Oksana

Oksana or Oxana (Ukrainian: Оксана; Russian: Оксана, Belarusian: Аксана), sometimes transliterated as Aksana, is a popular 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), Xana (Russian: Ксана), Sana (Russian: Сана) and Kseniya (Russian: Ксения) are thought to originate from one of two Greek words: Xenia (hospitality) or Xenos (stranger).[1] Axana is another alternative spelling.

The Russian and Ukrainian meaning is "praise be to God", however, Oksana may also be related to the Persian name Rukhsana meaning "beautiful" or the woman with "beautiful cheeks".

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

Oksana

  • Oksana Astankova, birth name of fictional assassin Villanelle (character) in the television series Killing Eve

Oxana

  • Oxana Vorontsova, birth name of fictional assassin Villanelle (character) in Luke Jennings' 2018 novel Codename Villanelle

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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