Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Ukrainian

Usage note

Most Ukrainian first names resemble Russian names, but with their own form and spelling, for example, Svitlana and Vadym instead of Svetlana and Vadim. Ukrainian names are transcribed into English in many different ways (the Ukrainian equivalent for Andrei can be spelt Andrii, Andrij, Andriy and Andryi), and the variations are given here. Any Russian name may be used by Ukrainians, and sometimes they will use the Russian rather than the Ukrainian form, so that there are Ukrainians named both Olha and Olga, Bohdan and Bogdan, Kostyantyn and Konstantin, Oleh and Oleg, Olexander and Aleksandr.

Surnames ending in -ov, -ev, -in or -sky for males become -ova, -eva, -ina or -ska for females, so that the wife or daughter of Olexander Senkov would use the surname Senkova. Names with other endings do not change though, so that Anatoliy Bondarenko’s wife is Olena Bondarenko, and their daughter is Nataliya Bondarenko. Middle names are given in a fashion like that used in Russia, with -ovych (sons) or -ivna (daughters) being the suffixes added to the father’s name: the children of Mykhaylo Dmytrovych Petrytsky would be named Pavlo Mykhaylovych Petrytsky and Iryna Mykhaylivna Petrytska. Pavlo’s children would use the middle name Pavlovych and Pavlivna, and so on. A few father’s names change irregularly when inherited as middle names: Yakiv (Yakovych/Yakivna), Illia (Illich/Illivna), Lvov (Lvovych/Lvivna) and Luka (Lukych/Lukivna).

Girls' names

Albina
Aliona
Alla
Anastasia/Anastasiya/Anastazija
Anjelika/Anzhelika
Anna
Antonina
Bohdana/Bohdanna
Chrystyna/Kristina
Dana
Daria/Dariya
Diana
Ekateryna
Emilia/Emiliya
Fayina
Halyna/Galina/Galyna
Hanna/Gana/Ganna
Hanya
Hertruda
Hlafira
Inesa/Inessa
Inna
Iryna/Irina
Ivanna/Ivana
Izolda
Kalina
Kateryna/Katarzhina/Katsiaryna
Katrya
Kilina
Klarissa/Klarysa
Klavdiya (Klasha)
Kseniya/Ksenya
Larysa/Larisa/Larissa
Lavra
Lidia/Lidiya
Lilia/Liliya
Liliana
Lina
Liubov/Lioubov/Lyubov
Liudmyla/Lyudmyla/Ljudmila
Luyiza
Malanka
Marharyta/Margaryta
Maria/Mariya
Marunia
Maryna (Maryska)
Maya/Maia/Mayia
Milena
Myroslava
Nadia/Nadiya/Nadija
Nastasiya (Nastunya)
Natalia/Nataliya/Natalya
Nina
Nyurochka
Odarka
Oksana/Oxana
Oleksa
Oleksandra/Olexandra/Lyaksandra
Olena
Olesia (Lesya)
Olha
Oryna
Palahna
Rayisa
Raymonda
Roksana
Roza
Rozaliya
Ruslana
Serafyma
Svitlana
Taisia/Tayisia
Tamara
Tayisa
Teklya
Tetiana/Tetyana/Tetjana/Tatiana/Tatijana
Uliana/Ulyana
Valentyna
Valeriya/Valeria
Vanda
Varvara [Warwara]
Veronika
Viktoria/Victoriya/Viktoriya
Violetta
Viorika
Virhinia
Vita
Vitalia/Vitaliya
Yana
Yelizaveta/Yelyzaveta
Yeva
Yevhenia/Yevgeniya/Evgenia
Yosypa
Yulia/Yuliya/Juliya
Zhanna
Zinayida
Zoia/Zoya
Zoriana/Zoryana

