What name to give the girl. Forgotten and rare female names and their meaning

Even before the birth of the child, parents begin to think about what to name the baby. It is believed that his fate and character depend on the name of a person who comes into the world. The list of beautiful women's names is so huge that sometimes it is not easy to choose. To simplify the task, there are a number of criteria (numerology, calendar, traditions, fashion, meaning, combination with a surname) that help you decide what to name the baby.

How to choose a beautiful name for a girl

According to the law, parents have the right to name their child whatever they want. Sometimes this goes beyond common sense, when the name not only does not fit with the surname or patronymic, but also sounds terrible. Some mothers and fathers strive to name their children after relatives, but if you believe in omens, be careful, since it is believed that a baby can repeat the fate of an adult. Based on the above, it is necessary to choose beautiful Russian names for girls, guided by several basic criteria.

Church calendar

Often the choice of a beautiful female name is carried out depending on the church calendar. On the one hand, everything is simple here: you just need to look at the calendar on the girl’s birthday and find out which saint, great martyr the date is dedicated to, he will be the patron. According to the Orthodox faith, the child immediately falls under the protection of this saint, acquiring a guardian angel for life.

However, some difficulties may arise here due to the fact that a girl is named, and a man is named a saint. In this case, you need to look at who is the patroness on the eighth and fortieth days after birth. It is believed that these days it is customary to name a child and carry out the sacrament of baptism, so the choice will be correct.

Numerology

There is a table where each letter of the name has its own number. If you add them up, you get a number that also influences the character and destiny of a woman:

Having calculated the number, you can familiarize yourself with the interpretation using the following detailed table:

	Single children use their charm, which makes it easy to escape punishment after an offense. Girls are often hooligans who do not know the feeling of fear.
	Twos are sensual, affectionate, constantly in need of hugs, kisses, and tenderness. They make friends once and for all, the girls are persistent and decisive.
	Curious, smart, well-read, striving to understand everything about nature.
	The main character trait is caution, children of fours try to avoid troubles, the female half are needlewomen, they get married once and for all.
	Fives are too active, energetic, athletic; girls with fives make excellent ballerinas and gymnasts.
	Very peaceful natures, strongly attached to their mother, striving to imitate her in everything.
	Sevens show independence from a very early age, do not tolerate instructions, act contrary, but often make the wrong decisions. The girls try to imitate their older friends.
	Very positive individuals who know how to enjoy life smile all the time and do not show negative emotions until they are very offended.
	Nines are capricious, loving to create scandals and hysterics, draining energy from those around them.

Season

Often, beautiful girl names are chosen based on the time of year, considering that this factor also predetermines the traits of a woman’s character:

Winter girls have a developed sense of responsibility, perseverance in achieving goals, but are cold. They are stubborn, contradictory, and find it difficult to find a common language with their household members. Therefore, it is better to name the girl a soft, beautiful female name that can soften the hard qualities of character inherent in nature: Svetlana, Ulyana, Valentina, Natalya, Lyudmila.
Spring girls are soft, gentle, striving for a family and the birth of children. It is difficult for them to make decisions, to defend their opinions, they think for a long time before making a decision. Babies born in the spring are flexible, so to give them strength of character, you need to choose something more rigid-sounding, for example, Marina, Larisa, Irina, Victoria, Ruslana.
Summer babies are endowed with creative abilities; they are impulsive, emotional, hardworking, active, and proud. Such children develop different character traits, so you can call them whatever you like.
Autumn young ladies are devoid of daydreaming, possess pedantry, wisdom, integrity, and balance. Such individuals lack the lightness and romance that beautiful female names Sophia, Elizaveta, Zlata, Yesenia, Olesya, Vera will add.

National traditions

In the modern world there are many international families, each member of which knows and honors their traditions. When choosing beautiful female names for girls, you should not rely only on this factor. The selection should take into account such a criterion as consonance. A balance is needed in the surname, first name and patronymic; their sound should caress the ear, and not cut off. The same applies to Old Russian nicknames, which sound beautiful in full, but are dissonant in the abbreviated version.

Fashion for female names

In such an important matter, you should not rely on fashion trends. Often women, flipping through the pages of magazines, name their daughters after actresses, models, famous figures, etc. Such an irresponsible approach can have a negative impact on the girl’s future, her life path, her energy shell, and her fulfillment in her profession and family. So, for example, before the October Revolution, Christian names were popular - Anna, Katerina, Maria.

In the 20-30s, strange abbreviations appeared to call newborn Soviet citizens - Dazdraperma (Long live the First of May), Oyushminalda (Otto Yulievich Schmidt on the Ice Floe). In the 30-40s. Galina and Nina returned to fashion in the 50s. many Marias, Zoyas, and Hopes appeared. 60-70 they were distinguished by their brightness and minimalism, just like the names of the women - Zlata, Rimma, Renata.

