Oksana

Oksana, Oxana, or Aksana (Ukrainian: Оксана; Belarusian: Аксана, Russian: Оксана), is a female given name of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian name Kseniya (Russian: Ксения), but the two names coexist in use in both countries and neither of them is a shortening of the other.

Origin

The names Oksana (Russian: Оксана, romanized: Oxana), Xana (Russian: Ксана, romanized: Xana), Sana (Russian: Сана, romanized: Sana) and Kseniya (Russian: Ксения, romanized: Xenia) are thought to originate from one of two Greek words: Xenia (hospitality) or Xenos (stranger).[1] Axana is another alternative spelling.

People

Oksana

Oxana

  • Oxana Fedorova or Oksana Fedorova (born 1977), Russian television presenter and Miss Universe 2002
  • Oxana Malaya or Oksana Malaya (born 1983), Ukrainian feral child
  • Oxana Slivenko or Oksana Slivenko (born 1986), Russian weightlifter

Aksana

Fictional characters

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Oksana
  • All pages with titles containing Oxana
  • All pages with titles containing Aksana

References

  1. gramota.ru, the dictionary of Russian names.
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