Given name
Oksana
“one who gives glory to God”
Oksana is used as a given name. One Russian interpretation is “one who gives glory to God.”
Original RussianОкса́на
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Russian interpretation is “one who gives glory to God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oksana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,055
- 0 boys · 1,055 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 76 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,404 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,404 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 42.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 76 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,013 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Oksana’s family of names
In English usage, Oksana shares an earlier linguistic root with Xenia. In English usage, Oksana has a related form in OXANA. In English usage, Oksana has a related form in OXANA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Oksana has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Oksana
- 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
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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