Russian Nickname Generator

Russian diminutives and pet names with their sources

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Browse 1,000 Russian nicknames: short forms and diminutives such as Sasha (Aleksandr or Aleksandra), Vanya (Ivan), Mashenka (Maria) and Katyusha (Yekaterina) with the full name in parentheses, and endearments such as Solnyshko, Zaychik and Kotik with an English gloss.

About this generator

Russian gives nearly every given name a short form, and in everyday life people go by it. Aleksandr is Sasha, Ivan is Vanya, Maria is Masha and Yekaterina is Katya among family, friends and classmates, while the full name with a patronymic is kept for formal address. Many short forms serve two names: Sasha, Zhenya and Valya are each a man's and a woman's nickname, and Slava answers for Vyacheslav, Stanislav and Yaroslav.

Suffixes then set the tone. Tender forms in -enka, -ochka and -ushka (Sashenka, Olechka, Ivanushka) belong to parents, grandparents and partners. A plain -ka (Vanka, Mashka) is familiar and can sound rough from anyone who is not close. Friends trade forms like Tolyan, Lyokha and Sanyok, and older village forms such as Dunya, Grunya and Fenya suit historical fiction.

The list also holds endearments that come from no name, such as Solnyshko (little sun), Zaychik and Kotik, family words like Mamulya and Bratishka, and patronymics said alone, such as Petrovich. Every name form shows its full name in parentheses and every endearment an English gloss, in one romanization throughout (Aleksandr, Yekaterina, Dmitry, Yevgeny).

Tips for choosing a name

  • Use the part before the parentheses. The full name or the English gloss only shows where a form comes from and is not said aloud.
  • Match the form to the relationship. A grandmother says Vanechka, a classmate says Vanya or Vanyok, and Vanka from someone who is not close can sound rude.
  • For a shared form, let the context show who is meant. Sasha, Zhenya and Valya can each be a man or a woman, so give the reader a surname, a pronoun or the full name early on.
  • In fiction, let one character carry several forms. The same man can be Dmitry at work, Dima to friends and Dimochka to his mother, and a change of form tells the reader who is speaking.
  • Mind the gendered endearments. Lyubimy, Dorogoy and Rodnoy are said to a man and Lyubimaya, Dorogaya and Rodnaya to a woman, while Solnyshko, Zaychik and Kotik work for anyone.

Frequently asked questions

How do Russian diminutives work?

Most given names have a standard short form, such as Dima (Dmitry), Kolya (Nikolay) or Tanya (Tatyana). Suffixes are then added to change the tone: Tanechka and Tanyusha are tender, while Tanka is blunt. The list shows the full name behind every form, so you can see which name a nickname belongs to.

Why do some Russian nicknames belong to two names?

Several pairs of men's and women's names share their short forms, so Sasha (Aleksandr or Aleksandra), Zhenya (Yevgeny or Yevgenia) and Valya (Valentin or Valentina) each appear once with both sources. Other forms are shared by unrelated names, such as Tosha (Anton or Anatoly) and Lyolya (Yelena or Olga).

Is it rude to use a -ka form like Vanka or Mashka?

It depends on who says it. Between siblings, old friends and children it is ordinary and can even be warm, but from a stranger or in a formal setting it can sound rough or belittling. When in doubt, use the plain short form (Vanya, Masha) or the name people introduce themselves with.

What do Russians call a partner or a child?

The list has sun and animal words such as Solnyshko (little sun), Zaychik (little hare), Kotik and Rybka, tender words such as Lapochka and Zolotse, and adjectives that change with gender, such as Lyubimy and Lyubimaya (beloved). Children also hear Malysh, Kroshka and Detka. The list was screened for offensive terms, and it leaves out insults and mocking nicknames.

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A: 64 names

  • Adelya (Adelina)
  • Afonka (Afanasy)
  • Afonya (Afanasy)
  • Agasha (Agafya)
  • Aksyusha (Aksinya)
  • Aksyuta (Aksinya)
  • Akulka (Akulina)
  • Albinka (Albina)
  • Aleks (Aleksandr or Aleksey)
  • Alekseich (Alekseyevich, patronymic alone)
  • Alik (Aleksandr, Albert or Oleg)
  • Alinka (Alina)

A, continued

  • Alinochka (Alina)
  • Aliska (Alisa)
  • Alisochka (Alisa)
  • Alka (Alla)
  • Allochka (Alla)
  • Alya (Alina, Alla or Aleksandra)
  • Alyokha (Aleksey)
  • Alyonka (Alyona)
  • Alyonochka (Alyona)
  • Alyonushka (Alyona)
  • Alyosha (Aleksey)
  • Alyoshenka (Aleksey)
  • Alyoshka (Aleksey)

A, continued

  • Andreich (Andreyevich, patronymic alone)
  • Andreyka (Andrey)
  • Andryukha (Andrey)
  • Andryunya (Andrey)
  • Andryusha (Andrey)
  • Andryushenka (Andrey)
  • Andryushka (Andrey)
  • Anechka (Anna)
  • Angel moy (my angel)
  • Angelinka (Angelina)
  • Angelochek (cherub)
  • Anka (Anna)
  • Anna Vanna (Anna Ivanovna)

