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 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