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Руслан
“lion”
Руслан (Ruslán) is a masculine given name from Tatar, ultimately from Proto-Turkic. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Belarusian and Bulgarian and Russian and Ukrainian and inhWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Ruslan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Руслан goes back to Proto-Turkic *arsïlan, meaning “lion.”
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Where it comes from
Руслан comes from Tatar, and ultimately from Proto-Turkic.
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How it developed
From Tatar арыслан, from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan (“lion”).
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Руслан’s family of names
In Russian usage, Руслан has a conventional equivalent in the English form RUSLAN. In Belarusian usage, Руслан has a transliteration in RUSLAN. In Ukrainian usage, Руслан has a conventional equivalent in the French form ROUSLAN.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Руслан has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Turkish roots to each of them.
7 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Руслан
- Ruslan PonomariovUkrainian chess playerborn 1983
- Ruslan KhasbulatovRussian politician (1942–2023)
- Ruslan RotanUkrainian footballerborn 1981
- Ruslan MalinovskyiUkrainian footballerborn 1993
- Ruslan StefanchukUkrainian politician and lawyerborn 1975
- Ruslan AushevRussian politician and general (born 1954)
- Ruslan ChagaevUzbekistani boxerborn 1978
- Ruslan KhomchakUkrainian military officerborn 1967
- Ruslan NigmatullinRussian footballerborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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