In the 80-90s, foreign names appeared - Magda, Eva, Jeanette, as well as Rose and Marianne, as a tribute to the series “The Rich Also Cry” or “Wild Rose”. Modern parents are returning to the old Russian ones - Ulyana, Polina, Lyubava, etc. In addition to fashion, there is a list of beautiful female names in alphabetical order with a detailed interpretation, description of character traits that must be taken into account before naming your daughter.

Combination with patronymic and surname

Many parents now like to call their daughters old, foreign or rare names, which does not always form a harmonious tandem in pronunciation with the surname and patronymic. So that the girl does not suffer later, does not receive funny nicknames, but feels comfortable, be guided not only by your desires, but also by the following criteria:

Call bearers of complex surnames and patronymics as simply and concisely as possible.
It is better to name owners of rough, harsh middle names softly and tenderly.
The first name, last name, and patronymic should complement each other, be easy to pronounce, sound, and remember.

What names should you not give to a girl?

There are different beautiful names for girls, but sometimes the parents’ imagination goes beyond all boundaries, and the newborn is called not so much original as it is strange. To avoid such moments, it would be appropriate to use the following recommendations:

Be careful about naming a girl with a name that has a masculine sound (Vitaly, Bogdan, Pavel). It is possible that peers will call the child Vitalik, Bogdan, Pavlik. In addition, there is a risk that the girl will acquire masculine character traits.
Pay attention to the consonance with the surname and patronymic.
Do not give an Orthodox newborn a name that does not correspond to the religion. At baptism, the priest will name the baby differently, which may affect her fate; the girl will feel the duality of nature. The same goes for double naming.
Often, the baby’s relatives insist on an overly “folk” name for the baby (Thekla, Matryona, Pelageya) or, on the contrary, an elaborate foreign name (Juanita, Marianna, Vanessa). Agree, in combination with popular Russian surnames it will sound funny. When the baby grows up, she is unlikely to thank you.
Think also about the possibility of creating an abbreviated, diminutive form of the noun.

The most beautiful girl names by meaning

Often, disputes about what to name the unborn child cause a lot of contradictions in opinions, leading to scandals and quarrels. A reference book explaining the meaning and origin of the name will help you avoid such problems. In addition, there you will find information about what surname the naming goes with, how it affects a girl’s destiny, the girl’s role in the family, team, etc.

Old Russian

During the times of Ancient Rus', girls were called by two Russian folk nicknames. The first was received at birth, considering it negative, since it reflected all the negative traits and manifestations of character. The second was given upon reaching 18 years of age, selected on the basis of personal qualities. All Old Russian names were divided into 5 groups:

animals (Swan, Pike);
numerals (Othmaya, Pervusha);
divine (Lada);
based on personal qualities (Veselina, Golub);
dibasic (Yaroslav, Radimir).

There are names among them that are still popular today. So, the ranking of the best, most beautiful female names includes:

Borislava is a “fighter for glory.”
Zlata – “golden, gold.”
Vasilina - “royal”.
Lada – “good, dear.”
Love means "love"..
Mila. It is of Slavic origin and means “sweet as honey.”
Svetlana – “bright”.
John. Appeared from the Hebrew Ivan, translated as “gift of God.”

Byzantine

Before the advent of Christianity in Rus', ancient Russian names were popular, but from the 11th to the 17th century Byzantine, Greek, and Roman names came into use. They penetrated Russian culture so deeply that some of them are still sometimes mistakenly considered Old Slavonic. Particularly often used:

Alexandra – “active, courageous, defender of people”;
Angelina. Ancient Greek, its interpretation is “angelic messenger, angel.”
Vasilisa. The masculine version is Vasily, meaning “royal.”
Share (Dolyana) – “lucky”.
Elena – “sunny, chosen, bright.”
Inessa – “chaste.”
Lydia – “resident of Lydia”.
Karina. Derived from Korin - “girl”.
Kira – “mistress”.
Ksenia – “hospitable, wandering guest.”
Melissa is a "bee".
Margarita - translated from ancient Greek as “pearl”.
Isolde – “cold gold”.
Pauline. Derived from Apollinaria - “belonging to Apollo.”
Olivia – “bringer of peace.”
Lily. Derived from the name of the flower, it means “white lily”.
Praskovya - “Friday, the eve of the holiday.”
Tatyana is the “organizer”.
Aurora is the “goddess of the dawn.”
Julia - a derivative of the masculine Yuli - “wavy, fluffy.”
Claudia - “lame”.

