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, Aryslan, Arǝslan |
Ruslan (Russian: Руслан) or Rouslan, is a Slavic male given name used mainly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Macedonia. The name Eruslan is another variant of the form Ruslan. It is a Slavic variation of Turkic or Persian name Arslan/Aslan, which is translated as lion.[1]
The feminine version is Ruslana, which is also just a Slavic name in general.
List of people with the given name Ruslan
- Ruslan Abdulgani (1914-2005), Indonesian diplomat and Foreign Minister (1956-1957)
- Ruslan Aushev (born 1954), Soviet General and former President of Ingushetia
- Ruslan Chagaev, Uzbekistan-born Tatar boxer
- Ruslan Fedotenko (born 1979), Ukrainian professional hockey player
- Ruslan Goncharov, Ukrainian figure skater
- 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 Mashchenko (born 1971), a Russian hurdler
- Ruslan Medzhitov, Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University
- Ruslan Nurudinov (born 1991), an Uzbekistani weightlifter
- Ruslan Odnoralov, Russian-American musician: lead guitarist and keyboardist of the Christian rock band Everfound
- Ruslan Ponomariov (born 1983), a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE world champion
- 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
- Rouslan Toumaniantz, a tattoo artist whose work spread famously across social media after he inked a full face tattoo of his first name across a young woman's face within 24 hours of their first meeting (they were later married).[2]
References
- ^ Vasmer, M. R. (1964–1973). Этимологический словарь Фасмера - Энциклопедии & Словари ( The etymological dictionary of the Russian language) (in Russian). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Larratt, Shannon. "Lesya and Rouslan". BME: Tattoo, Piercing and Body Modification News. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
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