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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.
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 ]
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The auxiliary stem may be identical to the word stem of the full name (the full name Жанна Zhanna can have the suffixes added directly to the stem Жанн- Zhann-like Жанночка Zhannochka), and most names have the auxiliary stem derived unproductively (the Russian name Михаил Mikhail has the auxiliary stem Миш- Mish ...
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
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.
Ilya Ehrenburg, Ukrainian-Jewish publicist and writer in Russian language, born in Kyiv; Ilya Ilf, Ukrainian humorist in Russian language, co-author of The Twelve Chairs; Irena Karpa, modern Ukrainian writer; Isaac Babel, Ukrainian-Jewish writer in Russian language, born in Odesa; Ivan Kotlyarevsky, playwright; Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky; Ivan Vahylevych
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.