Fashionable and modern

All modern beautiful female names have not only Greek, but also Slavic, Germanic, Jewish, Roman, and Latin roots. Here is an interpretation of some of them:

Alice - "of noble birth."
Amelia (Amalia). It has German (ancient Germanic) roots and means “hardworking, hardworking.”
Bella - “beautiful, beautiful.”
Maryana - “sad beauty”.
Nicole – French, “conqueror of nations.”
Olga – from the Scandinavian Helga, “saint”.
Taisiya – “wise, goddess of fertility.”
Elvira is a “patriot”.
Sophia - “absolute wisdom.”
Valeria, translated into Russian as “to be healthy.”
Victoria – “winner, victory.”
Violetta - has Latin roots, translated as “violet”.
Daria is the “winner”.
Marina – comes from the Latin “marinus” - “sea”

Beautiful foreign names for girls

There is no point in naming girls based only on your own taste or intuition; each name has its own characteristics, carries a deep secret meaning, sometimes mysterious, capable of endowing its owner with special energy, strength, making her happy, and bringing success. In addition to Russian, there are also beautiful foreign female names - English, European, Indian, Arabic, Persian, Italian, Muslim, etc. The culture of each nation has its own rating of traditional, ancient and modern names.

Czech

The Czech Republic is a Slavic country, so many names are consonant with Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian. Sometimes Czechs call girls with a variety of exotic names, but more often they give old ones, among which are:

Christina (or Christina) - derived from the Latin Christianus, meaning “Christian dedicated to Christ.”
Mary – Biblical, meaning “stubborn.”
Catherine – comes from the Greek word “katharios”, translated as “pure, immaculate”.
Veronica - “bringer of victory.”
Varvara (Barbara) - “foreigner, foreigner.”
Alina – “noble, alien.”
Milana - “sweetheart, beloved.”
Milena. It has the root “mil”, meaning “sweetheart”.

Polish

The people of Poland, like many other nationalities, are sensitive to beautiful female names, calling girls melodiously. The Poles believe that this will bring the little ones love, happiness in family relationships, wisdom in communicating with loved ones, friends, career success, etc. At birth, a baby is given one name, and at baptism - another, believing that a religious name protects the child’s soul from adversity, illness, and the evil eye. They are considered the most popular.

When choosing a name for a girl, family disputes and even some disagreements most often occur, because the most important criterion for such a choice, as a rule, is beauty, and, as you know, everyone’s ideas about beauty are different. Beautiful, euphonious female names, as a rule, are the names of beloved women or names that are associated with some extraordinary, beautiful women who have somehow amazed us! It is precisely such names, due to the waywardness of our consciousness, that can seem unusually attractive and harmonious to us.

It happens that foreign-language female names, the global meaning of names we do not always know and understand, can charm us simply with their sound and melody. Don't be afraid or restrain yourself, call it boldly! But, of course, only in those cases when the name you choose for the girl can be perfectly combined with your last name and patronymic. Even if your daughter grows up and marries a man with a not-so-euphonious surname, she will always have the opportunity to remain under her surname. And of course, be sure to try to find out in advance the meaning of such a beautiful-sounding but unfamiliar name. Otherwise, your girl may later find herself in a funny situation, say, if her name, translated from her native language, means something not entirely poetic.

Sometimes, parents simply reduce choosing a name for a girl to studying the most famous, popular or fashionable names at this stage. However, think about it, does it make sense to follow fashion if someday in a kindergarten or school group it turns out that most of the girls will have exactly the same names? But of course, you shouldn’t go to extremes and choose a name for your daughter from extremely rare or even exotic names. Do not forget that your girl will have to live a wonderful, but still very difficult period of childhood, in which any unusualness or non-standard may well give another reason for sometimes evil ridicule.

One of the most successful ways out of the difficult situation of choosing a name for your girl can be a beautiful, unusual, and independently invented female name. Agree, absolutely all modern parents have such an opportunity according to the current legislation of the Russian Federation! However, to begin with, do not be too lazy to familiarize yourself with those beautiful female names, which will be presented on our page. Rest assured, you will definitely be able to find exactly what will suit absolutely all members of your family and will be wonderful both in its sound and, of course, in meaning and meaning!

Anastasia, Veronica, Isabella and any other options are not only beautiful combinations of letters, but also a powerful carrier of information about what kind of character the owner has, how her behavior, traits, etc. will be formed. Therefore, we advise you to carefully approach the issue of finding a name for your child.

There are a number of points that you should pay attention to in advance. The sooner you start thinking about a suitable name for your daughter, the better. Time to search will provide an opportunity to change the original plan, consult with relatives, study the etymology (meaning of the name), and consider different life situations.

Sound combinations

Each name contains a special code consisting of vibrations of sounds that lead the wearer into emotional arousal. That’s why people are always more pleased to hear not a bunny/fish/cat, but what their parents named them.

