Ukrainian names have much in common with Russian and Belarusian ones. This is not surprising, because our peoples have common roots and one history. The interweaving of destinies has led to the fact that now in Ukraine they are asked to write down children in the Russian-language form of the name, while in their native language it may sound completely different. What is the peculiarity of Ukrainian names?

Let's look into the past

Now in Ukraine, the fashion is returning to call children Old Slavonic names. So in kindergartens and schools you can meet girls Bogdana, Miroslava, Bozhedana, Velena, Bozena. The boys are named Dobromir, Izyaslav, Lubomir. But these are only modern trends, although they have been observed for almost the entire centuries-old history of the fraternal people.

When Christianity was adopted in Russia, they began to baptize everyone in the church and give the names of the holy great martyrs. This tradition continues to this day. But we still continue to name children exactly as it is written in the certificate? And why is this happening?

It turns out that this phenomenon is more than a thousand years old. Ever since the first Christian years, people who were accustomed to this continued to call their children. And what the church demands from them simply remained on paper. So the names could actually be different. Bogdan was baptized as a child under the banner of St. Zenobius, and Ivan as Istislav.

Examples of names of Christian origin

But the language of the people is great and powerful, so some Ukrainian names were nevertheless borrowed from the Christian faith. Over time, they were changed and adapted to the gentle sound of the colorful language. By the way, there are also native Russian analogues. For example, Elena in Ukraine sounds like Olena, Emilian - Omelyan, Glykeria - Licker (Russian Lukerya).

In the Old Russian language there were no names that would begin with the first letter of the alphabet A. This rule was later transferred to Ukraine, with the exception of the name Andrei (Andriy, although in some villages you can hear Gandriy) and Anton. But Alexander and Alexey, more familiar to us, had the first O and turned into Oleksandr and Oleksiy. By the way, dear Anna in Ukraine sounds like Ganna.

Another phonetic feature of the ancient language is the absence of the letter F. Almost all words with F are borrowed from other countries. That is why the Christian versions of Thekla, Philip and Theodosius turned into Tesla, Pilip and Todos.

Ukrainian male names

It is simply impossible to name all the names suitable for boys and which will be considered primordially Ukrainian. There are a great number of them, and all of them have Old Slavonic roots. We propose to consider the most common Ukrainian male names and their meaning.

Women's names

Many female names are derived from male ones. List of Ukrainian given names in feminine form:

The meaning of Ukrainian names can be understood from the very name. Originally Ukrainian words were used to display their meaning on the character of the child. Therefore, if you read Miloslav, then you mean that this sweet creature will certainly become famous.

How to read Ukrainian names correctly

In the Ukrainian language, almost all letters are similar to Russian. Except for a few. They are especially difficult for people from other countries, because the language requires them to be pronounced smoothly and softly.

So, the letter g is in two versions. The first ordinary is read gutturally, softly, and the second with a tail is more firmly. Besides:

• e is read like Russian e;
• her:
• i - and;
• and - similarly s;
• ї - like "yi"
• yo - like Russian ё.

Features of modern names

Modern Ukrainian names have already lost their uniqueness. Of course, the parents of the western regions and some central regions still preserve ancient traditions, but the rest of the world, and especially large cities, prefer to use Russified forms. By the way, data about a person is written in two languages ​​- national and Russian.

Ukrainian names are very common, not to mention family names. When Kievan Rus converted to Christianity, beautiful words began to emerge, which later became Ukrainian. The Christian church calendar says that it is the basis of all data. So what is the magic of the Ukrainian language?

Ukrainian names and surnames

The origin of Ukrainian surnames is a long story that goes back several centuries. There is one very curious fact: Ukrainian data came into use much earlier than Russian or English. The first surnames were with the suffix -enko-, which is now already known and even familiar. But few people know that this is one of the most ancient suffixes, which dates back to the 16th century.

Each word was given to people for a reason, it meant something. So, for example, the common surname Maistrenko has the translation “freedom”, i.e. someone in the family was not a serf, but had the right to be a master. An ethnic Ukrainian may belong to a group with a long history, due to the presence of some specific signs of the formation of a surname.

