Russian Male Name Generator
Russian men's names with patronymics, surnames and diminutives
Browse 500 Russian men's names, from everyday pairs like Maksim Ivanov to formal three-part names like Sergey Vasilyevich Timofeyev. Short forms such as Sasha Antonov and old village names are mixed in.
About Russian male names
A Russian man's full name has three parts: a given name, a patronymic and a surname. The patronymic is built from the father's given name, and for a son it ends in -ovich or -evich, so the son of Ivan is Ivanovich and the son of Sergey is Sergeyevich. A few old names give a shorter form, such as Ilyich, Kuzmich or Fomich. Official papers put the surname first, and everyday speech uses the given name and patronymic together as the polite way to address an adult.
Surnames are gendered too. This list keeps the masculine forms, such as Ivanov, Ilyin, Kamensky and Lugovskoy, where a wife or daughter would be Ivanova, Ilyina, Kamenskaya and Lugovskaya. Surnames in -ykh and -ikh, common in Siberia and the Urals, stay the same for everyone: Chernykh, Dolgikh. Among friends and family almost every given name has a short form, so Aleksandr becomes Sasha, Dmitry becomes Dima and Mikhail becomes Misha.
The list mixes several layers of naming: boys' names popular today, men born in the Soviet decades written out with patronymics, church-calendar names from old villages, old Slavic princely names, surnames once handed out in seminaries, noble family names, and a few Tatar and Bashkir names that are part of everyday Russia.
How to choose Russian male names
- Match the form to the scene. A school register gives surname, name and patronymic, a colleague says Sergey Vasilyevich, and a friend says Seryozha.
- Read the patronymic as family history. A character called Pavel Igorevich Isayev has a father named Igor, so choose it with the father in mind.
- Let the given name date the man. Gennady, Anatoly and Valentin suggest someone born in the middle of the twentieth century, while Matvey, Timofey and Platon are common among boys today.
- Keep short forms for people who are close. Dima or Kolya would look odd on a business card, but between brothers it is the normal form.
- If a woman in the same family shares the surname, give her the feminine form: the sister of Anton Volkov is Volkova.
Frequently asked questions
How do Russian patronymics work for men?
A patronymic is formed from the father's given name plus -ovich or -evich, so the son of Pyotr is Petrovich and the son of Andrey is Andreyevich. It is a legal part of the full name, not a middle name chosen by the parents. Entries such as Ivan Petrovich Yefimov and Igor Stepanovich Sukhanov show the complete three-part form.
Why do some entries have two parts and others three?
Russians use different parts of the name in different settings. A given name and surname, such as Timofey Novikov, is the usual form in the news or on a team sheet, and a given name with a patronymic, such as Gennady Stepanovich, is how you address a teacher or a boss. Short forms like Sasha Antonov or Kolya Vdovin belong to family and friends.
Why is it Dmitry here and Dmitri or Dmitriy elsewhere?
Russian is written in Cyrillic, and there are several accepted ways to put it into Latin letters. This list uses one consistent style, with Dmitry, Aleksey, Sergey and Yury, and you will also meet Dmitri, Alexei, Sergei and Yuri for the same names. Pick one style and keep it for every character in a story.
Are these the names of real people?
The given names, patronymics and surnames are all in real use, and they are combined here into full names. With surnames as common as Ivanov or Smirnov, any combination may belong to a real person somewhere by chance. No entry is meant to refer to an actual individual.
