- Common male first names
If two variants of a name are given, generally the first variant is Russian, and the second is Ukrainian.
- Иван/Іван (Ivan, equivalent to John, of Hebrew origin)
- Николай/Микола (Nikolay/Mykola, equivalent to Nicholas, of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people")
- Борис (Boris/Borys, a pre-Christian Slavic diminutive of Borislav, meaning "Fighter for Glory")
- Владимир/Володимир (Vladimir/Volodymyr, a pre-Christian name of Slavic origin that originally means "Great in his Rule/Power", but can be interpreted by contemporary East Slavic languages speakers as "The Lord of the World/Peace")
- Пётр/Петро (Pyotr/Petro, equivalent to Peter, of Greek origin)
- Андрей/Андрій (Andrey/Andriy, equivalent to Andrew, of Greek origin)
- Александр/Олександр/Олекса (Aleksandr/Oleksandr, equivalent to Alexander, of Greek origin)
- Дмитрий/Дмитро (Dmitry/Dmytro, of Greek origin)
- Сергей/Сергій (Sergey/Serhiy, of Latin origin)
- Леонид/Леонід (Leonid, from Leonidas, of Greek origin)
- Алексей/Олексій (Aleksey/Oleksy, of Greek origin)
- Виктор/Віктор (Viktor, of Latin origin)
- Юрий/Юрій, Георгий/Георгій, Егор/Єгор (Yuri, Georgy, or Yegor, equivalent to George, of Greek origin)
- Павел/Павло (Pavel/Pavlo, equivalent to Paul, of Latin origin)
- Константин/Костянтин (Konstantin/Kostyantyn, of Latin origin)
- Кирилл/Кирило (Kirill/Kyrylo, of Greek origin)
- Василий/Василь (Vasily/Vasyl, equivalent to Ваsіl, of Greek origin)
- Poмaн (Roman, of Latin origin)
- Cтaниcлaв/Станіслав (Stanislav, of Slav origin)
- Михаил (Mikhail, equivalent to Michael, of Hebrew origin)
- Игорь/Ігор (Igor/Ihor, from Ingvar, old Norse)
- Максим (Maxim/Maksym, from Latin, meaning "greatest")
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- Non-Slavic/Christian male first names
- Булат (Bulat, of Turkic (Tatar) origin, originally from Persian, means "steel")
- Тимyр (Timur, of Turkic Tatar origin, means "iron")
- Рycлан (Ruslan, of Turkic Tatar origin, means "lion")
- Common female first names
- Анна (Anna, equivalent to Anne or Hannah, of Hebrew origin)
- Елена/Олена (Yelena/Olena, equivalent to Helen, of Greek origin)
- Наталья/Наталія (Natalya/Nataliya, equivalent to Natalie, of Latin origin)
- Мария/Марія (Mariya, equivalent to Mary, of Hebrew origin)
- Ольга (Olga, Olha a pre-Christian name derived from Varangian Helga)
- Александра/Олександра (Aleksandra/Oleksandra, equivalent to Alexandra, of Greek origin)
- Ксения/Оксана (Kseniya/Oksana, Oksana is the most common Ukrainian female name, Kseniya is from Greek Xenia)
- Екатерина/Катерина (Yekaterina/Kateryna, equivalent to Catherine, of Greek origin)
- Татьяна/Тетяна (Tatyana/Tetiana, of Latin origin)
- Анастасия/Анастасія (Anastasiya, of Greek origin)
- Светлана/Світлана (Svetlana/Svitlana, meaning "Shining One"; although it looks like a pre-Christian Slavic name, it was invented by Alexander Vostokov in 1802 and became popular when Vasily Zhukovsky published his ballad Svetlana in 1813).
- Юлия/Юлія (Yulia, equivalent to Julia or Julie, of Latin origin)
- Вера/Віра (Vera/Vira, means "Faith", calque from Greek Πίστη)
- Надежда/Надiя (Nadezhda/Nadiya, means"Hope," calque from Greek Ελπίς)
- Любовь/Любов (Lyubov, means "Charity" or "Love", calque from Greek Αγάπη)
- Софья/Софія (Sof'ya/Sofiya, means "Wisdom", equivalent to Sophia, of Greek origin)
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