Men's

Ukrainian surnames for men depend on endings and suffixes - this is the most important indicator of construction. They were formed for a long time, based on the nicknames of people, their professions, appearance and region of residence, so they could receive them based on the specifics of their activities. Common alphabetical suffixes that play a major role in the formation of data are:

• -eyk-;
• -ko-;
• -points-;
• -nickname-;
• -ar (ar) -;
• -shin-;
• -ba-.

Women's

Ukrainian surnames for women are formed in the same way as for men. Here the endings change a little, they have a declination, but only thanks to this it can be understood that we have a woman in front of us. Also, forms for girls do not exist for everyone. There is also data that does not change, i.e. suitable for both sexes at once. The examples of suffixes are the same as given above. But it is best to disassemble in a visual version.

1. Pilipenko. It applies equally to both men and women.
2. Serdyukov - by the mention in this case, it is clearly visible that this is a man. Serdyukov - the declension with the addition of the letter "a" can no longer be thought that this is the male sex. For a woman, this consonance is much more suitable.

Funny Ukrainian surnames

The dictionary of Ukrainian surnames is replete with unusual, funny data, which are even strange to consider as names. No, it's not about ridicule. It's just that they are really very funny, funny, few people will have the courage to give their child a similar name. Although, for Ukraine, such names are considered the best of all:

• Ladle;
• Golka;
• Do not shoot;
• Nedaikhleb;
• Thinness;
• chicken coop;
• Fear;
• Pipko the Possessed;
• Cattle;
• Kochmarik;
• Grivul;
• Gurragcha;
• Surdul;
• Bochard;
• Zhovna.

The list is endless, there are not the most successful options that do not sound very aesthetically pleasing. But what to do, such is the Ukrainian language, and we must respect it.

Beautiful Ukrainian surnames

Beautiful Ukrainian surnames, the list of which is extensive. There is familiar data here that is often encountered. The data is really very interesting, well-known, and most importantly, consonant.

• Tkachenko;
• Stepanenko;
• Plushenko;
• Leshchenko;
• Skripko;
• Goncharenko;
• Sobchak;
• Tishchenko;
• Vinnichenko;
• Timoshenko;
• Romaniuk;
• Onishchenko;
• Gouzenko.

Western Ukrainian

Western Ukrainian surnames are the owners of the suffix -iv-, it is found absolutely everywhere. For example, Illiv, Ivaniv, Ivantsiv. In general, in Western Ukraine there are not so many endings and suffixes, so the people limited themselves to the main additions to the data, without declension: -vich-, -ych-, -ovich-, -evich- and -ich-. That's all diversity. If the word ends in one of these suffixes, then it should immediately be determined that this is exclusively Western Ukraine. So, for example, here are a number of well-known names that refer to the Western Ukrainian addition system:

• Mishkevich;
• Koganovich;
• Mrych;
• Enukovich;
• Gorbatsevich;
• Krivich;
• Bekonovich;
• Vinich;
• Stroganovich;
• Strarovoitovich;
• Gudzevich;
• Bykovich;
• Kpekych.

Common

There are also a dozen - the most common Ukrainian surnames, which are not only found on every corner, but are also considered the most popular of all. A large number of famous people have real surnames of Ukrainian origin, for example, astronauts, politicians, etc. List of Ukrainian surnames:

1. Strelbitsky.
2. Kravets.
3. Kravchenko.
4. Koval.
5. Kravchuk.
6. Kovalchuk.
7. Pridius.
8. Butko.
9. Khrushchev.
10. Matvienko.

How Ukrainian surnames are inclined

Do Ukrainian surnames decline? In general, the male surname will always fit this rule. But there is also another weighty rule: non-Russian surnames that end in a consonant are necessarily inclined, and foreign data related to non-Slavic traditions ending in a vowel remain unchanged. The feminine side is not as flexible as there are some suffixes that just fall out. So, women have to walk all their lives with male data, but this does not upset them in any way, because in most cases these surnames are very concise and beautiful.

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Many peoples live on the modern territory of Ukraine: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Bulgarians, Georgians. Such a diversity of nations is due to the historical development of this state. Ukrainian female names have an ancient and original history.

