
- Rodya
- Artur
- Nikandr
- Sergei
- Luka
- Yuroslav
- Abram
- Iosif
- Miroslav
- Filipp
- Kazimir
- Emil
- Pushkin
- Radomir
- Orel
- Pavel
- Yakov
- Lenya
- Zakhar
- Jasha
- Kervyn
- Yevgeny
- Sasha
- Danila
- Feofan
- Genya
- Ilia
- Marlen
- Rolan
- Valerian
- Khristofor
- Makari
- Vasily
- Pasha
- Foma
- Stanislav
- Oleg
- Mitya
- Isidor
- Onisim
- Renat
- Maks
- Andrey
- Isaak
- Sevastyan
- Rafail
- Iona
- Borislav
- Lazar
- Emmanuil
- Daniel
- Tolya
- Ardalion
- Savva
- Ilya
- Kesha
- Nikita
- Arkadi
- Grisha
- Fedya
- Kir
- Georgiy
- Eduard
- Danya
- Erlan
- Stepka
- Tamryn
- Vasya
- Bogdan
- Roman
- Dariy
- Khariton
- Avgust
- Seryozha
- Demid