Given name · Russian
Фаина
“bright, shining”
Фаина (Faína) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “bright, shining.” It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Faina.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek φᾰεινή (“bright, shining”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Фаина’s family of names
In Russian usage, Фаина has a conventional equivalent in the German form Faina. In Russian usage, Фаина can be written in the Roman alphabet as Faína.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Фаина has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Фаина
- Faina RanevskayaSoviet actress (1896-1984)
- Faina MelnikSoviet discus thrower1945–2016
- Chiang Fang-liangformer First Lady of Taiwan (1916-2004)
- Faina KirschenbaumIsraeli politicianborn 1955
- Faina KirillovaSoviet mathematician (1931–2024)
- Faina ShevchenkoRussian actor (1893-1971)
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