Brief information about the history of the appearance of Ukrainian names

In ancient times, the lands of Kiev, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Chernihiv and other central regions of Ukraine were inhabited by tribes of pagan Slavs. With the advent of the state of Kievan Rus, a legend is connected about the arrival of the Vikings, who were the first rulers of Russia: Rurik, Igor, Olga, Oleg - all these names are of Scandinavian origin.

After the Christianization of Russia by Prince Vladimir, the original Slavic and Scandinavian pagan names began to be gradually replaced by Greek ones. However, fortunately, the people did not abandon their culture. Newborns began to be given two names: one - Slavic (pagan), and the other - Greek (Christian). It was the stability of tradition that made it possible to preserve the original flavor of Slavic names.

With the further division of Russia into the Kievan and Moscow principalities, with the expansion of the territory of the state and the settlement of the Slavs from Moscow to the shores of the Sea of ​​\u200b\u200bAzov, Russian and Ukrainian female names, which historically have a common origin, began to differ.

The difference between Russian and Ukrainian names

When the center of Kievan Rus shifted to the Principality of Moscow, Christianity became a truly native religion for the people of Rus, estates (peasants, boyars, princes) appeared in society, and cultural interaction between the state and other countries of Europe and Asia began to develop. As a result of the strengthening of Christianity as the state religion, newborns were given two names: one was chosen according to the calendar (this name was often advised by the priest), and the second was Slavic, used in the home circle.

With the increase in literacy in society, Slavic names began to gradually fall out of use and were replaced by Christian names, especially those mentioned in sacred texts. Old Russian, and then Russian society, especially its most prosperous stratum, increasingly adopted European culture.

At the same time, on the territory of modern Ukraine, among the common people, ancient traditions were preserved and maintained. If in Ancient Russia Slavic names were used mainly in the family, and officially a person was represented by the name given to him at baptism, then in Ukraine the situation was the opposite. The main name was considered Slavic. Perhaps this is the reason why Ukrainian female names have retained their national flavor.

Phonetic features of Ukrainian names

Foreign names, once in the Old Russian environment, changed their pronunciation. So, for example, the Greek name Anna in Ukrainian acquired the form of Hann, the name Xenia - Oksana, and the name Theodore - Todora.

This happened because in the Old Russian language, which was spoken 1000 years ago by the Slavs of Kievan and Moscow Rus (it was one language), the sound f- it was not at all, for the Slavs it was difficult to pronounce, and it was replaced with a more convenient sound T-. This is how the name Todor appeared.

And the sound but- in the language of the Eastern Slavs never stood at the beginning of a word (absolutely all concepts that in Russian or Ukrainian begin with but-, are of foreign origin: watermelon, arba, aria, aquamarine). This is how Ukrainian forms appeared: Oleksandr, Oleksiy, Olesya, Oksana. From parallel Russians, for example Aksinya, formed from the Greek Xenia.

It must be said that the replacement of the initial but- on the about- was characteristic of the entire folk environment of Russia in general (and not just the territory of modern Ukraine). Thus, the Russian merchant from Tver, Afanasy Nikitin, in his book Journey Beyond the Three Seas (XV century) calls himself Othonasius.

Ancient monosyllabic female names

Old Ukrainian female names can consist of one root (Vera, Volya, Zhdana). Some of these ancient names are common, and some are obsolete. The monosyllabic female names of Ukrainians include, for example, those presented below.

Ancient disyllabic female names

Currently, Ukrainian female names consisting of two roots are a little more common. Vladislav - from the words "glory" and "power" - strength, courage. Zlatomir - from the concepts of "peace" and "gold" - gold. The meaning that the original Ukrainian female names have (list below) is sometimes easy to determine on your own by the root of the word. Next, consider specific examples. Two-syllable Ukrainian female names are beautiful, melodic, colorful. They reflect the music and poetry of the people. Examples of them are the following: Bohemila, Boleslav, Brotherlyub, Dobrogora, Druzhelyuba, Zlatomir, Lyubava ("beloved"), Lyubomila, Lubomir, Lyuboslav, Mechislav, Miroslava, Wise, Radmira, Svetlana, Svetoyara.

