Oksana

Oksana or Oxana (Ukrainian: Оксана; Russian: Оксана, Belarusian: Аксана), sometimes transliterated as Aksana, is a popular 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 are not a shortening of each other.

Origin

The names Oksana (Russian: Оксана) and Kseniya (Russian: Ксения) are thought to originate from one of two Greek words: Xenia (hospitality) or Xenos (stranger).^[1]

Notable people

• Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
• Oksana Wilhelmsson (born 1984 as Oksana Andersson), Soviet Union-born Swedish model
• Oksana Andrusina-Mert (born 1973), Turkish discus thrower of Russian origin
• Oksana Baiul (born 1977), Ukrainian Olympic and world champion figure skater
• Oksana Bilozir, Ukrainian singer and stateswoman
• Oksana Chusovitina, Uzbekistani gymnast
• Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer
• Oksana Dyka (born 1978), Ukrainian opera singer
• Oksana Esipchuk (born 1976), Russian discus thrower
• Oksana Fadeyeva (née Kushch) (born 1975), Russian table tennis player
• Oxana Fedorova, former Miss Universe from Russia
• 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, Russian figure skater
• Oksana Hatamkhanova (born 1990), Olympic swimmer from Azerbaijan
• Oksana Ilyushkina née Kochetkova (born 1974), retired Ukrainian athlete
• Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgian professional tennis player
• Oksana Kazakova, 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, Ukrainian actress and model (also known as 'Oksana Babiy')
• Oksana Lyapina, Russian gymnast
• Oksana Makar (1993-2012), Ukrainian murder victim
• Oxana Malaya, Ukrainian feral child
• Oksana Masters (born 1989), Ukrainian-born American Paralympic rower
• Oksana Okuneva (born 1990), Ukrainian high jumper
• Oksana Omelianchik, former Soviet gymnast
• Oksana Platero, Russian ballroom dancer
• Oksana Pochepa, Russian pop singer
• Oksana Potdykova (born 1979), former competitive Russian ice dancer
• Oksana Ryabinicheva, Russian football defender
• Oksana Rogova, Russian triple jumper
• Oksana Shcherbak née Holodkova (born 1982), Ukrainian sprint athlete
• Oksana Serikova (born 1985), Ukrainian swimmer
• Oksana Skaldina, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
• Oksana Slivenko (born 1986), Russian weightlifter
• Oksana Udmurtova, Russian athlete
• Oksana Vashchuk (born 1989), Ukrainian freestyle wrestler
• Oksana Yarygina (born 1972), Russian javelin thrower
• Oksana Yermakova (born 1973), Russian épée fencer
• Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukrainian writer and poet
• Oksana Zbrozhek (born 1978), Russian middle-distance runner
• Oksana Zubkovska, Ukrainian Paralympian athlete

See also

• All pages with a title containing Oksana
• All pages with a title containing Oxana

References