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Ivan
Ivan () is a male given name of Slavic origin, related to a variant of the Greek name (English: John), which in turn derives from the Hebrew (), meaning "God is gracious". The name is strongly associated with Slavic countries and cultures.
Roman
male given name
Nikola
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia), while in West Slavic countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolja, Kolyo, and Kolyu.
Herman
male given name
Kliment
Kliment () is a male given name, a Slavic form of the Late Latin name Clement. A diminutive form is Klim. Notable people:
Oleg
Oleg (), Oleh (), or Aleh () is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine, and Belаrus.
Nikita
unisex given name
Filaret
Filaret (Philaret) is a male given name of Greek origin, commonly used as a monastic name in the Orthodox Church, literally meaning, "lover of virtue"). It may refer to:
Yury
Jury, Jurij, Iurii, Iouri, Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy or Yurij is the Slavic (, or , or , or ) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Slovak and Croatian Juraj, akin to Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, and German Jürgen, and assimilated in modern forms such as German and Italian Juri, Portuguese Iúri, Estonian Jüri, and Dutch Joeri.
Victor
male given name
Anatoly
Anatoly (, ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Anatolios (), meaning "he of the sunrise", from anatolē, "sunrise".
Dmitry
Dmitry (; Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: '''D'mitriy or Dmitr' ( or )) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Demetrios (, ). The meaning of the name is "devoted to, dedicated to, or follower of Demeter" (Δημήτηρ, Dēmētēr''), "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture.
Vyacheslav
Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav (, ; , ), is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацлаў (transliterated Viačaslaŭ/Vaclaŭ, or Viachaslau/Vaclau), Croatian Vjenceslav, Czech Václav, Polish Wacław and Więcesław — Latinised as Wenceslaus. Also: Romanian of Moldova Veaceslav.
Mykola
Mykola (, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian and Belarusian variant, of the masculine name "Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to:
Ihor
REDIRECT Igor (given name)
Leonid
Leonid ( ; ; ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide.
Ilarion
Ilarion (, , , , , ) is a variant of the Greek given name Hilarion, found in Orthodox Slavic and Romanian languages. It may refer to:
Taras
male given name (Тарас)
Volodymyr
Volodymyr (, ; ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣръ Volodiměr, which in other Slavic languages became Vladimir (from ).
Borislav
Borislav or Boryslav () is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic elements borti (battle) and slava (glory, fame). The feminine form of the name is Borislava.
Serhii
Serhii ( ) is a Ukrainian masculine given name that comes from the ancient Roman generic name Sergius. Other transliterations of the name include Sergiy, Serhiy, Sergii, and Serhij.
Blagoje
Blagoje () is a masculine Slavic name derived from the roots blag ("gentle, mild") and -oje. It is recorded in Serbia since the Middle Ages. It may refer to:
Duško
Duško () is a Slavic masculine given name, often a diminutive for Dušan.
Oleksii
Oleksii, Oleksiy, Oleksij or Oleksiĭ ( ) is a Ukrainian male name of Ancient Greek origin.
Andriy
Andriy or Andrii () is the Ukrainian form of a masculine given name. The name is equivalent of Andrew in the English language.
Miroslav
male given name (Мирослав)
Milovan
Milovan () is a Slavic name derived from the passive adjective milovati ("caress"). Its presence has been recorded in Serbia since the Late Middle Ages. Variants include Milovanac and Milovanče.
Panteleimon
Panteleimon or Panteley may refer to:
Mykhailo
Mykhailo or Mykhaylo (, ) is a Ukrainian masculine given name, equivalent to English Michael. Notable people with the name include:
Davor
male given name
Hennadiy
Hennadiy (, ) is a Ukrainian given name. Like the Russian variant Gennady it is derived from Gennadius. Notable people with the name include:
Stepan
male given name (Степан)
Andrei
Andrei, Andrey, or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй, Андрей, or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include:
Artem
Artem (, ) is a male given name of Greek origin, deriving from Ἀρτέμιος (Artémios) meaning “pertaining to Artemis,” interpretable as “devoted to Artemis” or “one who is under Artemis’ protection.” The name is especially common in Ukraine and Russia, and is also used in Armenian with the variant of Ardem in Western Armenian.
Yaroslav
Yaroslav () is a Slavic masculine given name. It is composed of the Slavic elements jar meaning "strong, fierce" and slav meaning "glory, fame".
Vsevolod
Vsevolod or Wsewolod ( ; ) is a Slavic male first name. Its etymology is from Slavic roots 'vse' (all) and 'volodeti' (to rule) and means 'lord-of-everything/everybody', (similar to another princely name, "Vladimir" or "Volodymyr"). It is equivalent to the Belarusian Usievalad, Polish Wszewład, Lithuanian Visvaldas, Latvian Visvaldis and German Wissewald. The corresponding Russian patronymic is Vsevolodovich.
Sviatoslav
Sviatoslav (, ; , ) is a Russian and Ukrainian given name of Slavic origin. Cognates include Svetoslav, Svatoslav, Świętosław, Svetislav. It has a Pre-Christian pagan character and means 'one who worships the light' (likely in reference to the sun). In Christian times the name's meaning started to be associated with the Proto-Slavic roots (holy, light, world) and (glory), to be explained as 'one who worships the Holy'. A diminutive form for Sviatoslav is Svetlyo (Bulgarian), Slava (Russian), (Polish), Slavko, Sveto, Svet, Sviat, Sviatko (Ukrainian). Its feminine form is Sviatoslava. The name m
Neven
male given name
Stanimir
Stanimir (Cyrillic script: Станимир) is a Slavic origin given name built of two parts: stani "to become" and mir "peace, glory, prestige" or "world", meaning "to become a world" (see Book of Genesis 1:3). Feminine forms are: Stanimira and Stanimirka. Nicknames: Stanko, Staszek, Staś, Mirek, Mirko. The name may refer to:
Veniamin
Veniamin () is the Russian, Ukrainian and Greek version of the name Benjamin, and may refer to:
Vitomir
Vitomir (, ) is an old given name of Slavic origin.
Fedir
thumb|Pronunciation of Fedir in Ukrainian Fedir (Ukrainian: Федір FEHD-ihr) is a masculine Ukrainian name meaning "gift of God" or "God-given" derived from the Ancient Greek name Theodoros.
Vitalii
Vitalii (, ; , ) is a masculine given name of Ancient Roman origin. In ancient Rome, the name was a nickname. There was also a related cognomen (generic nickname) Vitalianus, which literally translates as "belonging to Vitalis". The female version of the name is Vitalina (, ; , ).
Vukašin
Vukašin () is an old Slavic name of Serbian origin. It is composed from two words: Vuk (wolf) and sin (son), so it means sin vuka (son of wolf). In some places in Croatia and Bosnia it can be found as a surname.
Petro
Petro is a masculine given name, a surname and an Ancient Roman cognomen. It may refer to: