Oksana or Oxana (, ; be, Аксана), sometimes transliterated as Aksana, is a female

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Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

origin. The closest equivalent is the

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

name '' Kseniya'' (russian: Ксения, links=no), but the two names coexist in use in both countries and neither of them is a shortening of the other.

Origin

The names Oksana (), Xana (), Sana () and Kseniya (russian: Ксения, Xenia) are thought to originate from one of two

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words: Xenia (hospitality) or Xenos (stranger).gramota.ru
the dictionary of Russian names. Axana is another alternative spelling.

People

Oksana

Oksana Akinshina Oksana Aleksandrovna Akinshina (russian: Оксана Александровна Акиньшина; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian actress. She is best known for her roles in films ''Sisters'' (2001), ''Lilya 4-ever'' (2002), ''The Bourne Supr ...

(born 1987), Russian actress *

Oksana Wilhelmsson Oksana or Oxana (, ; be, Аксана), sometimes transliterated as Aksana, is a female given name of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian name '' Kseniya'' (russian: Ксения, links=no), but the two names coexist in use i ...

(born 1984 as Oksana Andersson), Soviet Union-born member of Swedish band

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Oksana Andrusina-Mert Oksana Andrusina-Mert, née Oksana Andrusina (russian: Оксана Андруcина; born March 26, 1973), aka Oksana Mert or formerly Aksel Mert, is a Turkish female discus thrower of Russian origin. She is tall at . She became Turkish citiz ...

(born 1973), Turkish discus thrower of Russian origin *

Oksana Baiul , altname= Oksana Baiul-Farina , birth_date= , birth_place=Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union , residence= , height= , formercoach= Galina Zmievskaya Valentyn Nikolayev Stanislav Koritek , formerchoreographer= Sarah Kawahara , formertrain ...

(born 1977), Ukrainian Olympic and world champion figure skater *

Oksana Bilozir Oksana Volodymyrivna Bilozir ( uk, Оксана Володимирівна Білозір), née Rozumkevych ( uk, Розумкевич), is a People's Artist of Ukraine (1994), former People's Deputy of Ukraine and in 2005 Minister of Culture ...

(born 1957), Ukrainian singer and stateswoman *

Oksana Chusovitina Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is an eight-time Olympic gymnast who has competed for the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, and Germany. Chusovitina's career a ...

(born 1975), Uzbek gymnast *

Oksana Domnina Oksana Alexandrovna Domnina (russian: Оксана Александровна Домнина, born 17 August 1984) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. She and partner Maxim Shabalin are the 2010 Olympic bronze medalists, the 2009 World ...

(born 1984), Russian ice dancer *

Oksana Dyka Oksana Dyka ( uk, Оксана Дика, link=no ; born 16 June 1978, in Zhytomyr), also rendered as Dika, is a Ukrainian operatic soprano. Career Dyka graduated in 2004 at the Kyiv Conservatory and sang as a soloist at the Kyiv Opera from 2003 u ...

(born 1978), Ukrainian opera soprano *

Oksana Esipchuk Oksana Aleksandrovna Esipchuk (russian: Оксана Александровна Есипчук; born 13 December 1976 in Bryansk) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 63.68 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tula. She f ...

(born 1976), Russian discus thrower *

Oksana Fadeyeva Oksana Fadeyeva (born 16 March 1975) (née Kushch) is a Russian table tennis player. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the first round of the singles competition. She competed in both singles and doubles in 2004. See also * ...

(née Kushch) (born 1975), Russian table tennis player * Oksana Fedorova or

Oxana Fedorova Oksana Gennadyevna Borodina (russian: Оксана Геннадьевна Бородина, Oksana Gennad'yevna Borodina; née Fedorova, russian: Фёдорова, Fyodorova; born 17 December 1977), known professionally as Oxana Fedorova, is a ...

(born 1977), Russian television presenter and Miss Universe 2002 *

Oksana Gozeva Oksana Aleksandrovna Gozeva (russian: Оксана Александровна Гозева; born 30 December 1989 in Moscow) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She represented Russia at the 2009 World Junior Championships and at the ...