Boys' names

Ambros
Anatoliy
Andrii/Andrij/Andriy/Andryi
Anton
Arkadiy
Arsen
Artem
Artur
Avhust
Bohdan
Borys (Borysko)
Boryslav
Danylo
Davyd/David
Demian/Demyan
Denis/Denys
Dmytro/Dmitro/Dimitry/Dmitry
Eduard
Fedir
Hedeon
Henadiy/Hennadiy
Henrikh
Heorhiy/Georgy
Hryhor
Hryhoriy/Grygorij/Gryhoriy
Ihnatiy
Ihor
Illia
Isak
Ivan
Khrystiyan
Khrystofor
Klimentiy
Kostiantyn/Kostyantyn (Kostya)
Kyrylo/Kyryl
Lavro
Leonid
Lev (Levko)
Lubomyr
Maksym/Maxim/Maxym
Manuyil
Marko
Michail/Mychayil
Mykhaylo/Mykhailo/Mihajlo
Mykola
Mykyta
Myroslav
Nikolay
Oleh
Oleksandr/Olexander/Olexandre
Oleksiy/Oleksyi/Oleksij/Olecsiy
Opanas
Orest
Osyp
Pavlo
Petro
Platon
Polikarp
Pylyp
Roman
Rostyslav
Ruslan/Rouslan
Samiylo
Semen
Serhiy/Sergiy/Serhyi/Sergey/Serhii (Serega)
Stanislav
Stepan
Sviatoslav
Taras
Tymofiy/Tymofei
Ulas
Vadym
Valentyn
Valeriy/Valerij/Valerii
Vasyl
Viacheslav/Vyacheslav
Viktor/Victor
Vitaliy/Vitalyj/Vitalyi
Vladyslav
Volodymyr
Yakiv
Yan
Yaroslav
Yehor/Yegor
Yevhen/Evhen/Yevgen
Yevheniy/Evgeniy
Yosyp
Yukhym
Yuliy
Yuriy/Yuryi/Yurij/Juriy

Surnames

Top 20

Melnik
Shevchenko
Boyko
Kovalenko
Bondarenko
Tkachenko
Kovalchuk
Kravchenko
Oliynik
Shevchuk
Koval
Polishchuk
Bondar
Tkachuk
Moroz
Marchenko
Lysenko
Rudenko
Savchenko
Petrenko

