Feminization Patterns
The names from Masculine-Feminine Name Pairs arranged into patterns of feminization.
Question marks indicate name pairs that look like they should be related, but the relationship isn't made explicit by the information in Wickenden.
adds -a all are based on masculine names that end with a consonant some use the fleeting vowel rule in making the new form | Agafonik -> Agafonika
Agn -> Agna Agripin -> Agripina Aleksandr -> Aleksandra Andreian -> Andreiana Antonin -> Antonina Arkhipp -> Arkhippa Asklipiad -> Asklipiada Asklipiodot -> Asklipiodota Avgust -> Avgusta Bazhen -> Bazhena Bel -> Bela Bogdan -> Bogdana Bogukhval -> Bogukhvala Bogumil -> Bogumila Boguslav -> Boguslava Bolemil -> Bolemila Boleslav -> Boleslava Bolgarin -> Bolgarina Bor? -> Bora Bozhan -> Bozhana Branislav -> Branislava Bratomil -> Bratomila Chemislav -> Chemislava (Chernislav) -> Chernislava |
Ioann -> Ioanna
Iudit -> Iudita Iul'ian -> Iul'iana, Iul'ianiia Iustin -> Iustina Iziaslav -> Iziaslava Kach ?-> Kacha Kalist -> Kalista Katun ?-> Katuna Khariton -> Kharitona Khran -> Khrana Khristin -> Khristina Khvalislav -> Khvalislava Kir -> Kira Konstiantin -> Konstiantina Kos -> Kosa Kosniatin -> Kosniatina Kras -> Krasa Kurian ?-> Kuriana Kvasen -> Kvasena |
Nedan -> Nedana
Nekras -> Nekrasa Neliub -> Neliuba Neofit -> Neofita Nerad -> Nerada Nesmeian -> Nesmeiana Nezhdan -> Nezhdana Non ?-> Nona Oleg -> Ol'ga Olen -> Olena (Pantislav) -> Pantislava Paramon -> Paramona Patrov -> Patrova Pavel -> Pavla Petr -> Petra Pets -. Petsa Plakid -> Plakida Predslav -> Predslava Premislav -> Premislava Pribislav -> Pribislava Pribizlav -> Pribizlava Priskul -> Priskula |
Tain -> Taina
Tomislav -> Tomislava Tutan -> Tutana (Tvoislav) -> Tvoislava Ualentin -> Ualentina Ustin -> Ustina Vachlav -> Vachlava Valent -> Valenta Valentin -> Valentina Varvar -> Varvara Vasilid -> Vasilida Velislav -> Velislava Ventseslav -> Ventseslava (Verkhoslav) -> Verkhuslava Vil -> Vila Vitas -> Vitasa Vitash -> Vitasha Vitoslav -> Vitoslava Vlad -> Vlada Voin -> Voina Voislav -> Voislava |
above, cont. | (Chesislav) -> Chesislava Cheslav -> Cheslava
Chimislav -> Chimislava (Daromil) -> Daromila Dechan ?-> Dechana Ded -> Deda Desislav -> Desislava Dim -> Dima(Dobislav) -> Dobislava Dobrav -> Dobrava Dobromil -> Dobromila Dobroslav -> Dobroslava Domaslav -> Domaslava Domn -> Domna, Domnika Domnin -> Domnina, Domnitsa Domon ?-> Domona Dragomir -> Dragomira Dragoslav -> Dragoslava Elen -> Elena Evsevon -> Evsevona Favst -> Favsta Feodor -> Feodora Feofan -> Feofana Feofil -> Feofila Feoktist -> Feoktista Feopist -> Feopista |
Lank -> Lanka