Depending on the sounds that make up the “code,” a person’s character is formed.

The combination of soft sounds makes him more flexible (Savely, Natalya, etc.).

Opposite: hard sounds in the name form a tougher character (Peter, Zhanna, etc.).

It cannot be said that everyone has the same character, but when observing their namesakes, you can catch many similar notes that are characteristic only of them.

In order for the name to sound as good as possible, parents should think in advance about an organic combination with the middle name and surname.

You need to find the perfect combination. It’s up to everyone to come up with something special for their child, but it’s better to think about it before Jessica Guseva or Mulan Ivanova go to school. It is important that from childhood the baby feels comfortable in the company of both peers and adults. And she wasn’t upset because of ridicule. After all, almost all girls are very vulnerable, emotional creatures, any little thing can upset them.

Sometimes a husband’s name is too unusual and it’s quite difficult to come up with a good combination for the middle name Voldemarovna, Edmundovna or Leopoldovna.

But even with simple, at first glance, male names, in terms of the combination of first name and patronymic, it can be quite difficult. The complex middle names Nikitichna, Glebovna, Olegovna, Denisovna are not suitable for everyone.

Choose options that go well together: Daria Denisovna, Olga Olegovna, Anna Nikitichna.

Name in world or national history

Every time has its own heroes. And every period in history brings to the fore a woman after whom thousands, and sometimes millions, named their newborn children.

After her flight, the first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova not only left a significant contribution to the development of Soviet science, but also “gave names” to millions of girls named after her in the 60s of the twentieth century.

It happens that parents came up with a beautiful name for a girl and did not have a specific person in mind, but chose a name with a story.

Growing up Catherines and Elizabeths are always pleased to feel like royalty, reading in textbooks about the great empresses, every Marina knows the poetess Tsvetaeva, and every Elena or Vasilisa remembers the fairy tales of the Beautiful and the Wise from childhood.

Nationality

In the last 5 years, native Slavic variants have been gaining momentum. The study of history, the formation of statehood, and the origins of one’s heritage have long been of great interest among the population.

We present to your attention the most popular and fashionable Slavic female names at the moment, which every year more and more often call newborns throughout the country:

Bazhena (saint)
Bogdana (given by God),
Vasilisa (royal),
Zaryana, (shining),
Zlata (golden),
Martha (mentor),
Melania (dark)
Milana (sweetheart)
Praskovya (from the Old Russian “Friday”
Seraphim (fiery).

Of all the diversity, we have provided only a short list of beautiful Slavic names, indicating their meaning.

Family traditions: naming a daughter after her mother or grandmother

What is the best name for a child, a girl, how to choose a beautiful name that will appeal to all family members, how to please numerous relatives?

Continuity of generations is expressed not only in Alexandra Alexandrovna (future San Sanna), but also in naming a long-awaited daughter in honor of a beloved grandmother or aunt, born with the baby on the same day.

Sometimes one of the spouses wants to please their other half and names the child in his/her honor. This is how a family ends up with two Irinas or several Zhenyas. Members of such families often have to add the prefix Yulia the younger/elder, Anya the wife/Anyuta the daughter, and if the traditions go deep, then there is also Grandma Anna and Aunt Anya. One name will become traditional for an entire family, and it will be possible to find it on the family tree more than once.

If you know your ancestry well, you can discover the so-called generic names: those that your ancestors most often named their children over the past centuries. Not everyone can boast of knowing their ancestors beyond their grandparents. Sometimes it is no longer possible to find out details from representatives of the older generation. Despite this, there is a real opportunity to find out the history of your family and draw your family tree.

We will help you step by step to form a culture of genealogy in your family. Consultations and free assistance in compiling a special genealogy book will be the first step towards immersing yourself in the history of your family. You can start preparing such a book for the birth of a child: a new member of two united family trees. And subsequently, after all the main stages of searching and creating this important document, you will even be able to place an order for the development of a family coat of arms.

In Rus' they said that without knowing our roots, we turn into Ivans who do not remember kinship. And when we feel behind us the power of a whole family, coming from the depths of centuries, we gain strength for new achievements.

How to choose a name according to the Saints

For a secular family, a reason to look into the Saints is another opportunity to find something beautiful and sonorous for their daughter. They can choose a name from the list of saints or return to their usual search.

If the family is religious, then most likely the newborn will be named by the name that fell on the date of her birth in the Saints. This will be the Saint who is commemorated on this date. If there is no female name on your birthday, then you can find out the name of the Saint, whose day of veneration falls on the fortieth day after the birth of the child. At this time, in the old days, children were baptized, naming them after the patron saint.

There are significantly more male names in the church calendar, so sometimes girls are named after male saints: Victoria from Saint Victor. By the same principle: Appolinarius - Polina, Anastasius - Anastasia, etc.

