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

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

Oksana

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

See also

• All pages with titles containing Oksana
• All pages with titles containing Oxana
• All pages with titles containing Aksana

References