A, continued

  • Annet (Anna, French-style form)
  • Annochka (Anna)
  • Annushka (Anna)
  • Antokha (Anton)
  • Antonchik (Anton)
  • Antonych (Antonovich, patronymic alone)
  • Antosha (Anton)
  • Antoshenka (Anton)
  • Antoshka (Anton)
  • Anya (Anna)
  • Anyuta (Anna)
  • Anyutka (Anna)
  • Anyutochka (Anna)

A, continued

  • Anzhelochka (Anzhela)
  • Arinka (Arina)
  • Arinushka (Arina)
  • Arisha (Arina)
  • Arishenka (Arina)
  • Arishka (Arina)
  • Arkasha (Arkady)
  • Arkashka (Arkady)
  • Arsyusha (Arseny)
  • Arturchik (Artur)
  • Artyomka (Artyom)
  • Artyosha (Artyom)
  • Asya (Anastasia or Anna)

B: 25 names

  • Babulya (granny)
  • Babushka (grandma)
  • Babusya (granny, tender)
  • Baryshnya (young lady, old-fashioned)
  • Batya (pop)
  • Batyushka (father, old-fashioned)
  • Belochka (little squirrel)
  • Betsi (Yelizaveta, English-style salon form)
  • Bogatyr (folk hero, a sturdy boy)
  • Bogdasha (Bogdan)
  • Boltushka (chatterbox)
  • Borenka (Boris)

B, continued

  • Boriska (Boris)
  • Borisych (Borisovich, patronymic alone)
  • Borka (Boris)
  • Borya (Boris)
  • Boryan (Boris)
  • Boryusha (Boris)
  • Bratan (bro)
  • Bratets (brother, old-fashioned)
  • Bratik (little brother)
  • Bratishka (kid brother, also buddy)
  • Bronya (Bronislav or Bronislava)
  • Businka (bead)
  • Busya (cutie, modern slang)

C: 3 names

  • Chado (child, old and jokey)
  • Chudo (wonder)
  • Chudo v peryakh (wonder in feathers, a lovable goof)

D: 61 names

  • Dan (Daniil)
  • Danechka (Daniil)
  • Danilka (Daniil)
  • Danka (Daniil)
  • Danya (Daniil)
  • Danyusha (Daniil)
  • Daryona (Daria)
  • Daryushka (Daria)
  • Dasha (Daria)
  • Dashenka (Daria)
  • Dashka (Daria)
  • Dashulya (Daria)

D, continued

  • Dashunya (Daria)
  • Dashutka (Daria)
  • Dava (David)
  • Deda (grandpa, a child's word)
  • Dedulya (grandpa, tender)
  • Dedushka (grandpa)
  • Den (Denis)
  • Denchik (Denis)
  • Deniska (Denis)
  • Denya (Denis)
  • Detka (baby, kiddo)
  • Detochka (dear child)

D, continued

  • Devochka moya (my girl)
  • Dianka (Diana)
  • Dima (Dmitry)
  • Dimasik (Dmitry)
  • Dimka (Dmitry)
  • Dimochka (Dmitry)
  • Dimon (Dmitry)
  • Dimulya (Dmitry)
  • Dimych (Dmitry)
  • Dinka (Dina)
  • Dityatko (dear child, folk)
  • Dmitrich (Dmitriyevich, patronymic alone)

D, continued

  • Dochenka (dear daughter)
  • Dochka (daughter)
  • Dochurka (dear daughter, tender)
  • Dolli (Daria, English-style salon form)
  • Dorogaya (dear, to a woman)
  • Dorogoy (dear, to a man)
  • Dron (Andrey)
  • Druzhe (my friend, old-fashioned)
  • Druzhishche (old pal)
  • Druzhok (pal, also to a child)
  • Dunechka (Yevdokia or Avdotya)
  • Dunka (Yevdokia or Avdotya)

D, continued

  • Dunya (Yevdokia or Avdotya)
  • Dunyasha (Yevdokia or Avdotya)
  • Dunyashka (Yevdokia or Avdotya)
  • Dusha moya (my soul)
  • Dushechka (darling)
  • Dushenka (dear soul)
  • Dushka (charmer, darling)
  • Dusya (Yevdokia)
  • Dyadya (uncle, also how children address a man)
  • Dyadyushka (dear uncle)
  • Dyoma (Demyan)
  • Dyusha (Andrey)
  • Dyuymovochka (Thumbelina, a tiny girl)

E: 6 names

  • Edichka (Eduard)
  • Edik (Eduard)
  • Edya (Eduard)
  • Elen (Yelena, French-style salon form)
  • Ellochka (Ella)
  • Elya (Elvira, Eleonora or Elina)

F: 20 names

  • Faya (Faina)
  • Fedechka (Fyodor)
  • Fedenka (Fyodor)
  • Fedka (Fyodor)
  • Fedya (Fyodor)
  • Fedyunya (Fyodor)
  • Feklusha (Fyokla)
  • Fenechka (Feodosia or Agrafena)
  • Fenka (Feodosia or Agrafena)
  • Fenya (Feodosia or Agrafena)

F, continued

  • Filipok (Filipp)
  • Filka (Filipp)
  • Filya (Filipp)
  • Fima (Yefim or Serafima)
  • Fimka (Yefim)
  • Fisa (Anfisa)
  • Fomka (Foma)
  • Froska (Yefrosinya)
  • Frosya (Yefrosinya)
  • Fyodorych (Fyodorovich, patronymic alone)

