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Pages in category "Russian masculine given names" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Some prominent Russian-American men with Russian boy names include writer Vladimir Nabokov, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin. 100 Russian Boy Names
Additionally, prominent men with Russian boy names include writer Vladimir Nabokov, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin. 200 Russian Baby Names
Russian given names are provided at birth or selected during a name change. Orthodox Christian names constitute a fair proportion of Russian given names, but there are many exceptions including pre-Christian Slavic names, Communist names, and names taken from ethnic minorities in Russia .
Historical Russian naming conventions did not include surnames. A person's name included that of their father: e.g. Иван Петров сын (Ivan Petrov syn) which means "Ivan, son of Peter". That is the origin of most Russian -ov surnames.
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A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages.Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words.
The Russian variant originated as a Greek name, and subsequently Russian name. The Ukrainian and Belarusian variants are Mykyta ( Мики́та [mɪˈkɪtɐ] ), [ 1 ] and Mikita ( Мікіта [mʲiˈkʲita] ), respectively (but Nikita ( Нiкíта ) is also in use in both countries).