Lev -> Leva Liub -> Liuba, Liubava Liudmil -> Liudmila Liutard -> Liutarda Luk -> Luka Lukin -> Lukina Maksim, Maksimian -> Maksimina Malk ? -> Malka Malonn ?-> Malona Man ?-> Mana Mar -> MaraMaran -> Marana Margarit -> Margarita Marian -> Marianna Marin -> Marina Mark -> Marka Markian -> Markiana Maruf -> Marufa Marush ??-> Marusha Mavr -> Mavra Miakush -> Miakusha Milat -> Milata |
Rad -> Rada
Radosh -> Radosha Radoslav -> Radoslava (Rislav) -> Rislava Rodislav -> Rodislava Rogned -> Rogneda Roslav -> Roslava Rostislav -> Rostislava Rozh -> Rozha Rufin -> Rufina Rus -> Rusa Rush ?-> Rusha Rys'/Rysk ?-> Ryska Samon -> Samona Sason -> Sasona Sbyslav -> Sbyslava Sdil ?-> Sdila Semislav -> Semislava Sevast'ian -> Sevast'iana Severin ->Severina Shushanik ?-> Shushanika Sim ?-> Sima Slav -> SlavaSlavn -> Slavna Sobin -> Sobina Sosfen -> Sosfena |
Voitsekh -> Voitsekha
Vrat -> Vrata Vratislav -> Vratislava Vrotislav -> Vrotislava Vseslav -> Vseslava Vukosav -> Vukosava Vukoslav -> Vukoslava Vysheslav -> Vysheslava |
above, cont. #appox. 202 | Gan ?-> Gana
(Gordislav) -> Gordislava Gorislav -> Gorislava (Goulislav) -> Goulislava Govdel -> Govdela (Grezhislav) -> Grezhislava Iaroslav -> Iaroslava Iason ?-> Iasna Iev -> Ieva |
Milik ?-> Milika
Milits ?-> Militsa Miloslav -> Miloslava Mir -> Mira Miren -> Mirena Miroslav -> Miroslava Modlibog -> Modliboga Mstislav -> Mstislava |
Sosipatr -> Sosipatra Spitoslav -> Spitoslava
Stan -> Stana Stanislav -> Stanislava Strezhislav -> Strezhislava Strezislav -> Strezislava Sudil -> Sudila Sulislav -> Sulislava Sviatoslav -> Sviatoslava Svod -> Svoda |
Zbislav -> Zbislava
Zdan -> Zdana Zden -> ZdenaZdislav -> Zdislava Zhdan -> Zhdana Zhivan -> Zhivana Zhonk -> Zhonka Zvenislav -> Zvenislava |
changes -i to -ia -й to -я all are based on names that end with -ii, -oi, or -ei (-ий, -ой, ей) #36 | Afanasii -> Afanasiia
Agapii -> Agapiia Amplii -> Ampliia Anastasii -> Anastasiia Anisii -> Anisiya Apollinarii -> Apollinariia Artemii -> Artemiia |
Darii -> Dar'ia
Dorofei -> Dorofeia Eleverii -> Eleveriia Evdokii -> Evdokiia Evdoksii -> Evdoksiia Evgenii -> Evgeniia Evlampii -> Evlampiia Evpatii -> Evpatiia Evsevii -> Evseviia |
Evsignii -> Evsigniia
Evstafii -> Evstafiia Evtropii -> Evtropiia Feodosii -> Feodosiia Feodotii -> Feodotiia Glikerii -> Glikeriia Iaroi -> Iaroia Ilarii -> Ilariia Iulii -> Iuliia |
Klavdii -> Klavdiia
Koi -> Koia, Koika Konkordii -> Konkordiia Lukii -> Lukiia Nunekhei -> Nunekheia Palladii -> Palladiia Pomplii -> Pompliia Varsonofii -> Varsonof'ia Zinovii -> Zinoviia |
-o or -e changes to -a or -ia all start with a grammatically neuter name #24 | Bezruchko -> Bezruchka Bral'e ?-> Bral'ia
