Russian Dog Names

Aelita

Derived from a fictional character in the science fiction movie 'Aelita: Queen of Mars'.

Alexei

Russian form of the greek Aléxios, meaning "defender"

Alina

Short form of Adelina and Albina, and of names ending in -alina

Alyosha

Diminutive of Aleksey

Amur

Recorded as a masculine given name in Ossetian

Anatoly

From the Greek Anatolios, "he of the sunrise"

Anfisa

A name of Russian origin.

Annuschka

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Annushka

Russian diminutive of Anna

Anouska

Diminutive of Anna, inspired by the Russian form Annushka

Anushka

Diminutive of Anna; also Persian for "grace", "a favour" or "a flower"

Ashka

A name of Slavic origin.

Baikal

Blini

A Russian pancake, from Russian блины́ (bliný), plural of блин (blin)

Borzo

Calinka

Dascha

A Russian diminutive of Daria, meaning 'possessor of goodness'

Daschka

Dasha

Russian diminutive of Darya.

Dezik

Recorded as a feminine given name in Armenian

Dimka

A diminutive form of the name Dmitry, which means 'follower of Demeter'.

Dirka

Djanko

Dmitri

Russian form of Demetrios, meaning "devoted to Demeter"

Donko

Doscha

A name of Slavic origin meaning 'gift' or 'present'

Druxa

Fedor

Alternate transliteration of Russian Фёдор, from Greek Theodoros, "God's gift"

Fenya

Russian феня (fenja), a cant language; also recorded as a feminine given name in Armenian and West Frisian.

Grisha

Diminutive of Grigoriy, also a short form of Gregory or Georgi

Igor

Russian form of the Old Norse name Yngvarr, from Yngvi (a god) and herr (army)

Ilina

Feminine form of Iliya

Ilja

Alternate transcription of Russian Илья and Belarusian Ілья, cognate to Ilya (Elijah)

Ilko

A diminutive form of the name Ilija, which means 'the Lord is my God'.

Ischka

Ivon

A variant of the name Ivan, often associated with 'God is gracious'.

Kalinka

Slavic feminine given name meaning "viburnum" (a berry-bearing shrub)

Kasha

A porridge, usually of buckwheat; in Slavic languages, porridge generally

Katinka

A diminutive of Katharina, Katalin or Catharina, cognate to Catherine.

Kolya

Diminutive of Nikolai

Krusa

Laika

Russian word for a type of hunting dog

Lubov

Russian and ukrainian given name meaning "love"

Marousha

Mashka

Masya

A Yiddish feminine given name

Meischa

Mihail

Romanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Michael, from Hebrew "who is like God?"

Milaya

No documented meaning; recorded as a given name in African American usage

Mischa

Derived from a Russian diminutive of Mikhail, meaning 'who is like God'.

Mischka

Mishka

Russian diminutive of Mikhail

Monya

A given name recorded in Russian, where it is feminine

Moska

A stage name of the Brazilian singer-songwriter Paulo Corrêa de Araujo

Mushka

A term of endearment in Russian, often used to refer to someone dear or beloved

Musya

A diminutive form of the name Mikhail (Michael) in Russian, often used affectionately.

Nadia

French spelling of the Russian pet form of Nadezhda, "hope"; also an Arabic name meaning "tender".

Nasya

Recorded as a given name in modern English (feminine); also a Sanskrit word meaning "related to nose"

Nikita

The name Nikita is of Slavic origin and means 'victor' or 'conqueror'.

Nuschka

Nyusha

A term of endearment in Russian, often used for a little girl or a cute creature.

Olesya

Ukrainian diminutive of Oleksandra.

Olexi

Oxana

Alternate transcription of the ukrainian and russian name Оксана (Oksana)

Pashka

Recorded as a given name in Albanian (feminine) and Russian (masculine)

Pasko

A name; also the common Filipino term for Christmas

Pawlow

Derived from the name of the famous Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, known for his research on classical conditioning.

Petya

A diminutive form of the name Peter, meaning 'rock' or 'stone'

Pushinka

Rasko

Resko

Rusko

From the Russian language; related to Rus, a historic region in Eastern Europe

Ryzhik

Sadko

A character from Slavic folklore and Russian fairy tales

Sasha

Russian and ukrainian diminutive of aleksandr or aleksandra

Schika

Sharik

A popular dog name derived from a character in Russian literature.

Siberia

A vast region in northeastern Asia, known for its cold climate and expansive wilderness

Sonya

Russian diminutive of Sophia, from Greek sophía, wisdom

Spotnik

Sputnik

Companion or satellite in Russian

Stoli

A type of Russian vodka

Strelka

Strelka is recorded as a feminine given name in Pet

Taiga

From Japanese 大 (tai) "big, great" and 雅 (ga) "elegant, refined"

Tanya

Russian diminutive of tatiana

Tash

Recorded as a given name in English and in literature

Tasha

Short form of Natasha, a Slavic name meaning 'Christmas Day'

Tatiana

Feminine form of the Roman family name Tatius, via Tatianus

Tundra

English word for a flat, treeless Arctic biome

Tushka

A term of endearment in Russian, often used for something small and dear.

Tzar

A Slavic title derived from the Latin word caesar, intended to mean "emperor".

Vanya

Diminutive of Ivan (Russian, masculine) or Ivana (Bulgarian, feminine)

Varya

Diminutive of Varvara

Vasilisa

Russian feminine form of basil

Vassily

A form of the name Basil, which means 'royal' or 'kingly'

Vika

A name of Slavic origin meaning 'victory'.

Wasja

Wera

Yalka

Yanko

A diminutive form of the given name Jan or John, meaning 'God is gracious'