Russian Dog Names

"A collection of great Russian Names."

Preevyet! If you want to name your dog for its Russian breed origin or just want a really original name that makes your dog stand out from the crowd you've come to the right place.

Or you may just want a name that says proudly Russian and celebrates your pride in your national identity. Either way, you'll find a ton of famous Russian names that will work really well for your dog.

Here are a few examples? What about?;

ANNA PAVLOVA: Renowned ballerina.

GORKY: After novelist Maxim Gorky.

YURI: Honoring Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.

There are lots more names like this on the list of Russian Dog names below. Just browse and pick, it's that easy.

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ALEXEI Alexei Rykov, Soviet prime minister

ANASTASIA Youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II

ANATOLI Anatoli Filipchenko, cosmonaut

ANDREI Andrei Arshavin, soccer player

ANNA Anna Kournikova, tennis player

ANNA PAVLOVA Anna Pavlova, ballerina

ANTON Anton Ivanov, painter

ARKADY Arkady Averchenko, satirist

BARKOV Ivan Barkov, poet & diplomat

BARYSHNIKOV Mikhail Baryshnikov, ballet dancer

BEK Aleksandr Bek, author

BELLA Bella Akhmadulina, poet

BORIS Boris Pasternak, author

BREZHNEV Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader

CHEKHOV Anton Chekhov, author & playwright

DMITRY Dmitry Medvedev, president

ELENA Elena Dementiava, tennis player

EMIL Emil Gileis, pianist

FABERGE Peter Carl Faberge, jewellery designer

FEDEROV Sergei Federov, NHL hockey player

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GORBACHEV	Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader
GORKY	Maxim Gorky, novelist
IGOR	igor Larionov, ice hockey player
ILYA	Ilya Mashov, painter
INGA	Inga Artamonova, speed skating champ
IRINA	Irina Skoblikova, figure skater
IVAN	Name of six Russian monarchs
KARL	Karl Klaus, chemist
KARPOV	Anatoly Karpov, chess grand master
KASPAROV	Garry Kasparov, chess grand master
KAZIMIR	Kazimir Malevich, painter
KOSTYA	Kostya Tszyu, world boxing champ
LAIKA	First dog in space
LANDAU	Lev Landau, Nobel winning physicist
LARISA	Larisa Shepitko, film director
LENIN	Vladimir Lenin, Soviet leader
LEO	Leo Tolstoy, author
LEON	Leon Trotsky, writer & revolutionary
LEV	Lev Gumilyov, historian

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LILA Lila Kedrova, actress

MARAT Marat Safin, tennis player

MATHILDE Mathilde Kschessinka, ballerina

MAXIM Maxim Afinogenov, NHL hockey player

MAYA Maya Plisetskaya, ballerina

MIKHAIL Mikhail Bulgakov, playeright & author

MILLA Milla Jovovich, model & actress

MILY Mily Balakirev, composer

MOLOTOV Vyacheslav Molotov, WWII foreign minister

NADIA Nadia Petrova, tennis player

NATALIA Natalia Shaposhnikova, Olympic gymnast

NATASHA Natasha Polevshcikova, supermodel

NICOLAY Nicolay Davydenko, tennis player

NIJINSKY Vaslav Nijinsky, ballet dancer

NIKITA Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet leader

NIKOLAI Nikolai Demidenko, composer

NINA Nina Romanshkova, Olympic athlete

NUREYEV Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer

OLGA Olga Berggolts, poet

PAVEL Pavel Chistyakov, painter

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PAVLOV	Ivan Pavlov, physiologist
PUSHKIN	Aleksandr Pushkin, poet & novelist
RASPUTIN	Writer & cleric
REGINA	Regina Spektor, musician
ROHO	Boradzov Feliksovich, Sumo wrestler
ROMAN	Roman Pavlyuchenko, soccer player
ROMANOV	Russian royal family
SASHA	Sasha Cherny, poet
SAVVA	Savva Chevakinsky, architect
SERGE	Serge Pollakoff, painter
SERGEI	Sergei Federov, NHL hockey player
SHARAPOVA	Maria Sharapova, tennis player
SMIRNOV	Ivan Smirnov, guitarist
SOFIA	Sofia Muratova, Olympic gymnast
STALIN	Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader
STRAVINSKY	Igor Stravinsky, composer
SVETLANA	Svetlana Savitskaya, female cosmonaut
TAMARA	Tamara Karsavina, ballerina
TATYANA	Tatytana Bulanova, singer
TCHAIKOVSKY	Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composer

TOLSTOY	Count Feodor Tolstoy, painter
TROTSKY	Leon Trotsky, writer & revolutionary
VALERY	Valery Gergiev, pianist, conductor
VASILY	Vasily Perov, painter
VERA	Vera Mukhina, sculptor
VIKTOR	Viktor Vasnetsov, painter
VITALY	Vitaly Ginzburg, Nobel winning physicist
VLADIMIR	Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut
YAKOV	Yakov Protaznov, film director
YASHIN	Lev Yashin, soccer goalkeeper
YELENA	Yelena Davidova, Olympic gymnast
YELTSIN	Boris Yeltsin, president & prime minister
YEVGENY	Yvegeny Kafelnikov, tennis player
YUL	Yul Brunner, actor
YURI	Yuri Gagarin, first human in space
ZAKHAR	Zakhar Chernevsky, foreign minister
ZHUKOV	Georgy Zhukov, WWII field marshal