What names are suitable for daughters born in summer and spring, and which ones - in winter and autumn

Someone is sensitive to the time of year or month of birth of a child, calling it Snezhana, Maya or Martha. You can choose a name based on the month of birth for a girl using a special calendar.

So many experts advise calling those born in the summer Julia, Elena, Ulyana, Margarita, Kira, Nellie, Angelina. Summer babies are distinguished by their ability to enjoy life, excellent health, and emotionality.

They try to choose softer names for girls born in winter in order to balance their winter-like harsh, persistent, firm character. Parents name their daughters: Olya, Masha, Polya, Ksyusha, Valya, Nastya.

In the spring, talented but very mischievous babies are born, but they often lack self-confidence, which is why you need to look for something more solid and resonant: Veronica, Svetlana, Larisa, Alexandra, Irina, Marianna.

The names of those born in autumn should reveal their life potential. Autumn babies are developed in all areas of activity, but do not know how to decide on something specific. Options: Anna, Sophia, Vasilisa, Elizabeth, Ariadne.

Unusual names for girls

When thinking about what beautiful name to choose for a girl, always remember the timing. The Soviet era left in its memory such names as: Iskra, Ninel (Lenin in reverse), Kukatsapol (in honor of the slogan “Corn is the queen of the fields”) and, of course, many are familiar with the real, but which has become anecdotal, Dazdraperma. It simply stands for: “Long live the First of May.”

People have always named their children after their favorite book and movie characters. And if Emperor Nicholas II named his daughter Tatyana in honor of the famous Pushkin heroine, then modern Russians are increasingly naming their children after the heroes of foreign TV series.

In the late 90s in Russia, after watching Latin American soaps, a certain number of Izaurs and MariAnnes appeared. Nowadays, American TV series are trending, and in Russian cities, registry office workers are increasingly registering children named after Arya Stark and Daenerys Targaryen. Moreover, the series is not over and it is unknown whether the heroines will survive the dangerous game of thrones or not. Perhaps their namesakes from Russia will already be entering kindergarten by that time.

Show business stars all over the world are trendsetters not only in the choice of clothes, real estate and life partners, but also in the ability to choose a beautiful, unusual name for a girl.

Famous Russian mothers and fathers have daughters: Neva, Rasskaz, Rassveta, Iva, Muza, Severina, Octavia, Ariadna, Uma, Mia, Yasmin, Lyubava, Iliana.

How to fight original naming

In May of this year, the president signed a law that prohibits calling children strange, ridiculous and incomprehensible. The provisions veto the use of numbers, symbols, and various types of designations in the name. You cannot add profanity, titles, positions, etc. to your name or instead of it.

In the 2000s, a boy was born in Russia, whose name was BOCH rVF 260602. In this set of numbers and letters, the parents encrypted their surnames and the date of birth of their son, before all this indicating that he was a biological object. Parents claim that the teenager has a great life with an exclusive name, but the facts about the boy’s constant change of place of education speak for themselves.

It will no longer be possible to name your daughter Tsarevna, Princess, Korolevishna. This may seem like a fabulous deception, but Tsarina Vladimirovna Alekseeva lives in St. Petersburg, who was born before the law was adopted. Her sisters' names are Astra and Zvezda; their names have not yet been included in the law banning unusual names.

What names were most often given to girls in 2017?

According to statistics, the top three are Sophia, Maria and Daria. The top ten most popular names for daughters in 2017 include Anna, Anastasia, Victoria, and Elizaveta.

Choosing a beautiful female name is always a difficult but interesting process. We hope that our advice will help you choose the best name for a girl, find the ideal combination with the middle name and last name, and emphasize the baby’s individuality if you like unusual, original names.

Russian language belongs to the group of Slavic languages. However, many Russian names by their origin they are not originally Russian. They are borrowed from the Greek language along with the Christian religion. Before this, Russians had names that reflected the various characteristics and qualities of people, their physical disabilities, and names that reflected the order of birth of children in the family. There were common names such as Wolf, Cat, Sparrow, Birch, First, Tretyak, Bolshoi, Menshoi, Zhdan. A reflection of these names is observed in modern Russian surnames Tretyakov, Nezhdanov, Menshov, etc.

With the introduction of Christianity in Rus', all the old Russian names were gradually replaced by church names that came to Rus' from Byzantium. Among them, in addition to the Greek names themselves, there were ancient Roman, Hebrew, Syrian, Egyptian names, each of which in its native language reflected a certain meaning, but when borrowed it was used only as a proper name, and not as a word denoting something.

By the 18th-19th centuries, Old Russian names were already completely forgotten, and Christian names largely changed their appearance, adapting to the peculiarities of Russian pronunciation. Thus, the name Diomede was transformed into the name Demid, Jeremiah - Eremey, etc.