(born 1989), Russian figure skater *

Oksana Grigorieva Oksana Petrovna Grigorieva (russian: link=no, Оксана Петровна Григорьева; born 23 February 1970) is a Russian singer-songwriter and pianist. She studied music in Moscow and completed conservatoire studies in Kazan, before ...

(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 Oksana (Pasha) Vladimirovna Grishuk (russian: Оксана (Паша) Владимировна Грищук; born 17 March 1971) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. She is best known for her partnership with Evgeni Platov from 1989 to 1 ...

(born 1972), Russian figure skater *

Oksana Hatamkhanova Oksana Hatamkhanova (Azeri: ''Oksana Hətəmxanova''; born 29 June 1990 in Novyi Buh, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani Olympic swimmer. She swam for Azerbaijan in the 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman ...

(born 1990), Olympic swimmer from Azerbaijan *

Oksana Ilyushkina Oksana Ilyushkina (née Kochetkova; born 25 May 1974) is a retired Ukrainian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres and 800 metres. In the 4 x 400 metres relay she finished fourth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, fifth at the 2005 ...

née Kochetkova (born 1974), retired Ukrainian athlete *

Oksana Ivanenko Oksana Dmytrivna Ivanenko (; March 31, 1906 – December 16, 1997) was a Ukrainian children's writer and translator. In 1974, she was the winner of the Lesia Ukrainka Literary Prize for the novels ''Рідні діти'' (Native Children), ''� ...

(1906–1997), Ukrainian children's writer and translator *

Oksana Kalashnikova Oksana Kalashnikova ( ka, ოქსანა კალაშნიკოვა, tr, ; born 5 September 1990) is a Georgian professional tennis player. Kalashnikova has won five WTA Tour doubles titles, three WTA Challenger doubles titles ...

(born 1990), Georgian professional tennis player *

Oksana Kazakova Oksana or Oxana (, ; be, Аксана), sometimes transliterated as Aksana, is a female given name of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian name '' Kseniya'' (russian: Ксения, links=no), but the two names coexist in use i ...

(born 1975), Russian figure skater *

Oksana Khvostenko Oksana Khvostenko ( uk, Оксана Хвостенко) (born November 27, 1977 in Chernihiv) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is a multiple medalist at the World Championships. In 2008 together with Andriy Deryzemlya she won World Team C ...

(born 1977), Ukrainian biathlete *

Oksana Klimova Oksana Anatolievna Klimova (russian: Оксана Анатольевна Климова; born May 24, 1992) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. She competed with Sasha Palomäki for Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), of ...

(born 1992), Russian ice dancer *

Oksana Kondratyeva Oksana Yurevna Kondratyeva (russian: Оксана Юрьевна Кондратьева; born 22 November 1985) is a Russian track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw. Her personal best of ranks her in the all-time top ten of the even ...

(born 1985), Russian hammer thrower *

Oksana Krechunyak Oksana Krechunyak ( uk, Оксана Кречуняк; born 25 April 1981) is a Paralympian Track and field, athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. Oksana has twice competed in the Paralympics, in 2004 Summer P ...

(born 1981), paralympic athlete from Ukraine *

Oksana Kurt Oksana Kurt, also known as Oksana Parkhomenko, (born 28 July 1984 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR); is a retired Azerbaijani indoor volleyball player, recognized as one of the most successful volleyball players in her country. Kurt is the most capped p ...

(or Parkhomenko, born 1984), Azerbaijani volleyball player *

Oksana Lada Oksana Lada ( uk, Оксана Лада; born March 3, 1976) is a Ukrainian actress, best known for the role as Irina Peltsin, the mistress of Tony Soprano, on the HBO TV series ''The Sopranos''. Early life and education Lada was born in Iva ...

(born 1979), Ukrainian actress and model (also known as 'Oksana Babiy') *

Oksana Lyapina Oksana Vasilyevna Lyapina (russian: Оксана Васильевна Ляпина; born 28 April 1980 in Armavir, Russian SFSR) is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Career Lyapina competed in the ...

(born 1980), Russian gymnast *

Oksana Lyniv Oksana Lyniv ( uk, Оксана Линів; born 6 January 1978) is a Ukrainian conductor. Biography Born in Brody (then in the Ukrainian SSR), Lyniv is the daughter of two musicians and the granddaughter of a choral conductor. Her father is al ...