As can be seen from this list, rare Ukrainian female names most often contain syllables - glory, -love, -sweet, -peace. It can be assumed that this principle of word formation contains the primordial values ​​of the Slavs: to be loved, feminine ("sweet"), kind ("peace") and brave ("glory").

Modern Ukrainian names

In modern Ukraine, the same names are mostly found that are used in Russia and Belarus. They are of Slavic, Greek, Roman, Jewish and Scandinavian origin. However, unlike Russian society, in Ukraine there is a gradual increase in interest in ancient names, which indicates an increase in the spirit of patriotism in society and attention to their own cultural traditions. This is especially true for the western regions of the country, where newborn girls are increasingly given Old Slavic names, which are presented above.

However, despite the fact that every year the number of newborn girls who are given Slavic names is increasing, in the whole country, the choice of names is still influenced by the general fashion from Eastern Europe.

Popular female Ukrainian names: Alina, Alice, Anna / Hanna, Bogdana, Victoria, Veronica, Darina, Diana, Elizabeth, Katerina / Ekaterina, Christina, Lyudmila, Nadezhda, Natalia, Maria, Oksana, Olesya, Sofia, Tatyana, Uliana, Julia .

Conclusion

Female names common on the territory of modern Ukraine are diverse both in meaning and in history of origin. However, of all the East Slavic peoples, Ukrainians (especially from the western regions of the country) seem to have preserved ancient Slavic names in their onomasticon more than others. Once upon a time they were used by all Slavs, but with the adoption of Christianity they were gradually replaced by Greek and European ones.

Ukrainian traditions of composing and naming

The list of Ukrainian names is close to Russian, as well as Belarusian, since all three peoples had common sources - these are both Orthodox saints and pagan names. The latter functioned for a long time on a par with church ones: in everyday life a person was called by the name that his parents gave him, pagan, and not the church. For example, Bohdan Khmelnitsky had a church name Zinovy, which was rarely mentioned anywhere. The ancestors of the Ukrainians believed that in this case a person would be protected by two different mystical principles - paganism and Christianity.

Over time, the names of the church calendar entered everyday life and began to be perceived as native. Under the influence of speech, church Ukrainian female names underwent phonetic changes, as a result of which their own variants appeared. So, borrowed Alexandra, Anna, Agripina turned into Oleksandr, Hann, Gorpin (in Ukrainian, the initial “a-” is transformed). The names that have the letter “f” in their composition also change: Theodore - Khved, Joseph - Yosip, Osip.

Historically, there was no sound f in the East Slavic languages, which is reflected in the already mentioned form "Opanas", as well as in the now obsolete version of the name Philip - Pilip. In folk speech, the letter “f” was usually replaced by “p” (Philip - Pilip), while “fita” was most often replaced by “t” (Theokla - Teklya, Theodosius - Todos, Fadey - Tadey).

Many names were formed with the help of diminutive suffixes: Leo - Levko, Varvara - Varka. At the same time, they were considered full-fledged names, which were used not only in everyday life, but also in official documents.

Modern Ukrainian male and female names consist of several types: names from the Orthodox calendar, as well as their folk and secular forms; Slavic names (Volodimir, Vladislav, Miroslav, Vsevolod, Yaroslav); names of the Catholic calendar (Casimir, Teresa, Wanda); borrowings from other languages ​​(Albert, Zhanna, Robert, Karina).

Modern trends

The most popular female and male names in Ukraine were recorded: Danilo, Maxim, Mikita, Vladislav, Artem, Nazar, Darina, Sofia, Angelina, Diana.
In Ukraine, over the past few years, about 30 names have remained popular when registering children, the most common among which are the names Alexander and Anastasia.

At present, however, there are broad sections of people with a mixed Ukrainian-Russian identity who may prefer one or another variant of the name, which does not always coincide with the form declared by the nationality and language of the document. Therefore, now both Anna and Hanna write in passports; and Olena, and Alyon; and Natalya, and Natalia, depending on the desire of the carrier.