After the October Socialist Revolution, names associated with the new ideology became widespread: Revmira (peace revolution), Diamara (dialectical materialism); names reflecting the first stages of industrialization: Electrina, Elevator, Diesel, Ram (revolution, electrification, mechanization); names read in foreign novels: Alfred, Rudolf, Arnold; names based on the names of flowers: Lily, Rose, Aster.

Since the 1930s, such familiar ones have become widespread again. Russian names like Masha, Vladimir, Seryozha, i.e. the names closest to the Russian people are used. But this return to the old names does not at all mean a return to all the names of the church calendar, most of which remained unaccepted by the Russian nation.

On this page there are not only old (Russian calendar, Old Russian and Common Slavic), but also new female names.

Russian female names starting with the letter A:

Augusta / Augustine (old) - summer

Avdotya (folk from Evdokia) - famous

Aurelia (new) - golden

Aurora (new) - goddess of the dawn

Agapia (old) - from Greek. agapao - I love.

Agata (new) / Agafya / Agathia (old) - from Greek. agathos - good, honest, kind.

Aglaida (old) - sparkling / daughter of beauty, charm

Aglaya (new) - brilliant

Agnes / Agnessa (old) - chaste

Agnia (old) - immaculate or fiery

Agrippina / Agrefena (old) - from the Roman family name Agrippus (Agrippa)

Ada (old) - decoration

Adele / Adelia / Adelaide (Old German) - from adal - noble and heyd - state, class.

Aza (old) - first

Azalea (new) - flowering bush

Aida (new) - giver of harvest

Aquilina / Akulina (old) - eagle-haired

Aksinya (folk from Ksenia) - hospitable or, on the contrary, alien (“xenos”)

Alevtina (old) - alien to evil

Alexandra (old) - protector of people

Alena (from Elena) - sunny

Alina (new) - stranger

Alice (new) - charming

Alla (old) - selfish

Albina (old, cf. new Alvina) - “white”

Anastasia (old) - resurrected

Anatolia (new) - eastern

Angelina (old) - angel

Angela (new) - angelic

Animaisa (old) - soulful

Anisiya / Anisya (old) - sweet-smelling

Anita (new) - obstinate

Anna (old) - “grace”

Antonina / Antonida (old) - kind

Antonia (old) - entering into battle

Anfisa / Anfusa (old) - blooming

Apollinaria (old) - sun goddess

Ariadne (old) - sleeping

Arina (popular from Irina) - calm

Arcadia (new) - shepherdess

Arsenia (new) - courageous

Artemia (old) - unharmed

Astra (new) - “flower”

Astrid (scand.) - passionate

Afanasia (old) - immortal

Aphrodite (old) - emerging from sea foam

Aelita (new) - from Greek. aer - air and litos - stone

Russian female names starting with the letter B:

Bazhena (Old Russian) - saint

Beata (new) - blessing

Beatrice (old) - blessing

Bela (slav.) - beautiful

Bella (new) - beautiful

Bertha (new) - magnificent

Bogdana (glorified) - given by God

Boleslava (slav.) - more glorious

Borislava (slav.) - fighting for glory

Bronislava (slav.) - glorious protector

Russian female names starting with the letter B:

Valentina (old) - healthy

Valeria (old) - strong

Wanda (slav.) - hospitable

Varvara (old) - savage

Vasilina (new) - royal

Vasilisa (old) - royal

Vassa (old) - queen

Wenceslas (slav.) - more glorious

Venus (old) - “love”

Vera (old) - “faith”

Veronica (old) - biblical name

Veselina (slav.) - cheerful

Vesta (old) - patroness of the home. hearth

Vidana (glory) - prominent

Quiz (old) - winner

Victoria (old) - “victory”

Vilena (new) - from V.I. LENIN

Viola / Violetta / Violanta (new) - “violet”

Virinea (old) - green, fresh

Vitalia / Vitalina (new) - vital

Vlada (slav.) - owning

Vladilena (new) - short for “Vladimir Ilyich Lenin”

Vladimir (new) - owning the world

Vladislava (glory) - owner of glory

Vladlena (new) - similar to Vladilena

Vlasta (slav.) - ruler

Will (new) - freestyle

Vseslava (slav.) - glorious everywhere

Russian female names starting with the letter G:

Gaia (new) - wife

Gali (old) - bright

Galina (old) - calm

Hanna (Ukrainian from Anna) - blessed

Gayana / Gayaniya (old) - from Greek. ge - earth

Gelena (New Polish from Elena) - light

Helium (new) - solar (Helios)

Gella (old) - fallen into the water

Gertrude (new) - patroness of women

Glafira (old) - sophisticated

Glyceria (old) - sweet

Gloria (old) - "glory"

Goluba (Old Russian) - tender

Gorislava (glory) - kindling glory

Russian female names starting with the letter D:

Daina (new) - another reading of Diana

Dana (new) - goddess of the moon

Daria / Daria (old) - winner

Darina (new) - giver

Daryana (new) - winner

Dekabrina (new) - winter

Deya / Diya (new) - divine

Juliet (old) - analogue of Julia

Diana (new) - divine

Dina / Dinia (popular from old Digna) - “faith”

Diodora (old) - given by God

Dionysia (old) - patroness of winemaking

Dobrava (Old Russian) - kind

Domna / Domina (old) - madam, mistress of the house.

