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ARMENIA

ARMENIAN NAMES
And their meanings!

ARMENIAN NAMES
Only a few here, but good ones.

ARMENIAN NAMES
A great list with some wonderful choices!

ARMENIAN NAMES
Yes, more! Male & Female

ARMENIAN NAMES
Extensive list

ARMENIAN BABY NAMES
List of lovely names with meanings

ANCIENT ARMENIAN/URARTIAN NAMES
In Assyrian times, the region of Armenia was called "Urartu". A handful of names

ARMENIAN NAMES
Enormous list of male & female names and surnames

AZERBAIJAN
AZERBAIJANI NAMES
Fabulous long list of male & female names & surnames! Azerbaijan was a member of the Transcaucasian Federation in 1917 and became an independent republic in 1918 but was occupied by the Red Army in 1920 and was secularized under Soviet rule.
BELARUS
BYELORUSSIAN NAMES
List of surnames from Belarus
CAUCASUS
CAUCASIAN NAMES
The tribes of the Caucasus were defeated and assimilated by the Russian Empire by the end of the C19th. They were largely Muslim and many were semi-nomadic. Small list of male & female names
ESTONIA
ESTONIAN NAMES
List of male & female names & surnames

ESTONIAN NAMES
List of names listed as used in Estonia

PLACE NAMES IN ESTONIA
List of names of populated places in Estonia

ESTONIAN NAMES OF ESTONIAN FISHES
Alphabetic list of Estonia fish - includes scientific and English names

GEORGIA
GEORGIAN NAMES
Georgia was Christianized in the C4th and as the Persian and Byzantine empires weakened during the C7th, it became an independent kingdom. Great list of male & female names, surnames, Gods, Rulers, Titles etc.!

GEORGIAN NAMES
Good list of male and female names, with meanings

NAMES OF CITIES IN GEORGIA
A list of cities in the country of Georgia

GEORGIAN PLACE NAMES
Large alphabetical list of place names (PDF)

KAZAKHSTAN
KAZAKHSTAN PLACE NAMES
List of place names in Russian & Kazakh

NAMES OF CITIES IN KAZAKHSTAN
A list of cities in Kazakhstan

LATVIA

LATVIAN NAMES
Most Latvians speak Latvian as their first language (Latvija), and Russian as their second language.

LATVIAN NAMES 
Good list of unusual names

LATVIAN NAME DAYS 
In some countries one's Name Day is more important than one's birthday. A list of wonderful names that can easily be adapted.

LATVIAN NAMES 
Extensive list of names

MEDIEVAL LATVIAN GIVEN NAMES
Both feminine and masculine names are listed, first by year, then gender, and then alphabetically.

LITHUANIA

LITHUANIAN NAMES
Complete with their meanings!

LITHUANIAN NAMES
Male, Female, Surnames & Rulers. Great long list!

LITHUANIAN NAME DAYS
In some countries one's name day is more important than one's birthday. A list of wonderful names that can easily be adapted.

MOLDAVIA
RULERS FROM MOLDAVIA TILL 1859
Medieval Romanian names list

MOLDAVIAN NAMES
Names from the Royal Lines of Moldavia and Wallachia from c.1351 to 1859

RUSSIA
RUSSIAN NAMES
Some fabulous Male and Female names lists of our own, with heaps of links to other sites!
SIBERIA

SIBERIAN HUSKY DOG NAMES
List of name suggestions (no description or gender)

BAIKAL (SIBERIA) LOCAL TERMS
Explanation of the local terms and geographical names on lake Baikal and Baikal region. Some of these names could be adapted to a kennel prefix or pet name

1800 NAMES OF MODERN SLEDDOGS
Great names for your Siberian Husky 

UKRAINE

COMMON UKRAINIAN FIRST NAMES
First names and the feast dates on the Julian Calendar with which they are associated.

UKRAINIAN NAMES
Brief list of pretty names

UKRAINIAN NAMES
There are variations in spelling in English but many Ukrainian names are, like those of Russia, taken from the Bible and the early saints. Male & female names

UZBEKISTAN
UZBEKISTAN NAMES
After WWII, Uzbekistan became an important cotton growing producing region, accounting for two thirds of Soviet production. List of male & female names & surnames
 

:: Armenia :: Azerbaijan :: Belarus :: Caucasus :: Estonia :: Georgia :: Kazakhstan ::
 :: Latvia :: Lithuania :: Moldavia :: Russia :: Siberia :: Ukraine :: Uzbekistan ::


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