Russian boy names

Arkady
from Greek "Arkados", that mean inhabitant
of Arkadiya (in Ancient Greece)

Artem
from Greek: healthy, strong

Alexander (short forms: Sasha, Shurik, Alex)
from Greek: defender

Aleksey (short form: Lesha, Alesha, Alex)
from Greek: defender

Anatoly (short form: Tolya, Tolia, Tolik)
mean inhabitant of Anatolya (in Ancient Greece)
from Greek: "West"

Anton
from Greek: "go into action"

Andrey
from Greek "andros" - man

Adam
from Hebrew "from red clay" - man

Bogdan
from Old Slavic - "given by God"

Boris
from Slavic name "Borislav" - "bor" means fight, "slav" means "fame"

Valery (Valera)
from Latin word "valeo", that mean healthy

Valentin (Valik)
from Latin word "valeo", that mean healthy

Vasily (Vasya)
from Old Greek, that mean royal

Vadim (Vadik)
from Old Russian "vadity", that mean dispute

Vladimir (Vova)
from Old Slavic "the owner of the world"

Vladislav (Vlad, Vladik)
from Old Slavic "the owner of the fame"

Viktor (Vitya)
from word "victory"

Vitaly (Vitalik)
from Latin word "vitalis", that mean vital

Viacheslav (Slavik, Slava)
from Old Russian words - "biache" means "more" and "slav" means fame

Grigory (Grisha)
from Old Greek words "waking"

Georgy
from Old Greek words "georgos", which mean "farmer"

Gennady (Gena)
from Old Greek words "noble"

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