Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah, a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BCE, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal name in numerous languages.
Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of Alex. It may be a diminutive of the given name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include:
Nadia is a female name. Variations include Nadja, Nadya, Nadine, Nadiya, and Nadiia. There are two possible origins: Slavic languages and Arabic.
Natasha is a name of Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the diminutive form of Natalia.
Vladimir is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. One of the earliest records of it is of Old Bulgarian origin.
Nicola or Nichola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name Nikolaos (Νικόλαος), derived from Nikos meaning "victory", and laos meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "victory of the people". The English form of the same name is Nicholas. Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional Italian nobility, and was used often in the Middle Ages.
Lazar is a male given name or a surname. An abbreviation of the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר Eleazar or אֱלִיעֶזֶר Eliezer meaning 'God has helped' which first appeared in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic and is especially common in various Slavic languages.
Popov, or Popova, is a common Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian surname. Derived from a Slavonic word pop. The fourth most common Russian surname, it may refer to:
Kira is a mostly feminine name of multiple origins and meanings.
Alisa is a female given name, a version of Alice in use in Russia, Finland, Estonia and other countries. Notable people with the names Alisa and Alissa include:
Ivan is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name Iōánnēs from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānnān meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries.
Ivanov, Ivanoff or Ivanow, or Ivanova is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the male given name Ivan and literally means "Ivan's".
Pierce is an English, Welsh, and Irish surname. The name is a cognate of French Pierre ('Peter'). Notable people with that surname include:
Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule". It comes from the Latin name Valentinus, as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Romania, France, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia etc. Valentin is also used as a surname in Spanish and German speaking-countries.
Alexis is a given name derived from several saints venerated by the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, including Saint Alexius of Rome. Like the name Alexander, Alexis derives from the Greek verb ἀλέξειν. The ending "-is" points at its belonging to the masculine gender ; however, many American women have this name, partly based on the modern American tendency of giving girls male names. The Russian equivalent of the name is Alexey or Alexei, which has no female form. Many European languages, including Greek, use the female variant Alexia.
Alex is a unisex given name.
Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the Slavic form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Croatian Juraj, akin to Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, and German Jürgen, and assimilated in modern forms such as German and Italian Juri, Portuguese Iury, and Dutch Joeri.
Pavlov and its feminine form Pavlova are common Russian and Bulgarian surnames. Their Ukrainian variant is Pavliv. All stem from Christian name Paul. These names may refer to many people:
Aleks is a given name and alternative form of Alec or Alex. Notable people with the name include:
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