My SO and I want a dog. We’ve been thinking about it for a long while and have decided on getting a Borzoi. We’ve looked into the breed’s temperament and everything and it seems that this dog would be a perfect fit for us.
I want the name to be as Russian as it’s breed name. So I can say “This is _____, the Borzoi” when people ask “What is that?”
The first name I thought was [name_m]Boris[/name_m], ever before opening the thread. It would be quite an alliteration, haha!
[name_m]Vasiliy[/name_m] was my first thought.
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Kirill[/name_m]
[name_u]Nikita[/name_u]
Ruslan
Yuriy
I also thought of [name_m]Boris[/name_m] right away (although in Russian the “Bor” part is not emphasized), but some other options would be: [name_m]Sergei[/name_m], [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m], or [name_m]Pavel[/name_m].
[name_m]Alexei[/name_m] or [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] would be cute. Or Rasputin, Tolstoy, or Dostoyevski for something a little edgier.
For a girl:
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Katia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olga[/name_f]
For a boy:
[name_m]Alexei[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Boris[/name_m]
I have a Russian Tortoise named [name_m]Yuri[/name_m]!
[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_u]Misha[/name_u]?
Boys:
[name_m]Mikhail[/name_m] “[name_u]Misha[/name_u]”
[name_m]Vasiliy[/name_m] “[name_u]Vasya[/name_u]”
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m] (ee-[name_u]VAN[/name_u]) “[name_m]Vanya[/name_m]”
Dmitriy “[name_m]Dima[/name_m]”
[name_m]Vladislav[/name_m] “[name_m]Vlad[/name_m]”
Gennadiy “[name_f]Gena[/name_f]”
Yuriy “[name_m]Yura[/name_m]”
[name_m]Alexei[/name_m] “[name_u]Alex[/name_u]”
[name_m]Vladimir[/name_m] “[name_m]Vova[/name_m]”
Girls
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f] “[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]”
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f] “[name_f]Katya[/name_f]”
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] “[name_f]Nastya[/name_f]”
[name_f]Nadezhda[/name_f] “[name_f]Nadya[/name_f]”
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Ludmila[/name_f] “[name_f]Mila[/name_f]”
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f] “[name_f]Tanya[/name_f]”
[name_f]Maria[/name_f] “[name_f]Masha[/name_f]”
[name_f]Darya[/name_f] “[name_f]Dasha[/name_f]”
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helped! Some names don’t have Russian origin, but you can hear them pretty much in [name_f]Russia[/name_f].
My good friend had a Borzoi named [name_m]Tevye[/name_m]!
[name_m]Boris[/name_m] (my Uncle’s name haha)
[name_m]Igor[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Vlad[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitry[/name_m]
Timur
[name_m]Yuri[/name_m]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f] (my name)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Dina[/name_f]
[name_f]Inga[/name_f]
Lada
[name_f]Olga[/name_f]
[name_f]Yana[/name_f]
good luck!
Check out this wiki on Slavic names, you should be able to find something cool here… I think my favs are [name_f]Svetlana[/name_f]/Svitlana and [name_m]Viktor[/name_m] and [name_m]Sergey[/name_m]/[name_m]Serhiy[/name_m]
I knew a Rottweiler in college named Babushka, she was our “house Mum” and looked after us girls and believe me any visiting boys were VERY polite!
Babushka or baboushka or babooshka (from Russian: ба”бушка, IPA: [ˈbabʊʂkə], meaning “grandmother” or “old woman”
[name_f]Russia[/name_f]
Sochi
Moscow
[name_m]Alexei[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]
Czar or Tsar
A Borzoi named [name_m]Stepan[/name_m] would be adorable! I also like [name_m]Sergei[/name_m], [name_m]Alexei[/name_m], [name_m]Dmitry[/name_m], or [name_m]Vanya[/name_m].
Boys:
Alexey/[name_m]Alexei[/name_m]/[name_f]Aleksey[/name_f]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]
[name_m]Aleksandr[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrei[/name_m]/Andrey
[name_m]Artur[/name_m]
Borislav
[name_m]Feodor[/name_m]
[name_m]Evgeni[/name_m]
[name_f]Genya[/name_f]
[name_m]Grisha[/name_m]
[name_u]Kostya[/name_u]
[name_u]Konstantin[/name_u]
Vronsky (if you’re a fan of [name_f]Anna[/name_f] Karenina…)
[name_m]Maksim[/name_m]
[name_m]Melor[/name_m]
Miloslav
[name_m]Nestor[/name_m]
Nazar
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]/Nikolay
[name_m]Oleg[/name_m]
[name_m]Osip[/name_m]
[name_m]Pavel[/name_m]
Ruslan
[name_m]Valentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Valerian[/name_m]
[name_m]Feliks[/name_m]
Girls:
[name_f]Tekla[/name_f]
[name_f]Yelena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoya[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Anushka[/name_f]/[name_f]Annushka[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonina[/name_f]
[name_f]Asya[/name_f]
[name_f]Darya[/name_f]
[name_f]Dominika[/name_f]
Esfir
[name_f]Faina[/name_f]
[name_f]Galina[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivanna[/name_f]
Klava
Ludmilla
Lizaveta
[name_f]Lidiya[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyuba[/name_f]
[name_f]Masha[/name_f]
Matrona/Matryona
Miroslava
[name_f]Nastasia[/name_f]/[name_f]Nastasya[/name_f]
[name_f]Oksana[/name_f]
[name_f]Olga[/name_f]/[name_f]Olya[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] that helps!
Me, being the weird dog person I am, have names that I would give certain breeds if I ever owned them. If I ever had a borzoi he would probably be called [name_m]Levin[/name_m] (favourite character from [name_f]Anna[/name_f] Karenina) or [name_m]Dmitri[/name_m] (just 'cause I like it but would never use it for a child). Not sure about females though, I like Russian male names more than Russian female ones.