(born 1978), Ukrainian conductor * Oksana Makar (1993–2012), Ukrainian murder victim * Oksana Malaya or

Oxana Malaya Oksana Oleksandrivna Malaya ( uk, Оксана Олександрівна Малая, born 4 November 1983), better known as Oxana Malaya, is a Ukrainian woman internationally known for her dog-imitating behavior. Malaya has been the subject of ...

(born 1983), Ukrainian feral child *

Oksana Masters Oksana Masters (born June 19, 1989) is an American multi-sport Paralympic athlete of Ukrainian descent from Louisville, Kentucky. Having primarily specialized in rowing and cross-country skiing, she won the first ever United States medal in trun ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian-born American Paralympic rower *

Oksana Okunyeva Oksana Okunyeva ( uk, Оксана Григорівна Окунєва; also transliterated Okuneva or Okunieva, born 14 March 1990 in Mykolaiv) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Cha ...

(born 1990), Ukrainian high jumper *

Oksana Omelianchik Oksana Omelianchik (russian: Оксана Александровна Омельянчик; uk, Окса́на Oлекса́ндрiвна Омелья́нчик, Oksana Oleksandrivna Omelianchyk; alternative transliterations: Oksana Omel'yantchi ...

(born 1970), former Soviet gymnast *

Oksana Platero Oksana (Dmytrenko) Platero ( ua, Оксана Дмитренко) is a Ukrainian ballroom and Latin dancer. She spent five seasons as a member of the troupe on Dancing with the Stars in the United States. She joined the United Kingdom's Strict ...

(born 1988), Russian ballroom dancer *

Oksana Pochepa Oksana Aleksandrovna Pochepa (russian: Оксана Александровна Почепа) (born 20 July 1984 in Rostov-on-Don

(born 1984), Russian pop singer *

Oksana Potdykova Oksana Balkanovna Potdykova (russian: Оксана Балкановна Потдыкова; born 20 January 1979) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. Competing with Denis Petukhov, she became a two-time World Junior medalist (s ...

(born 1979), former competitive Russian ice dancer *

Oksana Rogova Oksana Aleksandrovna Rogova (russian: Оксана Александровна Рогова; born 7 October 1978 in Tambov) is a Russian triple jumper. She represented Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing eighth in the women's triple jump ...

, Russian triple jumper *

Oksana Shcherbak Oksana Shcherbak, née Holodkova ( uk, Оксана Щербак, born 24 February 1982) is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. She was born in Pyriatyn, and represents the club Kolos Poltava. In individual competi ...

née Holodkova (born 1982), Ukrainian sprint athlete *

Oksana Shachko Oksana Shachko ( uk, Оксана Шачко; 31 January 1987 – 23 July 2018) was a Ukrainian artist and activist. Along with Anna Hutsol and Alexandra Shevchenko, she was one of the founders of the radical feminist activist group Femen, which ...

(1987 – 2018) Ukrainian artist and founder of feminist group FEMEN *

Oksana Serikova Oksana Serikova (also ''Oxana Serikova'', uk, Оксана Серікова; born June 11, 1985) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She helped out her Ukrainian team to break a national record time of 4:05.56 in ...

(born 1985), Ukrainian swimmer *

Oksana Shvets Oksana Oleksandrivna Shvets (; 10 February 1955 – 17 March 2022) was a Ukrainian actress. She worked for the Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre from its foundation in 1980 until her death, and was awarded the title Merited Artist of Ukra ...

(1955–2022), Ukrainian actress *

Oksana Skaldina Oksana Valentinovna Skaldina ( uk, Оксана Валентинівна Скалдіна; russian: Оксана Валентиновна Скалдина) is a retired Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast and current coach. She is the 1992 Oly ...

(born 1972), Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast * Oksana Slivenko or

Oxana Slivenko Oksana Nikolayevna Slivenko (russian: Оксана Николаевна Сливенко; born 20 December 1986 in Chekhov, Moscow Oblast), known professionally as Oxana Slivenko, is a Russian weightlifter. Career She won the silver medal at t ...