G: 41 names

  • Gala (Galina)
  • Galinka (Galina)
  • Galka (Galina)
  • Galochka (Galina)
  • Galya (Galina)
  • Galyusha (Galina)
  • Ganya (Gavriil)
  • Garik (Igor or Georgy)
  • Gasha (Agafya)
  • Gavrik (Gavriil)
  • Gavryusha (Gavriil)
  • Gelya (Angelina)
  • Gena (Gennady)

G, continued

  • Genasha (Gennady)
  • Genka (Gennady)
  • Genochka (Gennady)
  • Genulya (Gennady)
  • Genych (Gennady)
  • Gera (German or Georgy)
  • Gesha (Gennady)
  • Glasha (Glafira)
  • Glashenka (Glafira)
  • Glashka (Glafira)
  • Glebka (Gleb)
  • Glebushka (Gleb)
  • Golubchik (dear fellow)
  • Golubka (dove, to a woman)

G, continued

  • Golubushka (my dear, to a woman)
  • Gore lukovoye (onion sorrow, a hapless little one)
  • Gosha (Georgy or Igor)
  • Goshan (Georgy or Igor)
  • Goshka (Georgy or Igor)
  • Grinya (Grigory)
  • Grisha (Grigory)
  • Grishanya (Grigory)
  • Grishenka (Grigory)
  • Grishka (Grigory)
  • Grishunya (Grigory)
  • Grunya (Agrafena)
  • Grusha (Agrafena)
  • Grushenka (Agrafena)

I: 26 names

  • Ignasha (Ignat)
  • Igorka (Igor)
  • Igoryok (Igor)
  • Igoryokha (Igor)
  • Igoryosha (Igor)
  • Ilyukha (Ilya)
  • Ilyusha (Ilya)
  • Ilyushenka (Ilya)
  • Ilyushka (Ilya)
  • Inka (Inna)
  • Innochka (Inna)
  • Ira (Irina)
  • Irinka (Irina)

I, continued

  • Irinushka (Irina)
  • Irisha (Irina)
  • Irishka (Irina)
  • Irka (Irina)
  • Irochka (Irina)
  • Irunchik (Irina)
  • Irunya (Irina)
  • Irusya (Irina)
  • Ivan Ivanych (Ivan Ivanovich)
  • Ivanna (Ivanovna, patronymic alone)
  • Ivanushka (Ivan)
  • Ivanych (Ivanovich, patronymic alone)
  • Ivashka (Ivan)

K: 86 names

  • Kapa (Kapitolina)
  • Karapuz (toddler)
  • Karinka (Karina)
  • Karpusha (Karp)
  • Kasatik (dear one, folk, to a man)
  • Kasatka (dear one, folk, to a woman)
  • Katechka (Yekaterina)
  • Katenka (Yekaterina)
  • Katerina (Yekaterina)
  • Katerinka (Yekaterina)
  • Katish (Yekaterina, French-style salon form)
  • Katka (Yekaterina)
  • Katya (Yekaterina)
  • Katyukha (Yekaterina)

K, continued

  • Katyunya (Yekaterina)
  • Katyusha (Yekaterina)
  • Katyushka (Yekaterina)
  • Kesha (Innokenty)
  • Keshka (Innokenty)
  • Ket (Yekaterina)
  • Keyt (Yekaterina)
  • Kharitosha (Khariton)
  • Khokhotushka (giggler)
  • Khoroshaya (good one, to a woman)
  • Khoroshy (good one, to a man)
  • Khozyayushka (little hostess)
  • Khvostik (little tail, a child who follows you around)
  • Kir (Kirill)

K, continued

  • Kirka (Kira)
  • Kirya (Kirill)
  • Kiryukha (Kirill)
  • Kiryusha (Kirill)
  • Kiryushka (Kirill)
  • Kisa (kitty)
  • Kiska (kitty cat)
  • Kisonka (dear kitty)
  • Kisulya (kitty, playful)
  • Kiti (Yekaterina, English-style salon form)
  • Klasha (Klavdia)
  • Klava (Klavdia)
  • Klavka (Klavdia)
  • Klavochka (Klavdia)
  • Klim (Kliment)

K, continued

  • Knopka (snap button, a small girl)
  • Koka (Nikolay)
  • Kolenka (Nikolay)
  • Kolka (Nikolay)
  • Kolya (Nikolay)
  • Kolyan (Nikolay)
  • Kolyunya (Nikolay)
  • Kolyusha (Nikolay)
  • Kondrasha (Kondraty)
  • Konfetka (candy)
  • Koroleva (queen)
  • Koshechka (pussycat)
  • Kostenka (Konstantin)
  • Kostik (Konstantin)

K, continued

  • Kostya (Konstantin)
  • Kostyan (Konstantin)
  • Kostyusha (Konstantin)
  • Kotik (kitty, also said to men)
  • Kotya (Konstantin)
  • Kotyonok (kitten)
  • Krasa (beauty, folk)
  • Krasavchik (handsome guy)
  • Krasavets (handsome one)
  • Krasavitsa (beauty)
  • Krasno solnyshko (fair sun, folk)
  • Krasotka (pretty one)
  • Kris (Kristina)
  • Kristinka (Kristina)

