Oksana

Oksana, Oxana, or Aksana (Ukrainian: Оксана; Belarusian: Аксана, Russian: Оксана), is a female given name of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian name Kseniya (Russian: Ксения), but the two names coexist in use in both countries, and neither of them is a shortening of the other.

Origin[edit]

The names Oksana (Russian: Оксана, romanized: Oxana), Xana (Russian: Ксана, romanized: Xana), Sana (Russian: Сана, romanized: Sana) and Kseniya (Russian: Ксения, romanized: Xenia) are thought to originate from one of two Greek words: Xenia (hospitality) or Xenos (stranger).^[1] Axana is another alternative spelling.

People[edit]

Oksana[edit]

Oksana Akinshina (born 1987), Russian actress
Oksana Wilhelmsson (born 1984 as Oksana Andersson), Soviet Union-born member of Swedish band Sunblock
Oksana Andrusina-Mert (born 1973), Turkish discus thrower of Russian origin
Oksana Baiul (born 1977), Ukrainian Olympic and world champion figure skater
Oksana Bilozir (born 1957), Ukrainian singer and stateswoman
Oksana Chusovitina (born 1975), Uzbek gymnast
Oksana Domnina (born 1984), Russian ice dancer
Oksana Dyka (born 1978), Ukrainian opera soprano
Oksana Esipchuk (born 1976), Russian discus thrower
Oksana Fadeyeva (née Kushch) (born 1975), Russian table tennis player
Oksana Gozeva (born 1989), Russian figure skater
Oksana Grigorieva (born 1970), Russian musician
Oksana Grishina (born 1968), Russian Olympic track cyclist
Oksana Grishina (born 1978), Russian former gymnast and current professional fitness competitor
Oksana Grishuk (born 1972), Russian figure skater
Oksana Hatamkhanova (born 1990), Olympic swimmer from Azerbaijan
Oksana Ilyushkina née Kochetkova (born 1974), retired Ukrainian athlete
Oksana Ivanenko (1906–1997), Ukrainian children's writer and translator
Oksana Kalashnikova (born 1990), Georgian professional tennis player
Oksana Kazakova (born 1975), Russian figure skater
Oksana Khvostenko (born 1977), Ukrainian biathlete
Oksana Klimova (born 1992), Russian ice dancer
Oksana Kondratyeva (born 1985), Russian hammer thrower
Oksana Krechunyak (born 1981), paralympic athlete from Ukraine
Oksana Kurt (or Parkhomenko, born 1984), Azerbaijani volleyball player
Oksana Lada (born 1979), Ukrainian actress and model (also known as 'Oksana Babiy')
Oksana Lyapina (born 1980), Russian gymnast
Oksana Lyniv (born 1978), Ukrainian conductor
Oksana Makar (1993–2012), Ukrainian murder victim
Oksana Masters (born 1989), Ukrainian-born American Paralympic rower
Oksana Okunyeva (born 1990), Ukrainian high jumper
Oksana Omelianchik (born 1970), former Soviet gymnast
Oksana Platero (born 1988), Russian ballroom dancer
Oksana Pochepa (born 1984), Russian pop singer
Oksana Potdykova (born 1979), former competitive Russian ice dancer
Oksana Rogova, Russian triple jumper
Oksana Shcherbak née Holodkova (born 1982), Ukrainian sprint athlete
Oksana Shachko (1987–2018), Ukrainian artist and founder of feminist group FEMEN
Oksana Serikova (born 1985), Ukrainian swimmer
Oksana Shvets (1955–2022), Ukrainian actress
Oksana Skaldina (born 1972), Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
Oksana Udmurtova (born 1982), Russian athlete
Oksana Vashchuk (born 1989), Ukrainian freestyle wrestler
Oksana Voevodina (born 1992), Russian model, 2015 Miss Moscow winner and former wife of Muhammad V of Kelantan, Malaysia
Oksana Yarygina (born 1972), Russian javelin thrower
Oksana Yermakova (born 1973), Estonian and Russian Olympic champion épée fencer
Oksana Yeremeyeva (née Ryabinicheva, 1990), Russian football defender
Oksana Zabuzhko (born 1960), Ukrainian writer and poet
Oksana Zbrozhek (born 1978), Russian middle-distance runner
Oksana Zubkovska, Ukrainian Paralympian athlete

Oxana[edit]

Oxana Fedorova or Oksana Fedorova (born 1977), Russian television presenter and Miss Universe 2002
Oxana Malaya or Oksana Malaya (born 1983), Ukrainian feral child
Oxana Slivenko or Oksana Slivenko (born 1986), Russian weightlifter

Aksana[edit]

Aksana (wrestler) (born 1982), Lithuanian professional wrestler
Aksana Drahun (born 1981), Belarusian sprinter
Aksana Dziamidava (born 1993), Belarusian swimmer
Aksana Kavalchuk (born 1979), Belarusian volleyball player
Aksana Miankova (born 1982), Belarusian hammer thrower
Aksana Papko, (born 1988), Belarusian track cyclist
Aksana Sivitskaya, Belarusian paralympic athlete

Fictional characters[edit]

Oxana Vorontsova (in the 2018 novel Codename Villanelle) or Oksana Astankova (in the television series Killing Eve), birth name of fictional assassin Villanelle
Oksa Pollock in the French children's fantasy series
Oksana, character in Marco Polo
Oxana (also known as Kodira), an NPC in actual play podcast The Adventure Zone Ethersea
Oksana, character in Nikolai Gogol's short story Christmas Eve

References[edit]

^ gramota.ru, the dictionary of Russian names.

[1] ramota.ru, the dictionary of Russian names.

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