Domnika/Dominika (old) - belonging. to God

Dorothea / Dorothea (old) - from Greek. doron - gift, gift and theos - god.

Russian female names starting with the letter E:

Eve (old) - giver of life

Evgenia (old) - noble

Evdokia (old) - well-known

Eupraxia (old) - doer of good deeds, virtuous woman

Catherine (old) - immaculate

Elena (old) - chosen one

Elizabeth (old) - worshiper of God

Efemia / Euphemia (old) - pious

Euphrosyne / Euphrosyne (old) - from Greek. Euphrosyne - joy, fun.

Russian female names starting with the letter Z:

Jeanne (new) - “gift of God”

Zhdana (Old Russian) - waiting

Russian female names starting with the letter Z:

Zarina / Zorina (new) - light

Zvenislava (glory) - spreading glory

Zinaida (old) - born of Zeus

Zinovia (old) - “Zeus’ power”

Zlata (slav.) - golden

Zoya (old) - “life”

Russian female names starting with the letter I:

Ivanna (folk from John) - “God’s gift”

Ida (new) - mountain, “descendant”

Ilaria (old) - cheerful

Inga (new) - from ancient Scand. Invio is the name of the god of abundance.

Inessa (new) - serene

Inna (old) - name of Rome / stormy stream

Joanna (old) - “God’s gift”

Jonah (old) - “dove”

Hypatia (new) - related to horses, equine (hippos)

Hippolyta (new) - from "(g)ippo" - horse and "litos" - stone, slab

Iraida (old) - goddess of the rainbow

Iroida (old) - heroic, daughter of a hero

Irina (old) - “peace”

Isidora (old) - patroness of fertility

Spark (new) - bright

Iphigenia (old) - immortal

Oya (old) - from Greek. ia - violet

Russian female names starting with the letter K:

Capitolina (old) - main

Carolina (new) - brave

Katerina (from Ekaterina) - immaculate

Kira (old) - “mistress”

Kirilla (old) - mistress

Claudia (old) - lame or from the Claudian family

Clara (new) - clear

Clarice / Clarissa (new) - light

Cleopatra (old) - beauty

Concordia (old) - consonant, agreeing

Constance (old) - persistent

Christina (new) - baptized

Ksenia (old) - stranger

Russian female names starting with the letter L:

Lada (Old Russian) - sweetheart

Larisa (old) - “seagull”

Leniana (new) - from Lenin

Lenin (new) - from Lenin

Leonida (old) - “descendant of the lion”

Leonila (old) - lioness

Leontia (new) - lion

Lesya (new) - courageous

Libya (old) - originally from Libya

Lydia (old) - first

Liliana (new) - blooming

Lily (new) - “flower”

Lina (new) - an independent name or a diminutive of Elina

Lyubava (Old Russian) - beauty

Love (old) - “love”

Lyubomyra (slav.) - darling of the world

Lyudmila (old, famous) - dear to people

Russian female names starting with the letter M:

Mavra (old) - dark-skinned, dark-skinned

Magda (new) - see Magdalene

Magdalene (old) - sounding / originally from Magdala, in Palestine

Madeleine (new) - see Magdalene

Maya / Maya (new) - goddess of spring

Malvina (Old German) - From mal - justice and wine - friend..

Margarita (old) - “pearl”

Marina (old) - sea

Maria / Marya (old) - bitter

Marie (new) - variant of Maria

Martha (new) - mistress

Martha (old) - mentor

Matilda (Old German) - from macht - strength and hild - battle.

Matryona / Matrona (old) - mistress, mother of the family, mother

Melania / Melania (old) - dark, dark

Milada (slav.) - kind

Milana / Milena / (slav.) - sweetheart

Militsa (old, famous) - cute in person

Miloslava (slav.) - glory is sweet

Mira (glory) - peaceful

Myrrh (glory) - fragrant, fragrant

Miroslava (slav.) - winner

Mitrodora (gr.) - a gift from the mother.