K, continued

  • Krokha (tiny tot)
  • Kroshechka (tiny crumb)
  • Kroshka (crumb, tiny one)
  • Ksana (Oksana or Ksenia)
  • Ksenya (Ksenia)
  • Ksyukha (Ksenia)
  • Ksyusha (Ksenia or Oksana)
  • Ksyushenka (Ksenia)
  • Ksyushka (Ksenia)
  • Kukolka (little doll)
  • Kum (godfather of one's child, also an old friend)
  • Kuma (godmother of one's child)
  • Kuzka (Kuzma)
  • Kuzmich (patronymic used alone)
  • Kuzya (Kuzma)

L: 85 names

  • Ladochka (Lada)
  • Ladushka (Lada)
  • Lana (Svetlana)
  • Lapa (sweetie, literally paw)
  • Lapochka (sweetie)
  • Lapulya (sweetie pie)
  • Lapushka (sweetheart)
  • Lapusik (sweetie, playful)
  • Lara (Larisa)
  • Lariska (Larisa)
  • Larochka (Larisa)
  • Lastochka (swallow)
  • Lavrusha (Lavrenty)
  • Lebyodushka (swan, folk, to a woman)

L, continued

  • Lena (Yelena)
  • Lenchik (Yelena)
  • Lenka (Yelena)
  • Lenochka (Yelena)
  • Lenok (Yelena)
  • Lenulya (Yelena)
  • Lenusya (Yelena)
  • Lera (Valeria)
  • Lerka (Valeria)
  • Lerochka (Valeria)
  • Lerusya (Valeria)
  • Lida (Lidia)
  • Lidka (Lidia)
  • Lidochka (Lidia)

L, continued

  • Lidok (Lidia)
  • Lidusya (Lidia)
  • Lika (Anzhelika)
  • Lilechka (Lilia)
  • Lilka (Lilia)
  • Lilya (Lilia)
  • Lina (Angelina, Polina or Alina)
  • Lisichka (little fox)
  • Lisyonok (fox cub)
  • Liza (Yelizaveta)
  • Lizanka (Yelizaveta)
  • Lizaveta (Yelizaveta)
  • Lizka (Yelizaveta)
  • Lizochka (Yelizaveta)

L, continued

  • Lizok (Yelizaveta)
  • Lizonka (Yelizaveta)
  • Lora (Larisa)
  • Lukasha (Luka)
  • Lukashka (Luka)
  • Lusha (Lukerya)
  • Lushka (Lukerya)
  • Lvyonok (lion cub)
  • Lyalechka (baby doll)
  • Lyalka (dolly, baby)
  • Lyalya (Yelena, Olga or Larisa)
  • Lyokha (Aleksey or Leonid)
  • Lyolik (Aleksey or Leonid)
  • Lyolya (Yelena or Olga)

L, continued

  • Lyonchik (Leonid)
  • Lyonechka (Leonid)
  • Lyonka (Leonid)
  • Lyonya (Leonid)
  • Lyosha (Aleksey)
  • Lyoshenka (Aleksey)
  • Lyoshka (Aleksey)
  • Lyova (Lev)
  • Lyovka (Lev)
  • Lyovochka (Lev)
  • Lyovushka (Lev)
  • Lyuba (Lyubov)
  • Lyubanya (Lyubov)
  • Lyubasha (Lyubov)

L, continued

  • Lyubimaya (beloved, to a woman)
  • Lyubimy (beloved, to a man)
  • Lyubka (Lyubov)
  • Lyubochka (Lyubov)
  • Lyubonka (Lyubov)
  • Lyubov moya (my love)
  • Lyubushka (Lyubov)
  • Lyuda (Lyudmila)
  • Lyudka (Lyudmila)
  • Lyudmilka (Lyudmila)
  • Lyudochka (Lyudmila)
  • Lyudok (Lyudmila)
  • Lyusenka (Lyudmila)
  • Lyuska (Lyudmila)
  • Lyusya (Lyudmila)

M: 95 names

  • Makarka (Makar)
  • Makarushka (Makar)
  • Maks (Maksim)
  • Maksik (Maksim)
  • Maksimka (Maksim)
  • Maksimushka (Maksim)
  • Maksimych (Maksimovich, patronymic alone)
  • Maksyusha (Maksim)
  • Malanya (Melanya)
  • Malasha (Melanya)
  • Malchik moy (my boy)
  • Malenkaya (little one, to a girl)
  • Malenky (little one, to a boy)

M, continued

  • Malinka (raspberry)
  • Malysh (little one, baby boy)
  • Malyshka (baby girl, also said to a girlfriend)
  • Malyutka (tiny one)
  • Mamochka (mommy)
  • Mamulya (mommy, tender)
  • Manechka (Maria)
  • Manka (Maria)
  • Manya (Maria)
  • Manyasha (Maria)
  • Manyunya (Maria)
  • Marfenka (Marfa)
  • Marfusha (Marfa)
  • Marfushka (Marfa)

M, continued

  • Margo (Margarita)
  • Margosha (Margarita)
  • Mari (Maria, French-style form)
  • Marik (Mark)
  • Marinka (Marina)
  • Marisha (Marina or Maria)
  • Marishka (Marina or Maria)
  • Marivanna (Maria Ivanovna)
  • Markusha (Mark)
  • Marusenka (Maria)
  • Maruska (Maria)
  • Marusya (Maria)
  • Marya (Maria)

