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
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
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
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