Ruslan (given name)
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Turkic or Persian |
| Meaning | lion |
| Region of origin | Eurasia |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Eruslan, رسلان, Roeslan, Ρουσλάν, რუსლან, Arslan,[1][2] Aslan, Aryslan, Arıslan, Arislan, Arǝslan, Арыслан, Арыстан |
Ruslan (Template:Lang-bg) or Rouslan, is a Turkic and Slavic masculine given name used mainly in CIS and Russia. It is a Slavic variation of Turkic or Persian name Arslan/Aslan, which is translated as lion.[3] The name Eruslan is another variant of the form Ruslan.
The feminine version is Ruslana, which is just a Slavic name in general.
List of people with the given name Ruslan
- Ruslan (11th century), the legendary hero named in Pushkin's poem
- Ruslan Abdulgani (1914-2005), Indonesian diplomat and Foreign Minister (1956-1957)
- Ruslan Abışov (born 1987), Azerbaijani footballer
- Ruslan Agalarov (born 1974), Uzbekistani football manager
- Ruslan Alekhno (born 1981), Russian and Belarusian singer
- Ruslan Aushev (born 1954), Soviet General and former President of Ingushetia
- Ruslan Baltiev (born 1978), Kazakh footballer
- Ruslan Beslaneyev (born 1982), Russian footballer
- Ruslan Chagaev, an Uzbekistani professional boxer of Tatar ethnic origin
- Ruslan Fedotenko (born 1979), Ukrainian professional hockey player
- Ruslan Goncharov, Ukrainian figure skater
- Ruslan Kapantsow (born 1981), Belarusian footballer
- Ruslan Karaev (born 1983), a Russian kickboxer and martial artist
- Ruslan Khasbulatov (born 1942), a Russian economist and politician
- Ruslan Kogan (b. 1982), founder and director of Kogan Technologies
- Ruslan Lyubarskyi (born 1973), Ukrainian footballer
- Ruslan Majidov (born 1985), Azerbaijani footballer
- Ruslan Mashchenko (born 1971), a Russian hurdler
- Ruslan Medzhitov, Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University
- Ruslan Mingazow (1991), Turkmenistani footballer
- Ruslan Nurudinov (born 1991), an Uzbekistani weightlifter of Tatar ethnic origin
- Ruslan Ponomariov (born 1983), a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE world champion
- Ruslan Pidhornyy (born 1977), Ukrainian road bicycle racer
- Ruslan Provodnikov (born 1984), a Russian boxer
- Ruslan Rotan (born 1981), a Ukrainian football player
- Ruslan Salei (1974 – 2011), a Belarusian professional hockey defenceman
- Ruslan Sirota (born 1980), a jazz, fusion and funk/R&B pianist and keyboardist
See also
References
- ^ Саттаров 1998.
- ^ Кусимова 1991.
- ^ Vasmer, M. R. (1964–1973). Этимологический словарь Фасмера - Энциклопедии & Словари ( The etymological dictionary of the Russian language) (in Russian). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- Кусимова Т. (1991). В мире имён. Словарь башкирских имён. Уфа: Башкирское книжное издательство. p. 192.
- Саттаров Г.Ф. (Гумар Саттар - Мулилле) (1998). "Татар исемнәре ни сөйли?" "О чем говорят татарские имена?". Полный толковый словарь татарских личных имен. Казань: Редакционно-издательское объединение "РАННУР". p. 486 (30 п.л.).
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