Slavic Baby Names
Names from the Slavic language family — Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian and their common ancestors. Russian names, the largest single Slavic source in American use, have their own page.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
Dear; gracious | 6#11,540 | Down 3,657 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Gift, through Darko | —Unranked | — | 2017 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded; Russian and Ukrainian origin | 13#6,791 | new | 2024 | ||
Greater, more + fame, glory | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
God is gracious | —Unranked | — | 1987 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded; Slavic languages origin | —Unranked | — | 1979 | ||
English equivalent of Demetrius | —Unranked | — | 2003 | ||
God is gracious; grace; also picked fruit | —Unranked | — | 1963 | ||
Larisa short form; also a Roman mythological name | —Unranked | — | 1967 | ||
Transliteration of Іри́на or Ірына | 7#12,411 | new | 2014 | ||
Possibly people + dear, nice, gentle, through Людмила | —Unranked | — | 1995 | ||
Form of Boris | —Unranked | — | 1958 | ||
Romanization of Анаста́сий | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Transliteration of Яри́на | 6#14,865 | new | 2023 | ||
Love, care, desire, through - | —Unranked | — | 2010 | ||
Spring | —Unranked | — | 1998 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded; Slavic languages origin | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
Diminutive of Jan | —Unranked | — | 2014 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | —Unranked | — | 2015 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Names are included when their documented origin matches Slavic. The list shows up to 100 names for each sex, ordered by current popularity. Origin records are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); coverage reflects documented records, not every name in the language. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.