Given name · Russian
Шура
“to ward off; to protect”·“man”
Шура (Šúra) is a unisex given name. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Shura.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Шура is built from elements meaning “to ward off; to protect” and “man” and “man”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Шура is a diminutive of Александр. In Russian usage, Шура is a diminutive of Саша.
Шура’s family of names
In Russian usage, Шура is a diminutive of Александр. In Russian usage, Шура has a conventional equivalent in the English form Shura. In Russian usage, Шура has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Olek.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Шура has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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