It should also be noted that many typical Ukrainian forms of Orthodox names, starting from the 1930s, in Soviet Ukraine were gradually replaced by their Russian or quasi-Russian counterparts, and were preserved only in the western regions. For example, in eastern Ukraine, instead of the traditional Ukrainian Todos, Todosіy, the Russified form Feodosіy is currently used.

Names that were not common among ordinary people before the beginning of the 20th century, for example, Viktor, have identical forms in Russian and Ukrainian.

Most often, Ukrainians choose among male names:

Alexander, Danil, Maxim, Vladislav, Nikita, Artem, Ivan, Kirill, Egor, Ilya, Andrey, Alexei, Bogdan, Denis, Dmitry, Yaroslav.

Among female names are more common:

Anastasia, Alina, Daria, Ekaterina, Maria, Natalia, Sofia, Julia, Victoria, Elizabeth, Anna, Veronica, Ulyana, Alexandra, Yana, Christina.

However, the sympathy of Ukrainians for strange or unusual names for Ukraine does not decrease either. So, recently, boys named Loammiy, Lenmar, Yustik, Ararat, Augustine, Zelay, Pietro, Ramis and girls named Elita, Navista, Piata, Eloria, Karabina, Yurdana have been registered.

The indicator of Ukrainians, who, at a conscious age, expressed a desire to change their own name, remains constant.

The Ukrainian name book is close to Russian and Belarusian, since the main sources of names for all three peoples were Orthodox saints and, to a lesser extent, the traditional circle of pagan Slavic names.

As you know, among the East Slavic peoples, pagan names for a long time functioned in parallel with the church ones. Receiving a church name at baptism, a person in everyday life used the traditional Slavic name given to him by his parents. Among Ukrainians, this custom lasted a very long time: for example, Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky bore a double name - Bogdan-Zinovy ​​(the church name Zinovy ​​was given at baptism, and the Slavic Bogdan acted as the main name).

However, the names from the church calendar gradually entered Ukrainian life and were no longer perceived as borrowed. At the same time, under the influence of folk speech, they underwent strong phonetic changes, and as a result, in parallel with the canonical church names, their secular and folk variants arose: Elena - Olena, Emilian - Omelyan, Glikeriya - Licker, Luker, Agripina - Gorpina (the same process took place also in Russian: cf. Elena - Alena, Emilian - Emelyan, Glykeria - Lukerya, Agrippina - Agrafena).

Like the Old Russian language, Ukrainian does not allow the initial a-, so the borrowed names Alexander, Alexey, Averky turned into Oleksandr, Oleksiy, Overkiy. Initially, the sound f, unusual for the Ukrainian language, in folk speech turned into p or hv: Theodore - Khvedir, Khved; Athanasius - Panas, Opanas; Evstafiy - Ostap; Yosif - Josip, Osip (although the forms Afanasiy, Evstafiy and Yosif are still used in parallel in the Ukrainian language). In Western dialects, the sound f, denoted in writing by "fitoy", turned into t: Theodore - Todor; Athanasius - Atanas.

Many folk forms were formed using diminutive suffixes: Grigory - Gritsko, Pelagia - Palazhka, Leo - Levko, Varvara - Varka. Nevertheless, despite their external "diminutiveness", they were perceived as full names. So, the sons of Bohdan Khmelnitsky were known among contemporaries under the names of Yurko (Yuras) and Timish, although their baptismal names were Yuri (Georgiy, Russian George) and Timofiy (Russian Timofey).

Modern Ukrainian names can be divided into several categories:

1) The most extensive layer is the already mentioned names from the Orthodox calendar and their folk and secular forms. Some names are predominantly common in folk form: Mikhailo, Ivan, Olena, Tetyana, Oksana, Dmitro (church Mikhail, Ioan, Elena, Tatiana, Xenia, Dimitri). Others are more common in the church (canonical) - Evgenia, Irina, Anastasia, although these names also have folk variants: Їvga / Yugina, Yarina / Orina, Nastasia / Nastka. Olesya and Lesya are very popular as passport names, initially - diminutive forms of the names Oleksandr and Larisa (the male version of Oles / Les is less common).