M, continued

  • Maryushka (Maria)
  • Masha (Maria)
  • Mashenka (Maria)
  • Mashka (Maria)
  • Mashulya (Maria)
  • Mashunya (Maria)
  • Mashuta (Maria)
  • Mashutka (Maria)
  • Masik (sweetie, modern slang)
  • Matryosha (Matryona)
  • Matryoshka (Matryona)
  • Matushka (mother, old-fashioned)
  • Matveyka (Matvey)
  • Matyusha (Matvey)

M, continued

  • Mayechka (Maya)
  • Mayka (Maya)
  • Medvezhonok (bear cub)
  • Meri (Maria)
  • Mikha (Mikhail)
  • Mikhal Mikhalych (Mikhail Mikhaylovich)
  • Mikhalna (Mikhaylovna, patronymic alone)
  • Mikhalych (Mikhaylovich, patronymic alone)
  • Mila (Lyudmila or Milana)
  • Milanka (Milana)
  • Milashka (cutie)
  • Milaya (dear, to a woman)
  • Milenkaya (dear one, to a woman)

M, continued

  • Milenky (dear one, to a man)
  • Milenok (sweetheart, folk, a man)
  • Milka (Lyudmila or Milana)
  • Milochka (Lyudmila or Milana)
  • Mily (dear, to a man)
  • Minya (Mikhail)
  • Mira (Miroslava)
  • Mirosha (Miron)
  • Misha (Mikhail)
  • Mishanya (Mikhail)
  • Mishel (Mikhail, French-style form)
  • Mishenka (Mikhail)
  • Mishka (Mikhail)
  • Mishulya (Mikhail)

M, continued

  • Mishutka (Mikhail)
  • Mitenka (Dmitry)
  • Mitka (Dmitry)
  • Mitrosha (Mitrofan)
  • Mitroshka (Mitrofan)
  • Mitya (Dmitry)
  • Mityay (Dmitry)
  • Mityusha (Dmitry)
  • Motya (Matvey or Matryona)
  • Mura (Maria)
  • Musenka (Maria)
  • Musya (Maria)
  • Myshka (little mouse)
  • Myshonok (baby mouse)

N: 55 names

  • Nadenka (Nadezhda)
  • Nadka (Nadezhda)
  • Nadya (Nadezhda)
  • Nadyukha (Nadezhda)
  • Nadyusha (Nadezhda)
  • Nadyushka (Nadezhda)
  • Nastasya (Anastasia)
  • Nastasyushka (Anastasia)
  • Nastenka (Anastasia)
  • Nastka (Anastasia)
  • Nastya (Anastasia)
  • Nastyona (Anastasia)
  • Nastyukha (Anastasia)

N, continued

  • Nastyulya (Anastasia)
  • Nastyusha (Anastasia)
  • Nastyushka (Anastasia)
  • Nata (Natalya)
  • Natakha (Natalya)
  • Natali (Natalya, French-style form)
  • Natalka (Natalya)
  • Natasha (Natalya)
  • Natashenka (Natalya)
  • Natashka (Natalya)
  • Natulya (Natalya)
  • Natusya (Natalya)
  • Nazarka (Nazar)
  • Nelka (Nelli)

N, continued

  • Nellya (Nelli)
  • Nenaglyadnaya (my heart's delight, to a woman)
  • Nenaglyadny (my heart's delight, to a man)
  • Neposeda (fidget)
  • Nik (Nikita or Nikolay)
  • Nika (Veronika or Nikita)
  • Nikisha (Nikifor)
  • Nikitka (Nikita)
  • Nikitos (Nikita)
  • Nikitushka (Nikita)
  • Nikolaich (Nikolayevich, patronymic alone)
  • Nikolasha (Nikolay)
  • Nikolavna (Nikolayevna, patronymic alone)
  • Nikolenka (Nikolay)

N, continued

  • Nikolka (Nikolay)
  • Nikusha (Veronika or Nikita)
  • Ninka (Nina)
  • Ninochka (Nina)
  • Ninok (Nina)
  • Ninulya (Nina)
  • Nora (Eleonora)
  • Nyura (Anna)
  • Nyurka (Anna)
  • Nyurochka (Anna)
  • Nyusha (Anna)
  • Nyushka (Anna)
  • Nyusya (Anna)
  • Nyuta (Anna)

O: 14 names

  • Oksanka (Oksana)
  • Olchik (Olga)
  • Olechka (Olga)
  • Olenka (Olga)
  • Olezha (Oleg)
  • Olezhek (Oleg)
  • Olezhka (Oleg)
  • Olgunya (Olga)
  • Olka (Olga)
  • Olya (Olga)
  • Olyusha (Olga)
  • Olyushka (Olga)
  • Osya (Osip or Iosif)
  • Ozornik (mischief-maker)

P: 49 names

  • Pakha (Pavel)
  • Pal Palych (Pavel Pavlovich)
  • Palasha (Pelageya)
  • Palashka (Pelageya)
  • Palych (Pavlovich, patronymic alone)
  • Panya (Praskovya)
  • Papochka (daddy)
  • Papulya (daddy, tender)
  • Pasha (Pavel or Praskovya)
  • Pashenka (Pavel)
  • Pashka (Pavel)
  • Pashok (Pavel)

