There’s nothing quite as exciting as bringing a new dog home, but there’s one thing I always struggle with — choosing the perfect name.

One way to make that part easier is to put together dog name lists for inspiration. And today’s theme? Russian names. So if you’re looking for the perfect name for your new best friend, here are 500 names to help get you started.

500 Russian Dog Names

Alexander, Alexandra, Alexei, Alina, Anastasia, Andrei, Anna, Anton, Artyom, Boris, Daria, Dmitry, Ekaterina, Elena, Ivan, Irina, Mikhail, Maria, Nikolai, Natalia, Olga, Misha, Pavel, Polina, Sergei, Sofia, Tatiana, Vladimir, Yelena, Yulia, Aleksey, Aleksandr, Alyona, Anastasiya, Arkady, Artem, Bogdan, Daniil, Denis, Evgeniya, Fedor, Galina, Grigory, Igor, Inna, Karina, Kirill, Konstantin, Ksenia, Larisa, Leonid, Lev, Lidiya, Lyubov, Lyudmila, Maksim, Margarita, Marina, Matvey, Nadezhda, Nikita, Oleg, Pyotr, Roman, Ruslan, Svetlana, Timofey, Valentina, Vasily, Viktor, Yaroslav, Yekaterina, Yevgeny, Zakhar, Zoya, Abram, Afanasiy, Agafya, Aksinya, Albina, Alevtina, Alla, Anastasya, Anatoly, Anfisa, Angelina, Anzhelika, Ariadna, Arseny, Asya, Azaliya, Bella, Bronislav, Cheslav, Daina, Damir, Darina, Diana, Dina, Dominika, Eduard, Efim, Egor, Elizaveta, Emelyan, Erik, Evdokiya, Fadey, Feliks, Filipp, Foma, Gleb, Ilya, Innokenty, Iosif, Isaak, Kapitolina, Kira, Klavdiya, Klim, Kseniya, Kuzma, Lazar, Lilia, Luka, Makar, Marfa, Mariya, Mark, Marta, Matrona, Maya, Melor, Milana, Miroslav, Nadejda, Nadya, Nastya, Nestor, Nina, Nonna, Oksana, Oxana, Pelageya, Platon, Prokhor, Rada, Radmila, Rafail, Raisa, Renata, Rodion, Rostislav, Rufina, Semyon, Stanislav, Stefania, Svyatoslav, Tamara, Tatyana, Tikhon, Ulyana, Vadim, Valeriya, Varvara, Vasilisa, Veniamin, Vera, Veronika, Vitaly, Vladislav, Vsevolod, Yakov, Yan, Yanina, Yaroslava, Yefim, Yegor, Yelizaveta, Yevgenia, Yuliya, Yury, Zinaida, Zinovy, Adrik, Agata, Aglaya, Akilina, Albert, Alisa, Amaliya, Antonina, Apollinariya, Arina, Avgusta, Avdotya, Boleslav, Boyan, Bronislava, Demyan, Dobroslav, Domna, Dorofey, Dunya, Eleonora, Elvira, Eudoxia, Evpraksiya, Faina, Feodora, Fevronia, Filomena, Florentina, Gavriil, Gennady, Georgiy, German, Glafira, Goda, Gordey, Ignat, Ilariy, Ilarion, Inga, Ingvar, Ippolit, Iskra, Izabella, Kalina, Kasian, Katerina, Kazimir, Khristina, Kleopatra, Kliment, Korneliya, Kornely, Ksenofont, Lavrenty, Lavr, Leokadiya, Leontiy, Lera, Liana, Liya, Lubomira, Ludmila, Lukerya, Makedoniya, Maksimilian, Malanya, Manya, Marlen, Mavra, Melaniya, Mstislav, Natalya, Neonila, Nikandr, Nikifor, Nikodim, Nil, Ninel, Nikanor, Olimpiada, Onisim, Pafnuty, Panteleymon, Paraskeva, Pavla, Pelagia, Pavlo, Pimen, Polikarp, Porfiry, Praskovya, Radimir, Radislav, Ratmir, Rimma, Roza, Rozaliya, Ruf, Sabina, Saveliy, Savva, Serafima, Severin, Sevastyan, Sidor, Silanty, Silvester, Sofron, Solomoniya, Spartak, Spiridon, Stepan, Stepanida, Svyatopolk, Taisiya, Taisia, Taras, Teodora, Terenty, Tikhomir, Tomila, Trifon, Trofim, Uliana, Ustin, Ustinya, Vavila, Veleslav, Velimir, Venedikt, Venyamin, Viktoria, Vil, Vissarion, Vitold, Vladilen, Vladlena, Vlas, Vlasiy, Yadviga, Yanina, Yaroslava, Yevdokiya, Yevfrosiniya, Yevstafiy, Yevstigney, Yuliana, Yulian, Yuliy, Yustina, Zakhariy, Zenaida, Zina, Zinais, Zlata, Adelaida, Adelina, Adriana, Afina, Agniya, Agrippina, Aida, Alisa, Amira, Anelia, Anisia, Annushka, Antonida, Anzhela, Arisha, Avrora, Aziza, Bela, Beloslava, Bogdana, Bozhena, Bryana, Cheslava, Dasha, Dashenka, Dayana, Dobromila, Dobroslava, Dolina, Domnika, Donata, Dorotea, Dunyasha, Edita, Efrosiniya, Elina, Emiliya, Esfir, Evgenia, Evlaliya, Evlampiya, Faina, Fedora, Felitsata, Yule, Feoktista, Frida, Glikeriya, Gordana, Gorislava, Grunya, Gulya, Ilaria, Inessa, Iraida, Irida, Izolda, Kaleria, Kasandra, Klara, Kleopa, Klimentina, Ksana, Ksena, Lada, Lala, Lelya, Lesya, Lida, Liliana, Lina, Liubov, Liudmila, Mikko, Luba, Lubov, Luchiya, Lyuba, Mada, Madina, Maika, Maira, Malvina, Marianna, Marika, Marisha, Marusya, Mila, Milena, Militsa, Miroslava, Mstislava, Nadiya, Nastenka, Natashenka, Nika, Nikodima, Novella, Olesya, Pavla, Raya, Sabina, Sashenka

Looking for More Dog Names?

Check out the following for more ideas:

500 Russian Dog Name Ideas

Whether you’re drawn to a classic like Ivan or Natalia, or something more unique like Iskra or Zlata, there’s no shortage of beautiful Russian names to suit your new companion’s personality.