What's your name in Russian?

  Russians used to have lots of original names that actually had meaning in our language. Now there are very few of them left, for example Vladimir (“one who owns the world”, masc.) and Snezhana (from “snow”, fem.). Most of modern names in Russia are of Greek, Latin, Scandinavian, etc. origin. So if your name isn't Russian there's still a chance to find its counterpart in Russian as well. Let's look at some examples.

Feminine names:

Anastasia – Анастасия (Anastasiya)

Angela, Angeline, Angelica – Анжела, Анжелика (Anzhela, Anzhelika)

Ann, Anna, Hanna, Hannele – Анна (Anna)

Anya – Аня, pet form of Anna

Catherine – Екатерина (Yekaterina)

Darya, Daria, Tarja – Дарья (Dar'ya)

Elisabeth – Елизавета (Yelizaveta)

Helen, Helene – Елена (Yelena)

Helga – Ольга (Olga)

Iren, Irene, Irenka – Ирина (Irina)

Joan, Joana, Johanne, Johanna – Жанна (Zhanna)

Julia, Julie – Юлия (Yuliya)

Marin, Marine – Марина (Marina)

Mary, Maria – Мария (Mariya)

Natalie – Наталья (Natal'ya)

Tatiana, Tatienne, Tanya – Татьяна (Tat'yana), pet form Таня (Tanya)

Valentine – Валентина (Valentina).

Masculine names:

Alexander, Santeri – Александр (Alexandr)

Alex, Alexios, Aleksi – Алексей (Aleksey)

Andrew – Андрей (Andrey)

Anthony, Toni – Антон (Anton)

Arthur – Артур (Artur)

Constantin, Constantine – Константин (Konstantin)

George, Georgios – Георгий (Georgiy), Егор (Egor), Юрий (Yuriy)

Gregorio, Gregorios, Grigor, Gregoire, Gregg – Григорий (Grigoriy)

Helgi – Олег (Oleg)

Iliya, Elias, Eliyah – Илья (Ilya)

Jacob, Jakov — Яков (Yakov)

Jan, John, Johan, Janko, Juha, Juhani, Juan, Hannu – Иван (Ivan), Ян (Yan)

Leo – Лев (Lev)

Maxim, Maximilian – Максим (Maxim)

Michael, Michaya, Michaelo – Михаил (Mikhail), pet form Миша (Misha)

Nicolas, Nicola – Николай (Nikolay)

Serge – Сергей (Sergey)

Teodor, Theodor – Фёдор (Fyodor)

Thomas, Tuomas – Фома (Foma).

So, did you find your name? If not, leave it in the comments below, maybe I'll be able to help.