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Оксана
“hospitality”
Оксана (Oksána) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “hospitality.” It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Oksana.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Оксана developed from Ξενία.
Оксана’s family of names
In Russian usage, Оксана has a diminutive in Ксана. In Ukrainian usage, Оксана developed from the Ancient Greek form Ξενία. In Russian usage, Оксана has a transliteration in Oksana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Оксана has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Оксана comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Оксана
- Oksana ZabuzhkoUkrainian writerborn 1960
- Oksana AkinshinaRussian actressborn 1987
- Oxana FedorovaRussian singer, model presenter and past Miss Universeborn 1977
- Mika NewtonUkrainian singerborn 1986
- Oksana BaiulUkrainian figure skaterborn 1977
- Oksana ChusovitinaSoviet-Uzbek-German artistic gymnast (born 1975)
- Oksana ShachkoUkrainian artist and activist (1987–2018)
- Oksana ShvetsUkrainian actress1955–2022
- Oksana MarkarovaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Statesborn 1976
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