Boris, Borys or Barys is a male name of Bulgarian origin. Nowadays, it is most widely represented in Russia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. In recent generations it has also been used among speakers of Germanic and, to a lesser extent, Romance languages.
The name Ksenia (folk. Axinya, Oksana, colloq. Xenya) presumably derives from the Greek word xenia which means stranger. There s also another theory that relates the name Xenia with the Greek name Polyxena which means hospitable.Name and character.Ksenia is a very sensitive woman and takes all the joys and sorrows of life very close.She is rather an unsteady person.Ksenya often protests against injustice, struggles for her own rights and sympathizes with others.ame and character. Ksenia is a very sensitive woman and takes all the joys and sorrows of life very close. She is rather an unsteady person. Ksenya often protests against injustice, struggles for her own rights and sympathizes with others.
Anastasia [anas-ta-sia]â² as a girls' name is pronounced ahn-a-STAH-shah, ahn-a-STAY-zhah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Anastasia is resurrection. From the word anastasis. Russian feminine form of the Greek male name Anastasios. Popular in Eastern Europe in honor of a fourth-century saint who was martyred at Sirmium in Dalmatia.