What are the most common and popular names that Russian men/boys have?
Maybe you are thinking of giving your baby boy a Russian name or maybe you’ve got a Russian boyfriend and want to know a short version of his name or its diminutive form. The names are sorted in the alphabetical order. The first name in the chain is full name and then you have all cute and nice ways of calling your Russian man/boy.
The names below are sorted in the alphabetical order. The first name in the chain is a full name and then you have all cute and nice ways of calling your Russian man/boy.
There are not that many names that you can give to a Russian baby boy so if you can’t find the name that you are looking for please let me know in the comments down below.
A
Andrey – Andrusha (This Russian name is equivalent to the English name Andrew)
Anatoly – Tolya
Aleksei – Lyosha – Leshechka (This Russian name is equivalent to the English name Alex)
Alexander – Sasha – Sahechka
Anton – Tokha – Tosha
Arseny – Senya – Senechka
Artyom – Tyoma
Arkady – Arkasha
B
Boris – Borya (This Russian name is spelt in the exactly the same way as the English equivalent Boris however, teh stress falls on “i”).
D
Daniil – Danilka – Danya
Dimitry – Dima – Dimochka
Denis – Deniska
E
Egor – Egorushka. (This name has another spelling – Yegor).
Evgeny – Zhenya – Zhenechka. (This name has another spelling – Yevgeny).
Efim – Efimka. (This name has another spelling – Yefim)
F
Filipp – Filya – Filippushka (This Russian name is equivalent to the English name Philip) – This name can be also spelt Philipp.
Fyodor – Fedya – Fedenika
G
Gennadyi – Gena – Genochka – Genchik
Georgy – Gosha – Zhora – Zhorik (This Russian name is equivalent to the English name George)
Gleb – Glebushka
Grigory – Grisha – Grishanya
I
Igor – Igoryok
Ilya – Ilusha
Ivan – Vanya – Vanechka – Vanusha
K
Kirill – Kirya – Kirusha
Konstantin – Kostya – Kostik
L
Lev – Lyova – Lyovushka. (This Russian name is equivalent to the English name Leo).
Leonid – Lenya
M
Maksim – Maks – Maksik (This Russian name is equivalent to the English name Maksimilian)
Makar – Makarka
Mikhail – Misha – Mishka – Mishechka – Mishanya
Mark – There’s no short or diminutive form for this name. If you want to call your Russian man something cute and nice, check out my post about Russian pet names and sweet nicknames.
Matvey – Matveyka
N
Nikita – Nikitushka – Nikitochka
Nikolai – Kolya – Kolyasha – Kolyenka (This Russian name is equivalent to the English name Nikolas)
O
Oleg – Olyezhenka – Olyezhik
P
Pavel – Pasha – Pavlusha – Pashyenka. (This Russian name is equivalent to the English name Paul)
Pyotr – Petya. (This Russian name is equivalent to the English name Peter)
R
Rodion – Rodya
Roman – Roma – Romka – Romochka – Romashka
Rostislav – Rostik
Ruslan – Rusya
T
Timofey – Tima – Timka
Timur – Timurka
S
Semyon – Syoma
Sergey – Serezha – Seryozhenka
Stanislav – Stas – Stasik
Stepan – Styopa – Styopchik
V
Vadim – Vadik
Valentin – Valya – Valechka
Valery – Valera – Valerka – Valyerochka
Vasily – Vasya – Vasyok
Viktor – Vitya
Vitaly – Vitalya
Vladimir – Vova – Vovochka. You should be familiar with this names. (Hint: Russian president – Vladimir Putin)
Vladislav – Vlad – Vladusha
Vyacheslav – Slava – Slavik
Y
Yury – Yura – Yurik – Yurochka
Yakov – Yasha
Yaroslav – Yarik
You may meet a Russian man with a very western name. The reason for this is that Russian people want their children to stand out and have a unique name that everyone will remember. Maybe they are just bored of such a small selection of Russian names for boys.
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