2) Slavic names: Vladislav, Volodymyr (Russian Vladimir), Miroslav, Yaroslav, Svyatoslav, Vsevolod, Stanislav. Note that in Ukraine Slavic names are more common than in Russia; female forms are also more often used: Yaroslava, Miroslava, Stanislava, Vladislava.

3) Names from the Catholic calendar, spread due to contacts with Catholic Poland and found mainly in the western regions of Ukraine: Teresa, Wanda, Witold, Casimir.

4) Names borrowed from other languages ​​relatively recently: Alina, Alisa, Zhanna, Diana, Albert, Robert, Snezhana, Karina.

Ukrainian names in their origin are not much different from Russian ones. As a state, Ukraine exists quite recently, and the sources of names remain the same as before. They date back to the era of pre-Mongol Rus, and their differences from Russians lie mainly in pronunciation and degree of prevalence. This is due to the fact that rural traditions have become the basis of Ukrainian culture, and the language, in fact, is a phonetic record of local dialects.

Despite the fact that Ukrainian names for the most part correspond to Russian ones, they have a number of features associated with the development of the language and the long stay of different parts of Ukraine under the rule of other states. These differences can be summarized as follows:

• the predominance of folk forms over church ones;
• wider use of Slavic names;
• the influence of neighboring peoples both on the pronunciation of the name and on its diminutive form.

Baptismal or calendar names

They came to Russia from Byzantium, and in their origin were Greek, Jewish and Latin. It was difficult for the Slavs to get used to them - differences in phonetics affected. For example, in Russia there were no sounds [f] and [θ], the pronunciation was dominated by an okane, and long words were not held in high esteem.

On the territory of Russia, the sound [f] appeared after the final consonants were stunned, but this did not happen in Ukraine.

By the 16th century, Ѣ began to disappear, moreover, in Russia it was replaced by [e], and in Ukraine by [i].

When Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire, the calendar name was written in its full form, but if a Russian, at least in the city, took it for granted, it was difficult for a resident of Ukraine to get used to it, and after the Ukrainian language was codified in the USSR, pronunciation names were recorded phonetically.

For example, among Ukrainian male names, the list is replete with names starting with O: Oleksiy and Oleksa in Ukrainian, Alexander - Oleksandr and Oles, Evstafiy - Ostap, Athanasius - Opanas and Panas. Andrew in Ukrainian - Ondry, although now Andriy is more common.

F and fita were replaced by [p], [t] and [v]: this can be seen from the names of Eustathius and Athanasius. Among women it is possible to note:

• Thekla - Veklya and Teklya;
• Theodora - Pidorka;
• Euphrosyne had the diminutives Pronya and Prisya.

In recent decades, Ukraine has name-related passport problem. This was partly a consequence of the rules introduced for filling out foreign passports. They write down the name according to standard transliteration, which is why the national version recorded in a civil passport can play a cruel joke with the owner of the name.

In the USSR, the name in the national republics was not transcribed when it came to the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages. That is, Nadia Volodymyrovna in the Russian version became Nadezhda Vladimirovna. And it seemed normal to everyone. Now the owners of the calendar names are faced with the fact that these names, it turns out, are different.

How good it is is unknown. The owners of such names, if they have not changed beyond recognition, believe that the name is one, and its spelling is a third matter. That is, Catherine will not mind if in Ukraine she is recorded as Catherine, but in the passport as Catherine. But officials don't think so..

The dictatorship of the Ukrainian form is also experienced by those who want to insist on a national version if it is not Ukrainian.

Old Russian heritage in names

As mentioned earlier, the use of pre-Christian names in Ukraine is more common than in Russia. An interesting fact is that such names can have both male and female forms, which are not common in Russia. This is partly due to Polish influence, and another reason was the long stay of Ukrainians outside the legal field of the Russian Empire, where for some time it was not allowed to give non-calendar names. They, of course, were in use, but they were not recorded in the documents. In Ukraine, the situation is different..

Among such names, one can recall male Volodymyr, Vladislav, Yaroslav, Stanislav, Miroslav, Bogdan, the last four having female forms. The name Miroslava is more common among women.

