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Ukrainian given names [ edit ] Diminutive and hypocoristic forms are male names native to the Ukrainian language that have either an empty inflexional suffix ( Івась , Павлусь , Гриць ) or the affixes -о , -ик ( Славко , Грицько , Василько , Андрійчик , Петрик , Дмитрик ). [ 1 ]
Olena, Olenna (Ukrainian: Олена) is a Ukrainian variant of the feminine name Helen, further equivalent to Elena or Jelena. It is of Greek origin and means "sun ray" or "shining light". Variants of the name Olena include: Aliona, Lena, Lenya, Lenochka, Olinia, Olinija, Olenya, Olinda, Olina, Lina, Olinia, Olenka, Olenochka and Olinija.
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Isaac Babel, Ukrainian-Jewish writer in Russian language, born in Odesa; Ivan Kotlyarevsky, playwright; Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky; Ivan Vahylevych; Jan Potocki, count, Polish writer in French language, born and died in Ukraine; Joseph Conrad, Polish writer in the English language, born in Berdychiv
Dniprova Chayka, pen name of Liudmyla Vasylevska (1861–1927), poet, short story writer, translator, wrote in Russian and Ukrainian, some works translated into English Olena Chekan (1946–2013), film, stage and television actress, voice artist, television screenwriter and editor, political journalist and social activist, columnist, short ...
Hutsul (Ukrainian: гуцу́л), an ethno-cultural group who for centuries have inhabited the Carpathian Mountains. Lemko (Ukrainian: ле́мко), a distinctive group of Ukrainian highlanders or mountain-dwellers of the Carpathian highlands. Rusyn (Ukrainian: руси́н), an ethnic group of Ukrainians. Old self-name of the Ukrainians
The first elements of Ukrainian surnames are most commonly given names (patronymics and matronymics), place names (toponyms), and professions. Patronymic surnames. From the first name Ivan (John in English), over 100 different surnames can be formed. The most common variations of Ivan in Ukrainian are Ivas, Jan, Vakhno, and Vanko.
Olha Petrivna Kosach-Kryvyniuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Косач-Кривинюк; May 26, 1877 – November 11, 1945) was a Ukrainian writer, translator, and physician.. A member of the Prosvita cultural movement, she worked to establish a Ukrainian literary tradition through completing Ukrainian-language translations of Russian, French, and English literature under the pseudonym Olena Zirka.