P, continued

  • Pashulya (Pavel)
  • Pashunya (Pavel)
  • Pavlik (Pavel)
  • Pavlusha (Pavel)
  • Pavlushka (Pavel)
  • Pchyolka (little bee)
  • Petenka (Pyotr)
  • Petka (Pyotr)
  • Petrovich (patronymic used alone)
  • Petrovna (patronymic used alone, a woman)
  • Petrukha (Pyotr)
  • Petrusha (Pyotr)

P, continued

  • Petya (Pyotr)
  • Petyunya (Pyotr)
  • Pevunya (girl who loves to sing)
  • Pier (Pyotr, French-style salon form)
  • Pirozhok (little pie)
  • Platosha (Platon)
  • Pochemuchka (child who keeps asking why)
  • Podruzhka (dear friend, a woman)
  • Polenka (Polina or Pelageya)
  • Polinka (Polina)
  • Polya (Polina or Pelageya)
  • Polyushka (Polina or Pelageya)

P, continued

  • Potapka (Potap)
  • Prelest (delight)
  • Printsessa (princess)
  • Prokaznik (prankster, a boy)
  • Prokaznitsa (prankster, a girl)
  • Prokosha (Prokofy)
  • Prosha (Prokhor)
  • Proshka (Prokofy or Prokhor)
  • Ptashka (small bird)
  • Ptenchik (nestling)
  • Ptichka (birdie)
  • Pugovka (button)
  • Pupsik (baby doll)

R: 35 names

  • Radost moya (my joy)
  • Raya (Raisa)
  • Rayechka (Raisa)
  • Rayka (Raisa)
  • Reginka (Regina)
  • Rimmochka (Rimma)
  • Rita (Margarita)
  • Ritka (Margarita)
  • Ritochka (Margarita)
  • Ritulya (Margarita)
  • Ritusya (Margarita)

R, continued

  • Robik (Robert)
  • Rodenka (Rodion)
  • Rodik (Rodion)
  • Rodimy (dear one, folk)
  • Rodka (Rodion)
  • Rodnaya (my own, to a woman)
  • Rodnoy (my own, to a man)
  • Rodya (Rodion)
  • Roma (Roman)
  • Romasha (Roman)
  • Romashka (Roman)
  • Romchik (Roman)

R, continued

  • Romka (Roman)
  • Romochka (Roman)
  • Romych (Roman)
  • Rostik (Rostislav)
  • Rostya (Rostislav)
  • Rozka (Roza)
  • Rudik (Rudolf)
  • Rusik (Ruslan)
  • Rustik (Rustam)
  • Rusya (Ruslan)
  • Rybka (little fish)
  • Rybonka (dear fish)

S: 105 names

  • San Sanych (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich)
  • Sanechka (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Sanka (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Sanya (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Sanych (Aleksandrovich, patronymic alone)
  • Sanyok (Aleksandr)
  • Sasha (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Sashenka (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Sashka (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Sashok (Aleksandr)
  • Sashulya (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Sashunya (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Savelich (Savelyevich, patronymic alone)
  • Savka (Savely or Savva)
  • Savushka (Savely or Savva)

S, continued

  • Schastye moyo (my happiness)
  • Semyonych (Semyonovich, patronymic alone)
  • Senechka (Semyon)
  • Senka (Semyon)
  • Senya (Semyon or Arseny)
  • Serdechko (dear heart)
  • Serdeshny (dear heart, folk)
  • Serdtse moyo (my heart)
  • Sergeich (Sergeyevich, patronymic alone)
  • Sergunya (Sergey)
  • Sery (Sergey)
  • Seryoga (Sergey)
  • Seryonya (Sergey)
  • Seryozha (Sergey)
  • Seryozhenka (Sergey)

S, continued

  • Seryozhka (Sergey)
  • Serzh (Sergey)
  • Sestrichka (little sister)
  • Sestritsa (sister, folk)
  • Sestryonka (kid sister)
  • Seva (Vsevolod)
  • Sevka (Vsevolod)
  • Shalun (rascal)
  • Shalunishka (little rascal)
  • Shura (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Shurik (Aleksandr)
  • Shurka (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Shurochka (Aleksandr or Aleksandra)
  • Sima (Serafima)
  • Simka (Serafima)

S, continued

  • Simochka (Serafima)
  • Sladkaya (sweet one, to a woman)
  • Sladkoyezhka (sweet tooth)
  • Sladky (sweet one, to a man)
  • Slava (Vyacheslav, Stanislav or Yaroslav)
  • Slavik (Vyacheslav or Stanislav)
  • Slavka (Vyacheslav or Yaroslav)
  • Slavochka (Vyacheslav)
  • Slavyan (Vyacheslav)
  • Snezha (Snezhana)
  • Snezhanka (Snezhana)
  • Sofa (Sofia)
  • Sofi (Sofia, French-style form)
  • Sofochka (Sofia)
  • Sofyushka (Sofia)

