Popular Russian Names For Boys

Russians have three names: the first or given name (имя), the surname or family name (фамилия), and patronymic (отчество). The following list includes 90 first names for boys most widely used nowadays in Russia. You can use them by their own or to form a patronymic. A patronymic is formed from the father's first name with the help of the endings -ович and -евич for boys, and -овна and -евна for girls. For example, if Anatoly's father is Viktor, he will be called Анатолий Викторович.

Russian name	Pronunciation	Non-Russian
Абрам	ahbRAHM	Abram
Александр	ahlyekSAHNDR	Alexander
Алексей	ahlyekSYEY	Alexei
Альберт	ahlBYERT	Albert
Анатолий	ahnahTOleey	Anatoly
Андрей	anDRYEY	Andrei
Антон	ahnTON	Anton
Аркадий	ahrKAHdeey	Arkady
Арсений	ahrSYEneey	Arseny
Артём	ahrTYOM	Artyom
Артур	ahrTOOR	Artur
Афанасий	ahfahNAHseey	Afanasy

- Б -
Богдан	bogDAHN	Bogdan
Борис	boREES	Boris

- В -
Вадим	vahDEEM	Vadim
Валентин	vahlyenTEEN	Valentin
Валерий	vahLYEreey	Valery
Василий	vahSEEleey	Vasily
Вениамин	vyeneeahMEEN	Veniamin
Виктор	VEEKtor	Viktor
Виталий	veeTAHleey	Vitaly
Влад	VLAHD	Vlad
Владимир	vlahDEEmeer	Vladimir
Владислав	vlahdeeSLAHV	Vladislav
Всеволод	VSYEvolod	Vsevolod
Вячеслав	vyachyesLAHV	Vyacheslav

Index of Russian male names

1. Russian Boys' names: А-В
2. Russian Boys' names: Г-И
3. Russian Boys' names: K-П
4. Russian Boys' names: P-Я

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