Vesela

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Slavic

Meaning: “Cheerful.”

Nicknames: Sela, Vela, Ves

Snejana

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Slavic

Meaning: “Snowy.”

Pronunciation: (sney-ZHAH-nah)

Nicknames: Sne, Snea, Jana

Detail: Derived from the Slavic word snežan meaning “snowy”.

Variations:

• Snezana
• Snezhana
• Snjezana

Oxana

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Greek

Meaning: “Hospitality.”

Pronunciation: (ahks-AH-nah)

Nicknames: Ox, Oxi, Oka, Xana, Xani

Ukrainian form of the Greek Xenia, meaning “hospitality “.

Xenia was a 5^th century saint.

Female Variations:

• Aksinya (Russian)
• Ksenia (Polish)
• Ksenija (Slovene, Croatian)
• Oksana (Ukrainian, Russian)
• Oxana (Ukrainian, Russian)
• Senja (Finnish)
• Xena (Modern)
• Xene (Greek)
• Xenia (Greek)
• Zena (English)
• Zenia (English)

Olga

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Norse

Meaning: “Holy, blessed.”

Pronunciation: (OL-gah); (AWL-gah)

Nicknames: Oli, Ola, Olgi, Olya

Details: Russian form of Helga. From the from Old Norse name Helgi, derived from heilagr meaning “holy, blessed”.

The 10th-century Saint Olga was the wife of Igor I.

Ivana

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Russian from Greek

Meaning: “God is gracious.”

Pronunciation: (ee-VAH-nuh)

Nicknames: Iva, Ivi, Ina, Vana

Feminine form of Ivan, derived from Greek Ioannes “God is gracious”.

Radmila

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Slavic

Meaning: “Happy favour.”

Nicknames: Rad, Red, Mila, Mili, Rilla

Detail: Derived from the Slavic elements rad “care, joy” and mil “gracious, dear”.

Variations:

• Radmilla
• Radomila
• Redmilla