Chenko ?-> Chenka Dersko ?-> Derska Derzhko ?-> Derzhka Deso ?-> Desa Dobko ?-> Dobka |
Ias'ko ?-> Ias'ka
Mashko ??-> Mashka Khodosko ?-> Khodoska Leonide -> Leonida Netko ?-> Netka |
Polotsko -> Polotska
Prie -> Priia ? Smirenko ?-> Smirenka Stanko ?-> Stanka Stoiko ?-> Stoika Sviatokhne ?-> Sviatokhna |
Tanko ?-> Tanka
Tomilo -> Tomila Ul'ianko -> Ul'ianka Vr'sanko ?-> Vr'sanka |
adds -iia ( -ия) all based on names that end with a consonant #14 | Agaf -> Agafiia
Efim -> Efimiia Evfrosin -> Evfrosiniia |
Filipp -> Filippiia
Iul'ian -> Iul'ianiia Khris -> Khrisiia |
Kikil ?-> Kikiliia
Kiur'iak -> Kiur'iakiia |
Krest ?-> Krestiia
Soloman -> Solomoniia |
adds -ia (-я) #3 | Feodul -> Feodulia
Milokh ?-> Milokhnia |
Ochrem ?-> Ochremia | ||
adjectival names -yi, -oi changes to -aia (-ый, -ой changes to -ая) #7 | Arkhelyi -> Arkhelaia Korotkoi -> Korotkaia | Krivai ?-> Krivaia
Krivoi -> Krivaia Krugloi -> Kruglaia |
Miasnyi -> Miasnaia
Schastnoi -> Schastnaia |
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adds -na #6 | Bolekh ?-> Bolekhna
Iar -> Iarokh -> Iarokhna |
Radokh ?-> Radokhna
Tul ?-> Tulna |
Vich ?-> Vichna | |
adds -ina, -yna adds -ина, -ына #5 | Angel -> Angelina
Grek ?-> Grekyna Maksim -> Maksimina |
Melit -> Melitina
Riab -> Riabina |
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end in -ka usually just add -ka, but some variations #15 | Ben -> Benko ?-> Benka Chernava -> Chernavka
Chern' -> Chern'ka |
Gine -> Ginechka
Koi -> Koia, Koika Nemets -> Nemka Okhren ?-> Okhrenka |
Sasin ?-> Sasinka
Selianin -> Sel'ianka Seniuta ?-> Seniutiaka Smuten' ?-> Smutka |
Tit -> Titka
Tsygan -> Tsyganka Zbisha ?-> Zbiska |
end in -ida or -ada or -da #7 | Dosai -> Dosada
Foma -> Fomaida Olimpii -> Olimp'iada |
Platon -> Platonida
Soloman -> Solomanida, Solomoniia |
Stepan -> Stepanida
Zina -> Zinaida |
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end in -zhena, -zena #3 | Derzhek ?-> Derzhena | Sviiaz ?-> Sviiazhena | Ztreza ?-> Ztrezena | |
end in -tsa #3 | Golub' -> Goluba, Golubitsa Ksniatin -> Ksniatin'tsa | Matfei -> Matfeitsa | ||
end in -va #3 | Sviat -> Sviatata, Sviatava? | Zhizna ?-> Zhiznava | Zhir -> Zhirava | |
when the name ends in soft sign ( '), usually drop ' and add -a #9 | Elisavef' ?-> Elisavefa
Golub' -> Goluba, Golubitsa Gost' -> Gosta, Gost'ia |
Griven' ?-> Grivna
Korol' ?-> Korolikha |
Neonil' ?-> Neonila
Ponar' -> Ponar'ia |
Radost' -> Radosta
Tat' ?-> Tata |
misc. | Akula/Akila/Akiula -> Akulina/Akilina/Akiulina
Chekh -> Chekhinia |
Epikha ?-> Epikhariia
Irinei ?-> Irina |
Sudek ?-> Sudekhna
Svakha, Svakhne ?-> Svakhna |
Vasilii -> Vasilisa |