Common Russian names for boys

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Алексей
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Aleksey
means: the one who helps people
Александр
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Aleksandr
means: protector of humanity
Артём
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Artyom
means: follower
Богдан
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Bogdan
means: given by God
Борис
shortened: Боря
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Boris
means: fight
Дмитрий
shortened: Дима
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Dmitry
means: follower of Demeter
Евгений
shortened: Женя
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Yevgeny
means: noble
Фёдор
shortened: Федя
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Fyodor
means: powerful ruler
Гавил
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Gavriil
means: strong man of God
Григорий
shortened: Гриша
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Grigory
means: watchful
Константин
shortened: Костя
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Konstantin
means: constant
Максим
shortened: Макс
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Maksim
means: the greatest
Николай
shortened: Коля
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Nikolai
means: victory of people
Павел
shortened: Паша
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Pavel
means: humble
Распутин
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Rasputin
means: bad kid
Руслан
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Ruslan
means: lion
Станислав
shortened: Стас
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Stanislav
means: famous
Тарас
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Taras
means: the son of Poseidon
Владимир
shortened: Влад
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Vladimir
means: ruler

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Russian first names

The Russian first names are mostly Orthodox Christian names that are given at birth. Many of the Russian boy names include old Slavic names, traditional names from the ethnic minorities or names from the Communist times. Popular canonical Russian names for boys are Ivan, Roman, Pavel and Fedor, given in the names of saints. Men with these names celebrate the day of their saint according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar. A popular one is Dimitri name. There aren't more than 600 male Russian names that are currently used. Our lesson will introduce you to the most popular Russian names out of all of them. You will learn the Nicolas name meaning, Alexei name meaning and Viktor name meaning. You will also learn the Russian versions of popular names, for example, how is Andrew in Russian.

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