Others

Andrijenko
Andrukhovych
Antonyuk
Avramenko
Babenko
Babiak
Babin
Babyak
Bahach
Balakhonov
Balan
Baran
Barno
Bartosh
Bazyr
Belonog
Belous
Bereza
Bezushko
Bildub
Bilyk
Boback
Bobak
Bodnaruk
Boiko
Bondarchuk
Borisenko
Borodayko
Boschee
Bouzhenko
Boychuk
Brodsky
Bubka
Buchko
Bucko
Budney
Budny
Buhaj
Burachek
Burak
Burchylo
Butchko
Buzhenko
Chaban
Chepil
Chernenko
Chumak
Danilyuk
Demchak
Demchenko
Denisenko
Derkach
Didenko
Didukh
Dmitrenko
Dobrydnev
Dologodin
Doronenko
Doroshenko
Dudar
Dworkin
Dyachenko
Dziuba
Dziuk
Federenko
Fedioushin
Fedorenko
Fomenko
Franko
Frystak
Gabelko
Gavrilyuk
Gerashenko
Gerasimenko
Glushchenko
Golovko
Golub
Gonchar
Goncharenko
Goncharuk
Gorbenko
Gordienko
Govorov
Grischenko
Gritsenko
Gumenyuk
Gurka
Halibey
Halytsky
Harasymak
Harmata
Havlik
Herasymenkov
Hlukh
Hlushchenko
Holota
Holynasty
Honchar
Horbatiuk
Hovorov
Hricko
Hryhorczak
Hryhoruk
Hryniuk
Hryniv
Hrynko
Hukdin
Humenyuk
Hursky
Ihrayev
Ilkow
Illkiv
Ischenko
Ivanchenko
Ivanenko
Ivaniuk
Ivaniv
Ivanko
Ivaschenko
Ivashko
Ivasiv
Iwatiw
Janiv
Jaskowiak
Kapinos
Karp
Karpenko
Kharchenko
Khnykin
Khomenko
Khymka
Khymko
Kindrachuk
Kirichenko
Klemchuk
Klima
Klimenko
Kohut
Kolesnik
Kolesnitchenko
Kolodenko
Kolodiy
Kolomiets
Komaniecky
Komara
Kondratyuk
Kononenko
Kopko
Korcyk
Kornienko
Korniychuk
Kornyyev
Korol
Kosar
Koshka
Kostenko
Kostyuk
Kot
Kovbe
Kovtun
Kowal
Kowalchuk
Kozak
Kravchuk
Kravets
Kravtsiv
Krawchuk
Kucher
Kucherenko
Kulbaba
Kulik
Kupchenko
Kushnir
Kutsyj
Kuzmenko
Kuzyk
Kylymnyk
Kynzhnyk
Lahenza
Lavrenchuk
Lavrinenko
Lepchuk
Levchenko
Liashenko
Lipka
Litvin
Litvinenko
Lockimo
Loiko
Lugin
Luknyiv
Lutsenko
Lyashenko
Lytvynenko
Makarenko
Malyar
Marchuk
Marko
Martinenko
Martynenko
Maruska
Maschenko
Mashchenko
Masla
Matsevko
Matvienko
Matviyenko
Mazur
Medvidskyj
Mele
Melnichenko
Melnichuk
Melnyk
Michayluk
Mihalik
Mikhaylenko
Mironenko
Miroshnichenko
Miroshrive
Mischenko
Misko
Misutin
Mohyla
Morskyj
Moskalenko
Mosko
Msksymchuk
Mucha
Murashko
Murza
Mykhailuk
Naumenko
Nazarenko
Nedelenko
Nesterenko
Nikolaenko
Nikolaychuk
Nimchuk
Nis
Noha
Novokhatskyj
Nykyforuk
Oleksandruk
Oleynik
Oliynyk
Omelchenko
Onischenko
Osika
Ostapenko
Ostrivnyj
Ovcharenko
Palahniuk
Palamarchuk
Panchenko
Panko
Pankow
Parkhomenko
Patzukin
Pavlenko
Pavliuk
Pavlovskyj
Pavluk
Pavlysh
Pavlyshyn
Pavlyuk
Pelis
Petruk
Petrytsky
Piddubnyj
Pilipenko
Plaksa
Podolianchuk
Polischuk
Polowy
Ponomarenko
Popovich
Potsiluyko
Poukha
Prikhodko
Prokopenko
Pyvovar
Radchenkoo
Redko
Romanenko
Romaniuk
Romanko
Romanyshyn
Romanyuk
Rybalchenko
Rybalko
Samiilenko
Samoylenko
Savchuk
Savchyn
Semenyuk
Senchenko
Senkov
Serdyuk
Sergienko
Shamenko
Shapoval
Shelestenko
Shor
Shulga
Shvedyk
Shvets
Sidorenko
Sklar
Skvanuk
Smetaniuk
Smugula
Soroka
Stefaniuk
Stepanenko
Storozuk
Strakh
Svystun
Taran
Tarasenko
Tarassenko
Tataryn
Tchechenko
Telaschenko
Tereschenko
Tereshchuk
Ternopilskyj
Teslenko
Timchenko
Timoshenko
Tischenko
Tkach
Torez
Toschenko
Trush
Tryponenko
Tutko
Tymoszenko
Vakhnenko
Vanchyshyn
Vasilenko
Velichko
Viitenko
Virastyuk
Vlasenko
Voichenko
Voloshin
Vovk
Vynnychenko
Warga
Wargo
Yakovenko
Yatsenko
Yurchenko
Yurko
Zabolonyj
Zakhodko
Zaleskyj
Zalyvakha
Zelenko
Zelinski
Zelinsky
Zhuk
Zhurba
Zinchenko