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All 500 Russian male names
A: 61 names
- Afanasy Lopatin
- Afanasy Nikolayevich Tomilov
- Afanasy Stepanovich Kosykh
- Akim Kalachyov
- Albert Sultanov
- Aleksandr Benevolensky
- Aleksandr Denisovich Yevdokimov
- Aleksandr Kirillovich Ovchinnikov
- Aleksandr Lukich Novgorodtsev
- Aleksandr Polyakov
- Aleksandr Valentinovich Kazansky
- Aleksey Antonovich Seleznyov
A, continued
- Aleksey Danilovich Zemskikh
- Aleksey Maksimovich Dobromyslov
- Aleksey Mikhaylovich Melnikov
- Aleksey Nikolsky
- Alyosha Glazkov
- Anatoly Pavlovich Nikiforov
- Anatoly Stanislavovich Dolgikh
- Anatoly Trofimovich
- Anatoly Valeryevich Suzdaltsev
- Anatoly Viktorovich Shilov
- Anatoly Yuryevich Kudryashov
- Andrey Antonovich Vyatkin
A, continued
- Andrey Borisovich Aleksandrov
- Andrey Gennadyevich Ilyinsky
- Andrey Nikolayevich Kirillov
- Andrey Troitsky
- Andrey Vasilyevich Voronov
- Andryusha Nefyodov
- Anisim Frolovich Krotov
- Anisim Kosolapov
- Antip Lukyanovich Kukushkin
- Anton Fomich
- Anton Georgiyevich Lvov
- Anton Ilyich Petrovykh
A, continued
- Anton Ryabov
- Anton Volkov
- Antosha Sviridov
- Anvar Karimov
- Apollon Dmitriyevich Saltykov
- Aristarkh Konstantinovich Lopukhin
- Arkady Antonovich Kolesnikov
- Arkady Lvovich Volkonsky
- Arkady Matveyevich
- Arkady Romanovich Mikheyev
- Arkady Sergeyevich Aksyonov
- Arkasha Oreshkin
A, continued
- Arkhip Burov
- Arkhip Khromov
- Arseny Frolov
- Arseny Kheruvimov
- Arseny Mikhaylovich Sionsky
- Arseny Preobrazhensky
- Arseny Semyonov
- Arseny Vadimovich Obolensky
- Artur Sorokin
- Artyom Gennadyevich Ryazantsev
- Artyom Kozlov
- Artyom Lazarev
- Artyom Leonidovich
B: 13 names
- Bogdan Kovalevsky
- Bogdan Titov
- Boris Arkadyevich Bogoslovsky
- Boris Dmitriyevich Yermakov
- Boris Konstantinovich Bykov
- Boris Leonidovich Veselov
- Boris Mayevsky
- Boris Sretensky
- Borislav Lozinsky
- Borya Vetrov
- Bronislav Lebedinsky
- Bronislav Sadovsky
- Bulat Sabirov
D: 27 names
- Damir Kamilevich Shigapov
- Daniil Olegovich
- Daniil Tsvetkov
- Daniil Vasilyev
- Daniil Yulyevich Panin
- Danila Shchukin
- Danila Yakovlevich Karasyov
- Danya Chugunov
- David Baranov
- Demid Bogdanov
- Demid Kuzmin
- Demyan Khlebnikov
- Demyan Samsonov
D, continued
- Denis Arkadyevich Rumyantsev
- Denis Kirillovich Sibirtsev
- Denis Matveyevich Russkikh
- Denis Mikhaylov
- Denis Yefimovich
- Dima Varlamov
- Dmitry Arkhangelsky
- Dmitry Eduardovich Ignatyev
- Dmitry Kovalyov
- Dmitry Stanislavovich Tretyakov
- Dmitry Stepanovich Amfiteatrov
- Dmitry Vadimovich Glukhikh
- Dobrynya Zaretsky
- Dorofey Yefimovich Berezin
E: 10 names
- Edik Shabanov
- Eduard Georgiyevich Trofimov
- Eduard Grigoryev
- Eduard Kuzmich
- Eduard Lebedev
- Eduard Romanovich Kazakov
- Eduard Viktorovich Vlasov
- Eduard Vitalyevich Koshelev
- Eldar Akhmetov
- Emmanuil Glebovich Demidov
F: 13 names
- Farid Sadykov
- Fedot Chernyshov
- Fedot Sitnikov
- Fedya Devyatov
- Filipp Bobrov
- Filipp Leonidovich Meshchersky
- Filya Nechayev
- Foma Goncharov
- Fyodor Ivanovich Blagonravov
- Fyodor Kondratyevich