Old and new foreign language influence

It was observed in border areas and in places where a mixed population lived. First of all, this concerns the western regions, which have been part of different states throughout history. These influences include:

• Slovak
• Hungarian;
• Moldovan and Romanian;
• German;
• Polish.

More often this affected diminutive variants of names, but full variants are also recorded. These names include male Tibor, Pishta, Dats, Vili, Rudy, female Bronislava, Zhuzha (Hungarian version of Susanna), Lyana, Aurika. Typical Czech and Slovak names are Bozena, Milos, Radomir, Draga.

The new time also made its contribution, and among Ukrainians, as well as Russians, Roberts, Arthurs, Zhannas, Alberts and Arnolds appeared.

Name in Ukrainian and its variants

The most obvious way to compare Ukrainian and Russian names is in the table.

name	Russian variant	Ukrainian	diminutive forms
Anna	Anna	Ganna	Anya, Ganya, Nyura, Nutsa (Rom.)
Elena	Alena, Elena	Olena	Olya, Lyalya, Gelya
Maria	Maria	Maria, Marusya	Marusya, Marichka (carp)
Hope	Hope	Nadia	Nadiya, Nadiya
Evdokia	Avdotya	Yavdokha, Vivdia	Dusya, Dosya, Dunya
Miroslava		Miroslava	Miros
Kseniya	Xenia, Aksinya	Oksana	Oksana
Irina	Irina, Arina	Orina	Ira, Yarusya, Orisya
Evgeniya	Evgeniya	Yugina, Їvga	Zhenya, Genya, Zvgochka, Yuginka
Anton	Anton	Antin	Antinko, Toska
George	George, Egor, Yuri	George, Yuri, Yurko	Zhora, Gosh, Yuras, Yurko, Yurash
Dmitry	Dmitry	Dmitro	Dmitrus, Mitko
Dorotheus	Dorotheus	Dorosh	Dorosh
Nicholas	Nicholas	Mykola	Mikolka, Kolya
Nikita	Nikita	Mikita	Mikitko
Peter	Peter	Petro	Petrus, Petrik, Petko
Philip	Philip	Pilip	Pilipok, Pilipets
Thomas	Thomas	homa	Khomko, Tomus

Of course, these options are exaggerated. Names can be written in both Russian and Ukrainian transliteration, and diminutive forms can differ significantly. Both in Russian and in Ukrainian, there are two spellings of the name Natalya: Natalya and Nataliya. The name Yuri has long been independent and is not attached to George. The same can be said about the name Eugene and its derivatives.

Distribution and data of the registry office

Today it is difficult to judge which names in Ukraine are the most common. Statistics could not be found. Recently, registry offices began to let her down only by the names given to newborns. And if you look at them carefully, you can see a tendency to write names in a form close to the calendar.

Ukrainians, like Russians, pay little attention to how the name is translated from the original language. The main selection criterion is fashion and whether the name fits the surname and patronymic. The gender of the child also matters. Ukrainian names for boys are not particularly noticeable, girls get rare and beautiful ones. However, when there are five Anastasias in one kindergarten group, it starts to annoy.

For 2015, the names of girls have the following data:

For male names, the summary is even more interesting. Among the names of Ukrainian modern beautiful boys (if you look at what Russians and Ukrainians mean by the word "beautiful" when talking about a name), there are practically no:

As you can see, the desire to make the name universal prevails over the desire for national orthography.

Rules for reading Ukrainian names

The Ukrainian alphabet is slightly different from the Russian one, but the differences are important when reading. If you look closely at the list of popular names, you will notice that in different variants of names there is a use of different letters. It has to do with reading. In principle, it will not be difficult to remember some rules:

• e is read as [e];
• Є - [ye];
• and - [s];
• i - [and];
• ї - [yi].

Knowing this, you can write your name correctly so that it is read correctly.

For example, [n'ik'ita] will be written as Nikita, not Nikita - with this transliteration, it will be read as [nykyta].

No matter how the name is written, it is important to remember: the main thing is that the person be good, and the name can be changed.

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