Have you ever wondered what a dog’s name in Russia is? Well, wonder no more!
If you have just adopted or rescued a dog from Russia, you probably want to know how to come up with a name for your four-legged friend.
The most important thing is to find a name that suits your dog’s personality.
A great place to begin a name hunt is browsing lists of Russian dog names.
Here are some dog name lists to get you started:
Russian Female Dog Names
- Alexandra
- Alina
- Alina: Russian for beautiful
- Aliona: Light in Russian
- Anastasia: Russian for rebirth or resurrection
- Anastasiya
- Anna
- Anna: Russian way of writing Hannah
- Anya
- Anya: Russian for Anna.
- Bagira : panther
- Bella
- Chaika : seagull
- Changa
- Daria
- Darya
- Darya Russian way of writing Darius.
- Dasha
- Ekaterina
- Ekaterina: The pure one.
- Elena
- Elena: Russian way of spelling Helen.
- Elizaveta: Elizabeth in Russian.
- Evgenia: The noble one.
- Faina: Perfect for the light of your life.
- Fedosia: Ideal for God’s gift to your life.
- Galina
- Gennadiya
- Gretta
- Helena
- Inna
- Irina
- Irina: Russian for Irene.
- Karina
- Katerina
- Katia: Pet name for Ekaterina.
- Katja
- Katya
- Kira
- Ksana
- Ksenia
- Ksenia: The hospitable and warm kind.
- Kseniya
- Lada
- Laika
- Lapa : darling
- Laska : caress
- Lena
- Levka
- Lubov: Russian for love.
- Mara
- Margarita
- Maria: Russian way of writing Mary.
- Marina: The one who belongs to the sea.
- Mariya
- Masha: Pet name for Maria.
- Masya : little one
- Mila
- Musya
- Nastia
- Nastya
- Natalia: Christmas in Russian
- Natasha
- Nochka : night
- Oksana
- Olga
- Olya
- Polina
- Polya
- Pyshka : puff
- Sasha
- Shusha
- Siren : lilac
- Sol’ka / Solya : little sun
- Sonya
- Sveta
- Svetlana
- Tati
- Tatiana
- Tigra : tiger
- Troika : group of three
- Tusya
- Ulyana
- Valentina
- Valeria
- Vasilisa
- Viktoriya
- Vlada
- Volya : freedom
- Yulia
- Zarya : dawn
Russian Male Dog Names
- Aleksei
- Alexandr
- Alexei: Russian for defender.
- Alexey
- Anatoly
- Anatoly:Sunrise in Russian.
- Andrei
- Andrey
- Anton
- Artem
- Artur: Russian spelling of Arthur.
- Artyom
- Baltika
- Baron
- Bimka
- Bogdan
- Bolik
- Bolshoi: big
- Bonya
- Boris
- Boris: Means a fighter.
- Buka: surly
- Daniil
- Daniil: How Russians write Daniel.
- Denis: Name derived from Dionysus.
- Dima
- Dmitriy
- Dmitry
- Dmitry: A follower of Demeter, the Greek God.
- Dominik
- Egor
- Evgeny: Eugene in Russian.
- Fedor
- Fyodor: Ideal for God’s gift in your life.
- Gleb
- Gorbachev
- Grom: Thunder
- Han: khan
- Igor
- Illia: Believer of God.
- Ilya
- Ivan
- Ivan: Russian spelling of John.
- Kaluga: City in Russia.
- Kirill
- Kirill: Lord in Russian.
- Kizhi
- Kobel
- Kolya
- Konstantin
- Konstantin: Russian for famous Christian Saint, Constantine.
- Kosmos: outer space
- Kostya
- Kubik: little cube
- Kukla
- Lev: lion
- Lizun: smooch
- Luchik
- Makar: The blessed one.
- Malchik
- Mansur
- Mariinsky
- Maxim
- Maxim: The greatest one.
- Mikhail
- Mikhail: Russian form of Michael.