- Fyodor Ostroumov
- Fyodor Stepanovich Urusov
- Fyodor Viktorovich Fominykh
G: 31 names
- Garik Ivashov
- Gena Parshin
- Gennady Fyodorovich Shcherbakov
- Gennady Mikhaylovich Chernykh
- Gennady Olegovich Rodionov
- Gennady Pavlovich Panfilov
- Gennady Stepanovich
- Gennady Vadimovich Markov
- Georgy Filippovich Tatishchev
- Georgy Gusev
G, continued
- Georgy Ivanovich Galkin
- Georgy Petrovich Afanasyev
- Georgy Vitalyevich Pyatnitsky
- Georgy Yeleonsky
- Gerasim Demyanovich Subbotin
- Gerasim Rozhkov
- German Andreyev
- German Karlovich Rostopchin
- German Kudryavtsev
- German Petrovich Vvedensky
G, continued
- German Vozdvizhensky
- Gleb Afanasyevich
- Gleb Borisovich Izmaylov
- Gleb Volsky
- Gosha Tumanov
- Grigory Filippovich
- Grigory Konstantinovich Uspensky
- Grigory Maksimovich Rostovtsev
- Grigory Naumovich Skvortsov
- Grigory Petropavlovsky
- Grisha Ozerov
I: 29 names
- Ignat Akimov
- Ignat Makarovich Fokin
- Igor Borisovich Panov
- Igor Dmitriyevich Chistykh
- Igor Grigoryevich Loginov
- Igor Levitsky
- Igor Petrovsky
- Igor Stepanovich Sukhanov
- Igor Zakharovich
- Ilya Emmanuilovich Nashchokin
- Ilya Matveyevich
- Ilya Trofimovich Krasnykh
- Ilyas Ibragimov
- Ilyusha Revyakin
I, continued
- Innokenty Anatolyevich Edemsky
- Innokenty Grigoryevich Vyazemsky
- Innokenty Tikhomirov
- Innokenty Yakovlevich Zolotykh
- Ioann Palmov
- Ioann Viktorovich Speransky
- Ippolit Andreyevich Golitsyn
- Ivan Almazov
- Ivan Belov
- Ivan Grigoryevich Kosmodemyansky
- Ivan Konstantinovich Korotkikh
- Ivan Petrovich Yefimov
- Ivan Stanislavovich Kostin
- Ivan Vadimovich Martynov
- Izyaslav Borovsky
K: 23 names
- Karp Panteleyevich Koshkin
- Kasyan Korotkov
- Kazimir Gayevsky
- Kesha Bazhenov
- Khariton Spiridonovich Kunitsyn
- Kirill Lukich
- Kirill Maksimov
- Kirill Savvich Pomortsev
- Kirill Sergeyevich Savinykh
- Kirill Vorobyov
- Klim Arsenyevich Pakhomov
K, continued
- Klim Shubin
- Kliment Fyodorovich Vorontsov
- Kolya Vdovin
- Konstantin Adamovich Razumovsky
- Konstantin Igorevich Rybakov
- Konstantin Izumrudov
- Konstantin Olegovich Safonov
- Konstantin Yevgenyevich Mironov
- Konstantin Yuryevich Kostromin
- Kostya Abrosimov
- Kuzma Malinin
- Kuzma Tikhonovich Kholodov
L: 24 names
- Lavr Svyatoslavovich Bobrinsky
- Lavrenty Bondarev
- Lavrenty Kondratyevich Barsukov
- Lavrenty Yevseyev
- Leonid Arkadyevich Davydov
- Leonid Bogoyavlensky
- Leonid Dmitriyevich Maslov
- Leonid Dobrotvorsky
- Leonid Rostislavovich Gorchakov
- Leonid Semyonovich Lobanov
- Leonid Stanislavovich Pomerantsev
- Leonty Mikhaylovich Dolgorukov
L, continued
- Lev Alekseyev
- Lev Semyonovich Khovansky
- Lev Sychyov
- Luka Korobov
- Luka Lapin
- Luka Yaroslavovich Artamonov
- Lukyan Ovsyannikov
- Lyokha Pimenov
- Lyonya Khramov
- Lyosha Shevtsov
- Lyova Kruglov
- Lyubomir Dobrovolsky
M: 32 names
- Makar Kuznetsov
- Makar Stepanov
- Makar Yeremeyevich
- Maks Rodin
- Maksim Ivanov
- Maksim Semyonovich Kruglykh
- Maksim Sergeyev
- Maksim Valeryevich
- Marat Khakimov
- Mark Kiselyov
M, continued
- Mark Pestov
- Martyn Trofimovich Utkin
