Revised List of Russian Boy's names contributed by Egor (George) Dyukarev Tomsk, Russia Discussion: Small or kind forms are in brackets. They are not official Names but are in daily use. Spelling. There are a lot of differences between Russian and English pronunciation. Sometimes there is no good corresponding between letters and sounds. Therefore some names can be written in a different form. For example the following are all variations of one name: Evgeniy 36 300 Evgenii 33 300 Yevgeniy 11 900 Yevgenii 9 690 Numbers in the right column are the number of web pages where I found the name through the Yahoo search engine. (www.yahoo.com) As you can see each form can be used. Common rules of spelling. - Names starting with E can be written with YE (Egor = Yegor). But there are a few exceptions. - Names finishing with IY can be written with II (Evgeniy - Evgenii). - Letter F can be replaced by PH in most cases (Fedor = Phedor). - Letter H can be replaced by KH in most cases (Mihail = Mikhail). Pronunciation. Usually last part of word is stressed. For example, right pronunciation is Davi'd ("I" is stressed) BOY'S NAMES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benedict Bohdan or Bogdan Boleslav R Boris (Borya) Boyan R Bronislav Budimir or Bydimir R David R Daniil or Danila Dementiy R Demid Demyan Denis Dmitriy (Dima, Mitya) Dobrynya R Dominik R Donut R Dormidont R Dorofey or Dorophey R Dosiofey or Dosiophey R (Y)Evgeniy (Jenya, Zhenya) (Y)Evgraf (Y)Evdokim (Y)Evlampiy R (Y)Evsei R (Y)Evstafiy R (Y)Evsigney R (Y)Evstrat (Y)Egor (Y)Elizar R (Y)Elisey R (Y)Emelyan ((Y)Emelya) (Y)Epiphun R (Y)Eremei R (Y)Ermil R (Y)Ermolai R (Y)Erofei R (Y)Efim (Y)Efrem R Eduard Emil R Emmanuil Erast R Ernest Fadei Falalei R Fyodor (Fedya) Fedot Feliks Feoktist R Feofan R Feofilakt R Ferapont R Filaret R Filimon Filipp Filofei R Foka R Foma Fotiy R Frol Gavril or Gavrila Galaktion R Gedeon R Gennadiy (Gena) Genrih R Georgiy (Jora) Gerasim R German Gleb Gordei R Grigoriy (Grisha) Gyriy R Hariton or Chartiton R Harlampiy or Charlampiy R Hristophor or Christophor R Iakinf R Ivan Ioann R Ignariy or Ignat Igor Ieronim R Izmail R Izot R Illarion R Ilya Innokentiy (Kesha) Ioakim R Iov R Iona R Iosif Ippolit Irinarh R Irinei R Isidor R Kallistrat R Kapiton R Kasian R Kim Kir Kirill Kliment R Kondrat R Konstantin (Kostya) Korneliy Kornil R Ksenofont R Kuzma R Lavrentiy Lazar R Leonard R Leonid (Lyonya) Lev Leontiy Leopold Luka R Lukyan R Lyubim R Lyubomir R Makar Maksim (Maks) Maksimilian R Marat Mark Martyn R Matvey Miron R Mitrofan R Mikhail - Mihail (Mischa Misha) Mihey R Modest Mstislav R Nazar Narkis R Natan R Naum R Nestor Nikandr R Nikanor Nikita Nikifor R Nikodim R Nicolay - Nikolai Nikon R Nifont R Oleg Onisim or Anisim R Onufriy R Ostap Pavel Pankrat Panteley Paramon R Parfen R Patrikey R Pafnutiy R Pakhom R Pyotr or Petr (Petya) Pimen R Polikarp R Porfiriy R Potap Prov R Prokl R Prokofiy Prokhor Radiy R Robert Rodion Roman (Roma) Rostislav Rudolf Ruslan Savva R Saveliy Saltan or Sultan R Samson R Svetozar R Svyatoslav Sevostian (Seva) Selivan R Semyon Serafim R Sergei - Serguei - Sergey Sidor R Silantiy Simon R Sofron R Spiridon R Stanislav Stepan (Styopa) Stefan R Sysoi R Taras Terentiy Timofey Timur Tihon Trifon Trofim Vavila R Vadim Valentin (Valya) Valeriy or Valerii Valerian R Varlam R Vasiliy or Vasilii (Vasya) Venedikt R Veniamin Vikentiy Viktor (Vitya) Vissarion Vitaliy (Vitalya) Vladilen R Vladislav (Slava) Vladmir (Volodya) Vlas Vsevolod Vyacheslav Yakov (Yasha) Yaroslav Yulian R Yuliy Yuriy - Yurii (Yura) Zakhar Zinoviy Zosima R ****************************************** Here is the original unofficial List (not all are typical Russian and some may be disputed as not Russian names at all!) Adrik Alek Aleksandr Aleksi Aleksis Alexei Alik Aloyoshenka Aloysha Anatolii Andrei Andrusha Andrya Antinko Anton Antosha Arman Baran Bogdashha Bohdan Bolodenka Boris Borya Boryenka Brends Brody Burian Cheslav Czar Danya Dima Dimitri Edik Eduard Egor Evgenii Fabi Faddei Fadey Fadeyka Fedor Fedya Fedyenka Feliks Filip Foma Fredek Fyodor Ganya Gav Gavrel Gavril Gavrilovich Gregori Grigor Grigori Grigorii Grisha Hedeon Helge Igor Igoryok Ilya Ioakim Iov Ivan Ivanhoe Ivano Jasha Jeirgif Jermija Jov Jurg Karol Karolek Khristine Kiril Kiryl Kolenka Kolya Konstantine Kostenka Kostya Laurente Lenya Leonide Lev Levka Levushka Luka Lukasha Lukyan Lyonechka Lyonya Maks Maksimillian Marko Markov Matvey Matysh Maxim Michail Mikhail Mischa Misha Mishe Mishenka Moriz Motka Nicolai Nikita Nikolai Oleg Olezka Ony Oral Orel Orell Oriel Orrel Pabiyan Pashenka Pavlpv Pavel Pavla Pavlik Pavlo Pavlusha Pavlushka Pavlushshenka Pavlya Petenka Petrov Petya Pyotr Roman Romochka Rurik Sacha Sanya Sasha Semyon Serge Sergei Serguei Seriozha Seriozhenka Shashenka Shura Shurik Shurochka Slavik Stanislov Stefan Stephan Stepka Tamryn Tasha Tolenka Tolya Tosya Tusya Valerii Valerik Vanechka Vanyusha Vas Vasilii Vassi Vassily Vasya Viktor Vitenka Vladik Vladislav Vladmir Vladmiri Vladya Volody Vyacheslav Yakov Yaremka Yasha Yerik Yura Yuri Yurii Yurik Yurochka Zhenechka Zhenya Zhorah Ziven Zivon Zory