Mlada (slav.) - young

Mstislava (slav.) - conqueror

Muse (old) - goddess of art / inspiration

Russian female names starting with the letter N:

Nadezhda (old, famous) - “hope”

Nadiya (folk, from Nadezhda) - “hope”

Nana (old) - nymph

Nastasya (folk, from Anastasia) - resurrected

Natalya / Natalia (old) - native

Nellie (new) - young

Neonila (old) - principled

Nike (old) - “goddess of victory.” The name comes from the Goddess of Victory, Nike of Samothrace, who lived in ancient Greece.

Nina (old) - ruler

Ninel (new) - “Lenin” on the contrary

Novella (old) - new

Nora (new) - cold

Russian female names starting with the letter O:

Oksana (Ukrainian, from Ksenia) - hospitable

Octavia (old) - eighth

Oktyabrina (new) - autumn

Olesya (Ukrainian, from Alexander) - courageous

Olympics (old) - keeping calm

Olympia (new) - named after Zeus

Olga (old, old Russian) - saint

Russian female names starting with the letter P:

Pavla (old) - small

Pavlina (old) - beauty

Platonida (old) - descendant of Plato

Polyxena (old) - Trojan princess

Polina (new) - fortune teller

Pravdina (new) - honest

Praskovya (folk, from the old Paraskeva) - “Friday”

Russian female names starting with the letter R:

Rada (old, famous) - bringing joy

Radmila (slav.) - joyful

Raisa (old) - submissive

Revmira (new) - REVOLUTIONARY WORLD

Regina (old) - queen

Renata (new) - newly born

Rimma (old) - Roman

Rogneda (slav.) - admitted to the council of equals/council of men

Rose (new) - “flower”

Rosalia (new) - blooming

Rozana (new) - flower

Rostislava (slav.) - growing for glory

Ruslana (new) - lioness

Rufina / Ruth (old) - red, red-haired

Russian female names starting with the letter C:

Sabina / Savina (old) - from the Sabine family, Sabine woman

Salome / Solome (old) - a variant of the name Solomonia, derived from the name Solomon - “prosperous”

Svetlana (Old Russian) - light

Svetozara (glory) - bright dawn

Svetoslava (new) - glory is bright

Svoboda (new) - “freedom”

Svyatoslav (glory) - glory is holy

Sevastian (old) - “highly revered, sacred”, a variant of the male name Sevastyan

Severina (new) - northern

Selena / Selina (new) - moon

Seraphim (old) - fiery

Slava (slav.) - “glory”

Slavyana (slav.) - Slavic woman

Snezhana (new) - cold

Sophia / Sophia (old) - “wisdom”

Stanislava (slav.) - become glorious

Stella (old) - star

Stepanida / Stefanida (old) - “wreath”

Stefania (old) - “wreath”

Susanna / Sosanna (old) - stubborn / from Hebrew - "shushanah" - "white lily"

Suzanne (new) - stubborn

Russian female names starting with the letter T:

Taira (new) - persistent

Taisiya (old) - “god-pleasing” and “lover of children”

Tamara (old) - “fig tree”

Tamila / Tomila (Old Russian) - languishing

Tatiana (old) - founder

Russian female names starting with the letter U:

Ulyana (folk, from old Juliana, cf. Juliana)

Ustinya (folk, from old Justina, cf. Justina)

Russian female names starting with the letter F:

Faina (old) - shining

Felixana (new) - successful

Felicata / Felicity (old) - happy

Felicia (old) - “happiness”

Fedora / Theodora (old) - "God's gift"

Feodosia / Feodosia (old) - landowner

Philadelphia (new) - loving Delphi

Flavia (old) - from the Flavian family

Flora / Floria (new) - goddess of flowers

Florentina (new) - blooming

Florence (new) - blooming

Floriana (new) - young or blooming

Photina (old) - according to the calendar Svetlana

Russian female names starting with the letter X:

Harita (old) - goddess of beauty

Kharitina (old) - beauty

Chionia (old) - nymph

Christina (old, cf. new Christina) - Christova

Russian female names starting with the letter H:

Cheslava (slav.) - honest glory

Russian female names starting with the letter E:

Eurydice (new) - bitten by a snake

Eleanor (new) - complex

Elvira (new) - balanced

Elmira (new) - calm

Elsa (new) - courageous

Emma (new) - self-critical

Erica (new) - creator of the temple

Russian female names starting with the letter Y:

Juliana (old, from Juliana) - curly

Julia (old, from Julius) - fluffy

Humanita (new) - humane, human

Juno (old) - patroness of marriage

Russian female names starting with the letter I:

Jadwiga (new) - rich warrior

Yana (new) - “Sun Goddess”

Ioannina (new) - light

Jaromira (slav.) - “sunny world”

Yaroslava (slav.) - “burning glory” or similar to the male name Yaroslav