- Matvey Ippolitovich Shakhovskoy
- Matvey Prokhorovich
- Matvey Smirnov
- Matvey Zakharov
- Mikhail Arkadyevich Belyakov
- Mikhail Eduardovich Tikhonov
- Mikhail Fomich Permyakov
- Mikhail Kirillovich Yelagin
- Mikhail Krylov
M, continued
- Miron Bragin
- Miron Golubev
- Miron Zhuravlyov
- Miroslav Chernyavsky
- Miroslav Polyansky
- Misha Obukhov
- Mitrofan Spiridonovich Voronin
- Mitrofan Toporov
- Mitya Chistyakov
- Modest Nikolayevich Yusupov
- Mstislav Gorsky
N: 19 names
- Naum Maslennikov
- Naum Yakovlevich Gubanov
- Nazar Germanovich Kondratyev
- Nazar Gorbatov
- Nazar Kulagin
- Nestor Sukhorukov
- Nikifor Rodionovich Sudakov
- Nikifor Ustinov
- Nikita Ilyin
N, continued
- Nikita Savvich
- Nikodim Apostolov
- Nikodim Leonidovich Borisoglebsky
- Nikolay Alekseyevich Savelyev
- Nikolay Borisovich Sedykh
- Nikolay Dmitriyevich Serafimov
- Nikolay Petrovich Smolyaninov
- Nikolay Sergeyevich Savin
- Nikolay Voskresensky
- Niyaz Renatovich Tagirov
O: 6 names
- Oleg Belozersky
- Oleg Fyodorovich Nekrasov
- Oleg Grigoryevich Gavrilov
- Oleg Ivanovich Kazantsev
- Oleg Timofeyevich
- Oleg Tomsky
P: 28 names
- Panteley Telegin
- Pasha Filimonov
- Pavel Igorevich Isayev
- Pavel Innokentyevich Predtechensky
- Pavel Iordansky
- Pavel Matveyevich Cherkassky
- Pavel Romanovich Bystrykh
- Pavel Vyacheslavovich Fomin
- Pavel Yevgenyevich Chernov
- Petya Anisimov
- Pimen Gordeyevich Zherebtsov
- Pimen Reshetnikov
- Platon Agafonov
- Platon Belyayev
P, continued
- Platon Kulikov
- Porfiry Kozhevnikov
- Potap Sedov
- Prokhor Doronin
- Prokhor Malyshev
- Prokhor Savelyevich Snegiryov
- Prokofy Fedotovich Belkin
- Prokopy Leonidovich Kuzminykh
- Pyotr Alekseyevich Sukhikh
- Pyotr Georgiyevich Filippov
- Pyotr Mirolyubov
- Pyotr Olegovich Brilliantov
- Pyotr Valentinovich Drozdov
- Pyotr Vitalyevich Zuyev
R: 28 names
- Radik Zakirov
- Radim Lugovskoy
- Radim Polonsky
- Radomir Krasovsky
- Radomir Orlovsky
- Rashid Rustamovich Idrisov
- Ratibor Yanovsky
- Ratmir Olkhovsky
- Ratmir Sosnovsky
- Renat Gilyazov
- Rinat Latypov
- Rodion Ponomaryov
- Rodion Sokolov
- Rodion Vsevolodovich Baryatinsky
R, continued
- Rodya Bocharov
- Roma Zvyagin
- Roman Danilov
- Roman Gavrilovich
- Roman Georgiyevich Starykh
- Roman Yuryevich Lanskoy
- Roman Zaytsev
- Rostislav Krasnopolsky
- Rostislav Vasilyevich Buturlin
- Rurik Rudnitsky
- Rurik Yablonsky
- Ruslan Nikolayev
- Ruslan Vinogradov
- Rustam Khusainov
S: 39 names
- Sanya Shchetinin
- Sasha Antonov
- Savely Kochetov
- Savely Makarov
- Savely Solovyov
- Savva Glukhov
- Savva Vladimirovich Odoyevsky
- Savva Zakharovich Ryabinin
- Semyon Markovich
- Semyon Petrov
- Semyon Sobolev
- Senya Larin
- Serafim Blagoveshchensky
S, continued
- Serafim Fyodorovich Georgiyevsky
- Sergey Andreyevich Znamensky
- Sergey Nikolayevich Gorbunov
- Sergey Petrovich Naumov
- Sergey Vasilyevich Timofeyev
- Sergey Vladimirovich Ryzhikh
- Seryozha Uskov
- Shura Trushin
- Shurik Kazarin
- Sidor Anisimovich Korshunov
- Slava Zhigunov
- Stanislav Antonovich Zhdanov
- Stanislav Grabovsky
S, continued
- Stanislav Maksimovich Kotov
