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17 Names of Russian Origin

17 published names carry a Russian part in our data: 11 girl names, 6 boy names and 0 unisex names. 2 have a Documented meaning, 4 a Likely one and 11 an Editorial one, and the label is shown on every card.

Russian names are used most in Kazakh, Turkish and Kyrgyz, and they fall most often under the themes leadership and nobility, faith and devotion and flowers. Browse the full list below, filter it, or read how Russian names came into Turkic naming.

17 names

  • Bates

    “batiste”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesLikely

  • Beket

    “stopping place; station”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesLikely

  • Landysh

    “lily of the valley”
    From Russian · Tatar
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Laura

    “laurel”
    From Russian and Latin · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Lyudmila

    “dear to the people”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  • Marshal

    “marshal”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesLikely

  • Raisa

    “leader, chief”
    From Russian and Ancient Greek · Kazakh, Uzbek
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Sait

    “happy”
    From Ottoman Turkish and Arabic · Turkish, Kazakh
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  • Saten

    “satin”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesLikely

  • Şura

    “short form of Aleksandr (Shura)”
    From Russian · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Svetlana

    “light, bright”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  • Talant

    “talent”
    From Russian and Greek · Kyrgyz
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Talantbek

    “talented lord”
    From Russian and Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Vera

    “faith”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Zakir

    “one who remembers, one who memorizes”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Zarya

    “dawn”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Zhanna

    “God is gracious”
    From Russian and French · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

What counts as a Russian name here

A published name belongs to this page when any part of its origin label matches the word "russian". Labels that also mention another language, for example Arabic + Turkic, count here too.

10 of the 17 names have only Russian parts. The other 7 combine Russian with Arabic (2), Greek (2) and Turkic (2), so they also appear on those origin pages.

Which languages use Russian names

Russian names are recorded most often for Kazakh (13 names), Turkish (3 names) and Kyrgyz (3 names). In all, 8 languages have at least one Russian name in our data. A name used in several languages is counted once for each, so these numbers add up to more than 17.

Language buttons appear above the list when a language has at least 12 Russian names.

What Russian names mean

By documented meaning theme, Russian names fall most often under leadership and nobility (2), faith and devotion (1), flowers (1) and light (1). Of the 17 names, 2 (12 percent) have a Documented meaning, 4 are Likely and 11 are Editorial.

Building blocks that recur in these names include bek (lord, chief, master (title)); each one links to its own page with the other names that use it.

Girl, boy and unisex Russian names

The list holds 11 girl names, 6 boy names and 0 unisex names. Gender is recorded per language, so a name that is unisex in one language can be used for one gender only in another; the table on each name page shows this.

Example Russian names

A short selection of published names of Russian origin, such as Zakir, Sait and Laura, with documented meanings first. Open any card to read the meaning, the origin sentence and the sources.

  • Zakir

    “one who remembers, one who memorizes”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  • Sait

    “happy”
    From Ottoman Turkish and Arabic · Turkish, Kazakh
    Boy1 syllableDocumented

  • Laura

    “laurel”
    From Russian and Latin · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Svetlana

    “light, bright”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  • Bates

    “batiste”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesLikely

  • Raisa

    “leader, chief”
    From Russian and Ancient Greek · Kazakh, Uzbek
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  • Talantbek

    “talented lord”
    From Russian and Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  • Talant

    “talent”
    From Russian and Greek · Kyrgyz
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  • Saten

    “satin”
    From Russian · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesLikely

Questions and answers

What is a Russian name on this site?

A published name whose origin record names Russian. Right now that is 17 names, and the number changes when names are published or corrected.

How many Russian names are girl names or boy names?

11 are girl names, 6 are boy names and 0 are unisex. The gender shown is the one recorded in our data, and it can differ between languages.

Which language has the most Russian names?

Kazakh has the most, with 13 names, followed by Turkish (3). These counts show how many names we have researched for each language, not how common the names are.

Are Russian-origin names also used as Turkic names?

Yes, when our data records them for a Turkic language. The Russian origin only describes where the root of the name comes from, and the spelling follows the language that uses it.

Do Russian names mix with other origins?

Yes: 7 of 17 names combine Russian with another origin, most often Arabic (2 names). They appear on every origin page they belong to.

How reliable are the meanings of Russian names here?

2 of 17 have a Documented meaning backed by a cited source, 4 are Likely, and 11 come from our own editorial research. The label is shown on every name card and name page.

Where can I read more about Russian names?

Open a name page to see the origin sentence, its sources and the spellings we have recorded. The Sources and methodology page explains how we label meanings.

Data & methodology

This page is built from the origin records of published names: 17 names match the Russian pattern, and 7 of them also carry another origin. 17 names have a meaning label.

Published names
17,111 (17,111 with a meaning)
Documented
7,386 · cited source
Likely
376 · composed or plausible
Editorial
9,349 · our own research
Languages
10
Sources listed
3,863
Names on this page
17
Languages
8
Last data update
1 November 2026

Read more in Sources and methodology and the Editorial policy.

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