- Misha
- Misha: Pet name for Mikhail.
- Monya
- Moskva
- Nikita
- Nikita: One who can’t be conquered.
- Nikolai
- Novgorod
- Oleg
- Pasha
- Pavel
- Petersburg
- Pusik
- Putin
- Rebus: puzzle
- Ro: Hero in Russian.
- Roma
- Roman
- Ruslan
- Sakharok
- Saratov
- Sasha
- Schenok
- Sergei
- Sergey
- Sharapova
- Sharik: little ball
- Siberia
- Slava
- Stalin
- Sultan
- Suzdal
- Timur
- Tomsk
- Trotsky
- Tsar : Russian King
- Tuzik
- Ufa
- Ural
- Vadim
- Valentin
- Veterok
- Vlad
- Vladimir
- Vladislav
- Volga
- Volgograd
- Vulkan: volcano
- Yaroslav
- Zahar
- Zhenya
- Zver: beast
Russian Puppy Names
- Afanas
- Afon
- Agripin
- Akim
- Albina
- Aleks
- Aleksandr
- Anatolii
- Anisim
- Apostol
- Arkadi
- Arkhip
- Arseni
- Bars
- Belka
- Blini
- Bobik
- Bolshoi
- Borsht
- Brynner
- Chernobog
- Chernushka
- Cosmonaut
- Damka
- Demyan
- Desya
- Dezik
- Dobrashin
- Dymka
- Efim
- Efrosin
- Evgeni
- Fadei
- Feliks
- Feodosiy
- Ferapont
- Filipp
- Flor
- Florentiy
- Gagarin
- Kissel
- Kometka
- Kozyavka
- Krasavka
- Laika
- Lisa
- Lisichka
- Malyshka
- Mechta
- Mir
- Modnitsa
- Mushka
- Otvazhnaya
- Paskha
- Pchyolka
- Pelmeni
- Playa
- Pushok
- Rasputin
- Ruble
- Ryzhik
- Shutka
- Smelaya
- Snezhinka
- Sobaka
- Sputnik
- Stravinsky
- Strelka
- Sushki
- Tolstoy
- Tsygan
- Tsyganka
- Vadim
- Valentin
- Vanna
- Vlad
- Vladislav
- Vodka
- Vulkan
- Yasmin
- Yozhik
- Zahar
- Zefir
- Zhemchuzhnaya
- Zhenya
- Zhulka
- Zia
- Zina
- Ziva
- Zvyozdochka
Unique Russian Dog names
- Afanas
- Afon
- Agripin
- Akim
- Albina
- Aleks
- Aleksandr
- Anatolii
- Anisim
- Apostol
- Arkadi
- Arkhip
- Arseni
- Bars
- Belka
- Blini
- Bobik
- Bolshoi
- Borsht
- Brynner
- Chernobog
- Chernushka
- Cosmonaut
- Damka
- Demyan
- Desya
- Dezik
- Dobrashin
- Dymka
- Efim
- Efrosin
- Evgeni
- Fadei
- Feliks
- Feodosiy
- Ferapont
- Filipp
- Flor
- Florentiy
- Gagarin
- Kissel
- Kometka
- Kozyavka
- Krasavka
- Laika
- Lisa
- Lisichka
- Malyshka
- Mechta
- Mir
- Modnitsa
- Mushka
- Otvazhnaya
- Paskha
- Pchyolka
- Pelmeni
- Playa
- Pushok
- Rasputin
- Ruble
- Ryzhik
- Shutka
- Smelaya
- Snezhinka
- Sobaka
- Sputnik
- Stravinsky
- Strelka
- Sushki
- Tolstoy
- Tsygan
- Tsyganka
- Vadim
- Valentin
- Vanna
- Vlad
- Vladislav
- Vodka
- Vulkan
- Yasmin
- Yozhik
- Zahar
- Zefir
- Zhemchuzhnaya
- Zhenya
- Zhulka
- Zia
- Zina
- Ziva
- Zvyozdochka