S, continued

  • Sokol (falcon, folk, a fine young man)
  • Sokol yasny (bright falcon, folk)
  • Sokolik (dear falcon, folk)
  • Sokrovishche (treasure)
  • Solntse (sun)
  • Solntse moyo (my sun)
  • Solnyshko (little sun)
  • Sonechka (Sofia)
  • Sonka (Sofia)
  • Sonya (Sofia)
  • Spirka (Spiridon)
  • Spirya (Spiridon)
  • Starik (old man, between friends)
  • Starina (old chap)
  • Stas (Stanislav)

S, continued

  • Stasik (Stanislav)
  • Stasya (Anastasia or Stanislava)
  • Stasyan (Stanislav)
  • Stepanna (Stepanovna, patronymic alone)
  • Stepanych (Stepanovich, patronymic alone)
  • Stepasha (Stepan)
  • Stepashka (Stepan)
  • Stesha (Stepanida)
  • Stiva (Stepan, salon form)
  • Styopa (Stepan)
  • Styopka (Stepan)
  • Styopochka (Stepan)
  • Sudar (sir, old-fashioned)
  • Sudarushka (dear lady, folk)
  • Sudarynya (madam, old-fashioned, playful today)

S, continued

  • Svet moy (my light)
  • Sveta (Svetlana)
  • Svetik (Svetlana)
  • Svetka (Svetlana)
  • Svetlanka (Svetlana)
  • Svetochka (Svetlana)
  • Svetulya (Svetlana)
  • Svyat (Svyatoslav)
  • Svyatik (Svyatoslav)
  • Synochek (dear son)
  • Synok (sonny)
  • Synulya (dear son, tender)
  • Syoma (Semyon)
  • Syomka (Semyon)
  • Syomochka (Semyon)

T: 56 names

  • Tamarka (Tamara)
  • Tanechka (Tatyana)
  • Tanka (Tatyana)
  • Tanya (Tatyana)
  • Tanyukha (Tatyana)
  • Tanyusha (Tatyana)
  • Tanyushka (Tatyana)
  • Taraska (Taras)
  • Tasha (Natalya or Tatyana)
  • Tasya (Taisiya or Anastasia)
  • Tata (Tatyana or Natalya)
  • Tatyanka (Tatyana)
  • Taya (Taisiya)
  • Teryokha (Terenty)

T, continued

  • Teryosha (Terenty)
  • Tigryonok (tiger cub)
  • Tim (Timofey or Timur)
  • Tima (Timofey or Timur)
  • Timka (Timofey or Timur)
  • Timokha (Timofey)
  • Timosha (Timofey)
  • Timoshka (Timofey)
  • Tisha (Tikhon)
  • Tishka (Tikhon)
  • Tolechka (Anatoly)
  • Tolenka (Anatoly)
  • Tolik (Anatoly)
  • Tolka (Anatoly)

T, continued

  • Tolya (Anatoly)
  • Tolyan (Anatoly)
  • Tolyasha (Anatoly)
  • Toma (Tamara)
  • Tomka (Tamara)
  • Tomochka (Tamara)
  • Tonechka (Antonina)
  • Tonka (Antonina)
  • Tonya (Antonina)
  • Toropyzhka (child always in a hurry)
  • Tosha (Anton or Anatoly)
  • Toshka (Anton)
  • Tosya (Antonina)
  • Trisha (Trifon)

T, continued

  • Trishka (Trifon)
  • Trofimka (Trofim)
  • Trosha (Trofim)
  • Troshka (Trofim)
  • Tsarevna (fairy-tale princess)
  • Tsvetochek (little flower)
  • Tsyplyonok (chick)
  • Tusya (Natalya)
  • Tyoma (Artyom)
  • Tyomka (Artyom)
  • Tyomochka (Artyom)
  • Tyomych (Artyom)
  • Tyotushka (auntie)
  • Tyotya (aunt, also how children address a woman)

U: 8 names

  • Ulechka (Ulyana)
  • Ulenka (Ulyana)
  • Ulya (Ulyana)
  • Ulyanka (Ulyana)
  • Ulyasha (Ulyana)
  • Umnichka (clever thing, said as praise)
  • Umnitsa (clever one)
  • Ustya (Ustinya)

V: 89 names

  • Vadik (Vadim)
  • Vadimka (Vadim)
  • Vadka (Vadim)
  • Vadya (Vadim)
  • Vadyan (Vadim)
  • Vadyusha (Vadim)
  • Valechka (Valentin or Valentina)
  • Valentinka (Valentina)
  • Valera (Valery)
  • Valerchik (Valery)
  • Valerik (Valery)
  • Valerka (Valery)
  • Valerochka (Valery or Valeria)
  • Valka (Valentin or Valentina)

V, continued

  • Valya (Valentin or Valentina)
  • Valyok (Valentin)
  • Valyusha (Valentin or Valentina)
  • Vanechka (Ivan)
  • Vanka (Ivan)
  • Vanya (Ivan)
  • Vanyatka (Ivan)
  • Vanyok (Ivan)
  • Vanyukha (Ivan)
  • Vanyusha (Ivan)
  • Vanyushka (Ivan)
  • Varechka (Varvara)
  • Varenka (Varvara)
  • Varka (Varvara)
  • Varya (Varvara)

