Thread: all my friend's names lol

lol what do kseniya and elena mean? im especially wondering what kseniya means , my friend's parents dont call her kseniya they call her susha or something....does everybody have a russian name?

I don't understand the question...

I think what she means by a "russian name" is the diminutive.

I think she means, does every English name have a Russian equivalent...

As far as I know most of russian names have greek or scandinavian origin. Elena is a greek name, just remember Troya )) Short russian form is Lena. I think name Ksenia have ansient slav roots, but I can mistake. I know several Ksenias and friends call then "Ksyusha", "Ksyuha" or simple "Ksyu". It's also short forms for ukrainian name "Oksana"

Originally Posted by Basil77

As far as I know most of russian names have greek or scandinavian origin. Elena is a greek name, just remember Troya )) Short russian form is Lena. I think name Ksenia have ansient slav roots, but I can mistake. I know several Ksenias and friends call then "Ksyusha", "Ksyuha" or simple "Ksyu". It's also short forms for ukrainian name "Oksana"

Nah, Ksenia is Greek too, it means "foreigner". Think "xenon"

Originally Posted by Basil77

As far as I know most of russian names have greek or scandinavian origin.

Also Jewish (nearly all biblical names, i.e. Mariya, Masha), Arab (Take mine for example) or Latin (Roman). There are even a couple of originally slavic names (Vladimir, Vsevolod)

Originally Posted by *Krysten*

lol what do kseniya and elena mean?

Xenia. See http://masterrussian.net/mforum/viewtopic.php?t=7013

Elena = Helen

Originally Posted by Basil77

"Ksyusha", "Ksyuha" or simple "Ksyu". It's also short forms for ukrainian name "Oksana"

"Oksana" also means "Xenia".
So diminutives are the same.

Xenia means hospitable (female) in Greek.

The exact meaning of Helene is disputable, the most possible is that it means "Sunny day" in a very early Greek dialect. Obviously it has the same root with the word Hellas (land of the Sun/enlighted land).