Russian baby names

Name	Sex	Meaning	Pet name
Adam	male	from Hebrew name	Adam
Aleksey (Lesha, Alesha, Alex)	male	defender	Alyosha, Leshenka
Alexander (Sasha, Shurik, Alex)	male	defender	Sashenka, Shurik
Alexandra (Sasha, Shura)	female	defender	Sashenka, Shurochka
Alina	female	from Latin alien	Alinochka
Alisa	female		Alisochka
Alla	female	German name	Allochka
Anastasya (Nastya)	female	from Greek reviviscence	Nastenka
Anatoly (Tolya, Tolia, Tolik)	male	from Greek "West"	Tolya, Tolenka
Andrey	male	from Greek "andros"	Andrusha, Andrushenka
Anna (Hanna, Anya)	female	grace of God	Anushka, Anechka, Anuta
Anton	male	"go into action"	Antosha, Toshenka
Antonina (Tonya)	female	"go into action"	Tonechka
Anzhela	female	from "Angel"	Anzhelochka
Arkady	male	inhabitant of Arkadiya (in Ancient Greece)	Arkasha
Artem	male	from Greek healthy	Artemka, Artemchik
Barbara	female	from Greek foreigner	Barbara
Bogdan	male	"given by God"	Bogdanchik, Bodya
Bogdana	female	"given by God"	Bogdanochka
Boris	male	"Borislav" - "bor" means fight, "slav" means "fame"	Borenka, Borechka
Danil	male	"divine justice"	Danechka, Danusha
Darya (Dasha)	female	From Old Persian "winner"	Dashenka
David	male	"beloved"	Davidka
Denis (Denya, Deniska, Den)	male	God of nature and wine	Denya, Deniska
Diana	female	protector of Moon and hunting	Dianochka
Dina	female	"power" or "faith"	Dinochka
"Dmitri (Dmitry, Dima, Dimochka, Dimka) "	male	the goddess of the Land and Fecundity	Dimochka
Eduard (Edik, Edya)	male	"slum landlord"	Edichka
Efim (Fima)	male	devout, complacent	Fimochka
Egor	male	"tiller"	Egorushka
Ekaterina (Katya, Katerina)	female	"chaste"	Katenka, Katusha
Elena (Lena, Helen)	female	"peculiar"	Lenochka
Eleonora	female		Eleonora
Elizaveta (Lizaveta, Liza)	female	"vow to God"	Lizonka, Lizochka
Elvira	female		Elvirochka
Eugenia (Zhenya)	female	"noble"	Zhenechka
Eugeny (Evgeny, Evgeniy, Zhenia)	male	"noble"	Zhenechka
Eve (Eva)	female	Eva is the name of Biblical mother	Eva
Fillyp (Fillip)	male	"infatuated with horses"	Filya
Galina (Galia)	female	"galene"	Galochka, Galchonok
Gennady (Gena)	male	"noble"	Genochka
Georgy	male	"farmer"	Georgy
Grigory (Grisha)	male	"waking"	Grishenka
Irina (Ira)	female	"peace"	Irochka, Irunchik, Irishka
Ivan (Yvan, Vanya, Vanechka)	male	From Old Jewish name John	Vanechka, Vanusha
Khristina (Hristina)	female	"devoted to Christ"	Khristinochka
Kirill (Kiril)	male	"the lord"	Kirusha
Lada	female	"nice", "wife"	Ladochka
Larisa (Lala, Lalya, Lara)	female	"sea gull"	Larochka, Lyalya
Leonid (Lenya, Lenechka)	male	"lion's son"	Lenechka, Lenchik
Lesya	female		Lesechka
Lev (Leo)	male	lion	Levushka, Levochka
Lidiya (Lida)	female		Lidochka
Liliya (Lilya)	female	from flower lily	Lilechka
Lubol (Luba)	female	"love"	Lubochka
Lyudmila (Luda)	female	"likable"	Ludochka
Maksim (Maxim, Max)	male	Greatest	Max, Maksimka
Nataliya (Natasha)	female	"own"	Natashenka, Natalochka
Oleg (Olezhka)	male	"holy"	Olechka
Olga (Olya, Lyolya)	female		Olechka, Olushka, Lyolya
Pavel, Pasha	male	"small"	Pashenka, Pashunia
Petr (Petya)	male	"rock"	Petenka
Polina	female	gods of Sun Apollo	Polinochka, Polya
Raisa (Raya)	female	"obedient, yielding"	Raya, Raisochka, Raychka
Roman (Roma)	male	"Roman"	Romochka
Ruslan	male		Ruslanchik
Ruslana	female	from male Ruslan	Ruslanochka
Semen (Senya)	male	"Heared by God"	Senechka
Sergei (Sergey, Serg, Serezha, Serega)	male	"respected"	Serezha, Serezhenka
Snezhana	female		Snezhanochka
Sofiya (Sofiya, Sofa)	female	"wisdom"	Sofiushka, Sonia
Stanislav (Stas)	male	"glorious"	Stasik
Stepan (Styopa)	male	"diadem"	Stepochka
Svetlana (Sveta)	female	light	Svetochka, Svetik
Taras	male	mutineer, rebel	Tarasik
Tatyana (Tanya, Tania)	female	"organizer", "founder"	Tanechka, Tanusha, Tanushka
Timur (Tymur)	male		Timur
Vadim (Vadik)	male	dispute	Vadusha, Vadik
Valentin (Valik)	male	"valeo" - healthy	Valik, Valechka
Valentina (Valya)	female	"valeo" - healthy	Valechka, Valusha
Valeriya (Lera)	female	"valeo" - healthy	Lerochka
Valery (Valera)	male	"valeo" - healthy	Lera, Valerik
Vasily (Vasya)	male	royal	Vasenka, Vasechka
Vera	female	"belief"	Verochka, Verun
Veronika	female		Nika
Viacheslav (Slavik, Slava)	male	more fame	Slavik, Slavochka
Viktor (Vitya)	male	from word "victory"	Vitya, Vitenka, Vitusha
Viktorya (Vita)	female	from word "victory"	Vitochka
Vitaly (Vitalik)	male	vital	Vitalka
Vladimir (Vova)	male	"the owner of the peace"	Vovochka
Vladislav (Vlad, Vladik)	male	"the owner of the fame"	Vladusha
Yadviga	female	"wealthy warrior"
Yakov	male	Jacob
Yan	male	John, Ivan
Yana	female		Yanochka
Yuliya (Yuliya)	female	"frizzy", "fluffy"	Yulechka
Yuri (Yura)	male	Slavic form of name Georgy	Yurochka
Zhanna (Zhana)	female	"Grace"	Zhannochka
Zinaida (Zina)	female	"born by Zeus"	Zinochka
Zoya	female	"life"	Zoienka