V, continued

  • Varyusha (Varvara)
  • Varyushka (Varvara)
  • Vasechka (Vasily)
  • Vasenka (Vasily)
  • Vasil Vasilich (Vasily Vasilyevich)
  • Vasilich (Vasilyevich, patronymic alone)
  • Vasiliska (Vasilisa)
  • Vasilyok (Vasily)
  • Vaska (Vasily)
  • Vasya (Vasily or Vasilisa)
  • Vasyan (Vasily)
  • Vasyok (Vasily)
  • Vasyutka (Vasily)
  • Venechka (Veniamin)
  • Venka (Veniamin)

V, continued

  • Venya (Veniamin)
  • Verka (Vera)
  • Verochka (Vera)
  • Veronichka (Veronika)
  • Verunchik (Vera)
  • Verunya (Vera)
  • Verusha (Vera)
  • Verusya (Vera)
  • Vichka (Viktoria)
  • Vika (Viktoria)
  • Viki (Viktoria)
  • Vikulya (Viktoria)
  • Vikusha (Viktoria)
  • Vikusya (Viktoria)
  • Vishenka (little cherry)

V, continued

  • Vita (Vitalina or Viktoria)
  • Vitalik (Vitaly)
  • Vitalka (Vitaly)
  • Vitalya (Vitaly)
  • Vitenka (Viktor)
  • Vitka (Viktor)
  • Vitya (Viktor)
  • Vityan (Viktor)
  • Vityok (Viktor)
  • Vityukha (Viktor)
  • Vityusha (Viktor)
  • Vlad (Vladislav or Vladimir)
  • Vlada (Vladislava)
  • Vladik (Vladislav or Vladimir)
  • Vladka (Vladislav or Vladislava)

V, continued

  • Vlados (Vladislav)
  • Vladya (Vladislav)
  • Vnuchenka (dear granddaughter)
  • Vnuchka (granddaughter)
  • Vnuchok (dear grandson)
  • Volchonok (wolf cub)
  • Volodenka (Vladimir)
  • Volodka (Vladimir)
  • Volodya (Vladimir)
  • Vorobushek (little sparrow)
  • Vova (Vladimir)
  • Vovan (Vladimir)
  • Vovchik (Vladimir)
  • Vovka (Vladimir)
  • Vovochka (Vladimir)

Y: 39 names

  • Yagodka (berry)
  • Yanik (Yan)
  • Yanka (Yana)
  • Yanochka (Yana)
  • Yarik (Yaroslav)
  • Yasha (Yakov)
  • Yashenka (Yakov)
  • Yashka (Yakov)
  • Yasya (Yaroslava)
  • Yedinstvennaya (my only one, to a woman)
  • Yedinstvenny (my only one, to a man)
  • Yegorka (Yegor)
  • Yegorushka (Yegor)

Y, continued

  • Yegorych (Yegorovich, patronymic alone)
  • Yegosha (Yegor)
  • Yelenushka (Yelena)
  • Yemelya (Yemelyan)
  • Yemelyushka (Yemelyan)
  • Yermosha (Yermolay)
  • Yermoshka (Yermolay)
  • Yeryoma (Yeremey)
  • Yeryomka (Yeremey)
  • Yevgesha (Yevgeny or Yevgenia)
  • Yevka (Yeva)
  • Yevochka (Yeva)
  • Yozhik (hedgehog)

Y, continued

  • Yulechka (Yulia)
  • Yulenka (Yulia)
  • Yulik (Yuly or Yulian)
  • Yulka (Yulia)
  • Yulya (Yulia)
  • Yura (Yury)
  • Yurasha (Yury)
  • Yurasik (Yury)
  • Yurets (Yury)
  • Yurik (Yury)
  • Yurka (Yury)
  • Yurochka (Yury)
  • Yurok (Yury)

Z: 38 names

  • Zainka (little hare, folk)
  • Zakharka (Zakhar)
  • Zakharych (Zakharovich, patronymic alone)
  • Zaya (bunny)
  • Zaychik (little hare)
  • Zaychonok (baby hare)
  • Zayka (bunny, to a child or a partner)
  • Zayushka (dear bunny)
  • Zaznoba (sweetheart, folk)
  • Zemlyachka (woman from your home region)
  • Zemlyak (man from your home region)
  • Zhanka (Zhanna)

Z, continued

  • Zhannochka (Zhanna)
  • Zheka (Yevgeny)
  • Zhenechka (Yevgeny or Yevgenia)
  • Zhenka (Yevgeny or Yevgenia)
  • Zhenya (Yevgeny or Yevgenia)
  • Zhenyok (Yevgeny)
  • Zhizn moya (my life)
  • Zhora (Georgy)
  • Zhorik (Georgy)
  • Zhorka (Georgy)
  • Zhorzh (Georgy, French-style form)
  • Zhyuli (Yulia, French-style salon form)
  • Zina (Zinaida)

Z, continued

  • Zinka (Zinaida)
  • Zinochka (Zinaida)
  • Zinulya (Zinaida)
  • Zolotaya (golden one, to a woman)
  • Zolotko (little gold one, to a child)
  • Zoloto (gold)
  • Zolotoy (golden one, to a man)
  • Zolotse (little gold one)
  • Zorenka (dawn, folk)
  • Zoyechka (Zoya)
  • Zoyenka (Zoya)
  • Zoyka (Zoya)
  • Zvyozdochka (little star)