- Stanislav Tarasov
- Stanislav Yakovlevich
- Stas Yakimov
- Stepan Arkhipovich
- Stepan Borisov
- Stepan Illarionovich Stroganov
- Stepan Vitalyevich Lesnykh
- Styopa Yurkov
- Svetozar Stavitsky
- Svetozar Verbitsky
- Svyatoslav Belsky
- Svyatoslav Ozersky
T: 23 names
- Taras Bezborodov
- Taras Nikiforovich Kurochkin
- Terenty Sapozhnikov
- Tikhomir Muromsky
- Tikhomir Shumsky
- Tikhon Denisovich Rozhdestvensky
- Tikhon Giatsintov
- Tikhon Orlov
- Tikhon Romanovich Rozov
- Tikhon Yakovlev
- Timofey Ignatyevich
T, continued
- Timofey Novikov
- Timofey Platonovich Repnin
- Timofey Yershov
- Timosha Zotov
- Timur Gaynutdinov
- Tolik Kostrov
- Tolya Rudakov
- Trifon Gavrilovich Shcheglov
- Trofim Filippovich Okunev
- Trofim Kolesov
- Trofim Nosov
- Tyoma Deryabin
V: 57 names
- Vadik Sevastyanov
- Vadim Denisovich Abramov
- Vadim Kirillovich Shiryayev
- Vadim Maksimovich Kapustin
- Vadim Tarasovich
- Vadim Zavadsky
- Valentin Gennadyevich Shestakov
- Valentin Konstantinovich Yeliseyev
- Valentin Leonidovich Arkhipov
- Valentin Yakovlevich Tuchkov
- Valera Lukyanov
- Valerian Petrovich Sheremetev
- Valery Anatolyevich Mukhin
- Valery Pavlovich Konovalov
V, continued
- Valery Yegorovich
- Valery Yuryevich Moiseyev
- Vanya Pankratov
- Vasily Kuzmich Smirnykh
- Vasily Valentinovich Isakov
- Vasily Vyacheslavovich Lukin
- Vasya Yagodin
- Velimir Vishnevsky
- Veniamin Alekseyevich Kurakin
- Veniamin Sinaysky
- Veniamin Vasilyevich Tikhonravov
- Viktor Alekseyevich Florinsky
- Viktor Anatolyevich Yaroslavtsev
- Viktor Andreyevich Yemelyanov
V, continued
- Viktor Artyomovich Odintsov
- Viktor Kiparisov
- Viktor Savelyevich
- Viktor Vladimirovich Denisov
- Viktor Vyacheslavovich Belykh
- Vitalik Klimov
- Vitaly Andreyevich Bolshakov
- Vitaly Gennadyevich Kopylov
- Vitaly Valeryevich Blinov
- Vitaly Vladimirovich Nazarov
- Vitya Gorelov
- Vladimir Ivanovich Apraksin
- Vladimir Mikhaylovich Potapov
- Vladimir Valentinovich Malykh
V, continued
- Vladimir Zalessky
- Vladislav Kamensky
- Vladislav Mirsky
- Vladislav Morozov
- Vladislav Nikitin
- Vlas Yegorovich Usov
- Volodya Lapshin
- Vova Zhilin
- Vsevolod Pavlovich Trubetskoy
- Vsevolod Savitsky
- Vsevolod Yasinsky
- Vyacheslav Borisovich Yefremov
- Vyacheslav Semyonovich Gromov
- Vyacheslav Stepanovich Gorshkov
- Vyacheslav Yavorsky
Y: 31 names
- Yakov Dorofeyevich Yastrebov
- Yakov Modestovich Shuvalov
- Yakov Naumovich
- Yakov Tkachyov
- Yarik Agapov
- Yaropolk Lisovsky
- Yaroslav Fyodorov
- Yaroslav Novitsky
- Yaroslav Romanovsky
- Yasha Tsaryov
Y, continued
- Yefim Kharitonov
- Yefim Plotnikov
- Yefim Savvich Dubinin
- Yegor Komarov
- Yegor Nikitich
- Yelisey Mironovich Yudin
- Yelisey Zimin
- Yemelyan Pastukhov
- Yeremey Kuzmich Borodin
- Yeremey Ryzhov
Y, continued
- Yermolay Gerasimovich Sinitsyn
- Yermolay Rusakov
- Yermolay Yefimovich Polskikh
- Yevdokim Dolgov
- Yevgeny Andreyevich Bessmertnykh
- Yevgeny Valeryevich Khokhlov
- Yevgeny Vyacheslavovich Pokrovsky
- Yevgraf Aleksandrovich Naryshkin
- Yevsey Tolstikov
- Yura Panteleyev
- Yury Zakharovich Tolstykh