Russian Names for Girls

There are 140 Russian names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Russian names 1 to 20. Within these names, Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic) was the most popular in 2007 with a rank of #25 and a usage of 0.372%, followed in descending order by Angelina (English, German, Italian, Polish, and Russian), Angela (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic), Anastasia (English, German, Greek, and Russian), Anya (Russian), and Alena (Russian and Czech). The unusual Russian names are Agafiya (Russian), Agata (Czech, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish), Aglaia (English, German, and Russian), Aglaii (Russian), Aglaya (Russian), Agnessa (Russian), Albina (German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Slavic), Aleksandra (Polish, Russian, and Slavic), Anastasiya (Russian, Slavic, and Ukrainian), Ania (Polish and Russian), Annushka (Russian), Antonija (Russian), Antonina (Italian, English, German, Polish, and Russian), and Anushka (Russian).

Russian names are popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1901 with 2.558% of baby girls being given Russian names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 9 Russian names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of moderate use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was 1.970% with 13 Russian names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Russian names, Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #6 and a usage of 0.8063%.

RUSSIAN NAMES:

Agafiya ... kind, good ... is primarily used in Russian and its language of ...

Agata ... kind, good ... Czech, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, ...

Aglaia ... brightness, splendor ... in English, German, and Russian ...

Aglaii ... brightness, splendor ... used predominantly in Russian and its origin is Old ...

Aglaya ... brightness, splendor ... is used largely in the Russian language. ...

Agnessa ... pure, chaste ... is used chiefly in the Russian language and its origin ...

Albina ... white ... Italian, Polish, Russian, and Slavic ...

Aleksandra ... defender of men ... mainly used in Polish, Russian, and Slavic ...

Alena 675 ... defender of men; of ... is used largely in the Russian and Czech languages. ...

Anastasia 313 ... resurrection ... German, Greek, and Russian ... the wife of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible ...

Anastasiya ... resurrection ... predominantly used in Russian, Slavic, and ...

Angela 125 ... messenger of God, angel ... Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic ...

Angelina 58 ... messenger of God, angel ... Italian, Polish, and Russian languages. ...

Ania ... God was gracious, God ... in the Polish and Russian languages. ...

Anna 25 ... God was gracious, God ... Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and ...

Annushka ... God was gracious, God ... is mainly used in Russian and its language of ...

Antonija ... is used largely in the Russian language. ...

Antonina ... German, Polish, and Russian ...

Anushka ... God was gracious, God ... used in the Russian language. ...

Anya 366 ... resurrection; God was ... is largely used in the Russian language, and its ...