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Most of Russian female names affect not only women from Russia, but also women from countries like Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Like in Western tradition, a person has a given name chosen by the parents. First names in Russia mostly originate from two sources: Orthodox Church tradition (which is itself of Greek origin) and original pre-Christian background.

In Russian, it is required for citizens to have three names: a given name, a patronymic, and a family name (surname). They are generally presented in that order, e.g. Elena Vladimirovna Korsakova, where "Elena" is a first name, "Vladimirovna" (her father's name is Vladimir) is a patronymic, and "Korsakova" is a family name.

While browsing dating websites with Russian women ads, you will see same names again and again: Elena, Irina, Nataliya, Olga, Svetlana, and Julia... There are more than three hundreds Russian women names, but some of are very common. So, don't get it wrong, there some Russian women names that are much more popular than others. In addition the same Russian names may be spelled in different ways, so do not be puzzled if there are various kinds of pronunciation of her name. Read about various variants and spellings of the most common Russian women names below.

Most common Russian women names (first names):
Alena (Alyona/Aljena/Alenuchka)
Anna (Anya/Anechka), equivalent to Ann, of Hebrew origin
Angela (Anjela/Andjella/Angella/Anzhela/Angelika/Angela)
Elena (Yelena/Lena/Lenochka), equivalent to Helen, of Greek origin
Ludmila (Lyudmila/Luydmila/Luda, Lyuda, Mila, Lyudochka)
Natalya (Nataliya/Natali/Natasha), equivalent to Natalie, of Latin origin
Mariya (Maria/Masha/Marusya), equivalent to Mary, of Hebrew origin
Olga (Olha/Olechka), equivalent to Helga
Aleksandra (Sasha/Alexandra), equivalent to Alexandra, of Greek origin
Oksana (Oksanka), the most common Ukrainian female name
Kseniya (Ksenya/Ksusha), equivalent to Xenia, of Greek origin
Irina (Irena/Iryna/Irinochka)
Yekaterina (Kateryna) equivalent to Catherine, of Greek origin
Tatyana (Tanya/Tanechka), equivalent to Tetyana, of Latin origin
Anastasiya (Anastasia), equivalent to Anastasiya of Greek origin
Svetlana (Sveta/Svitlana), meaning "Shining One;"
Yulia (Julia), equivalent to Julia, of Latin origin)
Vera (Verochka), this name means "Faith"
Nadezhda (Nadiya), this name means "Hope"
Lyubov (Luba), this name means "Love"
Sofya (Sofiya), equivalent to Sophia, of Greek origin