(born 1986), Russian weightlifter *

Oksana Udmurtova Oksana Pavlovna Udmurtova (russian: Оксана Павловна Удмуртова) (born 1 February 1982) is a Russian track and field athlete specialising in the long jump. She is from the Volgograd region of Russia and she is part of the Russ ...

(born 1982), Russian athlete *

Oksana Vashchuk Oksana Vashchuk (born 11 February 1989 in Ivanychi, Ukrainian SSR) is a female freestyle wrestler from Ukraine who participated in women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. She lost in 1/8 final to Maider Unda of Spain , image ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian freestyle wrestler *

Oksana Voevodina Oxana Andreevna Voevodina (russian: Оксана Андре́евна Воеводина, Oxana Andreevna Voevodina; born 10 July 1992 in Taganrog), also known as Rihana Petra, is a Russian model who is the former wife of Sultan Muhammad V of Ke ...

(born 1992), Russian model, 2015 Miss Moscow winner and former wife of Muhammad V of Kelantan, Malaysia *

Oksana Yarygina Oksana Aleksandrovna Yarygina (russian: Оксана Александровна Ярыгина; born 24 December 1972) is a javelin thrower from Russia. She formerly represented Uzbekistan. She won the silver medal at the 1993 Asian Championships ...

(born 1972), Russian javelin thrower *

Oksana Yermakova Oksana Ivanovna Yermakova (russian: Оксана Ивановна Ермакова, et, Oksana Jermakova, also spelled Oxana Ermakova, born 16 April 1973) is an Estonian and Russian épée fencer. She represented Soviet Union in 1991, Estonia ...

(born 1973), Russian épée fencer *

Oksana Yeremeyeva Oksana Yeremeyeva (nee Ryabinicheva) is a Russian football defender, playing for various clubs in the Russian Championship including Energiya Voronezh. She was a member of the Russian national team. She is a spouse of Russian footballer Vladi ...

(née Ryabinicheva, 1990), Russian football defender *

Oksana Zabuzhko Oksana Stefanivna Zabuzhko ( uk, Окса́на Стефа́нівна Забу́жко) is a Ukrainian novelist, poet, and essayist. Her works have been translated into several languages. She has been accused of relativising the Volhynian Massac ...

(born 1960), Ukrainian writer and poet *

Oksana Zbrozhek Oksana Zbrozhek (born 12 January 1978) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. She al ...

(born 1978), Russian middle-distance runner *

Oksana Zubkovska Oksana Zubkovska (born 15 July 1981) is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east ...

, Ukrainian Paralympian athlete

Oxana

or Oksana Fedorova (born 1977), Russian television presenter and Miss Universe 2002 *

or Oksana Malaya (born 1983), Ukrainian feral child *

or Oksana Slivenko (born 1986), Russian weightlifter

Aksana

Aksana (wrestler) Živilė Raudonienė (born April 29, 1982) is a Lithuanian fitness model, bodybuilder, and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Aksana. Raudonienė began her career as a b ...

(born 1982), a Lithuanian professional wrestler *

Aksana Drahun Aksana Drahun ( be, Аксана Драгун; born May 19, 1981), a.k.a. Oksana Dragun, is a Belarusian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.

(born 1981), a Belarusian sprinter *

Aksana Dziamidava Aksana Yauhenauna Dziamidava ( be, Аксана Яўгенаўна Дзямідава; born 23 December 1993) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She won a bronze medal, as a member of the Belarusian swimming team ...

(born 1993), a Belarusian swimmer *

Aksana Kavalchuk Aksana Alekseevna Kavalchuk (born ) is a Belarusian former volleyball player, playing as an outside-spiker. She was part of the Belarus women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship. On club l ...

(born 1979) is a Belarusian volleyball player *

Aksana Miankova Aksana Miankova, also transliterated as Oksana Menkova, ( be, Аксана Мянькова, born 28 March 1982) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. Her personal best of 78.69 m ranks her as the third best woman of all-time. Career Miankova beg ...

(born 1982), a Belarusian hammer thrower *

Aksana Papko Aksana Papko (born 16 November 1988) is a Belarusian track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's team pursuit for the national team. Major results Source: ;2007 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::4th ...

, (born 1988), a Belarusian track cyclist *

Aksana Sivitskaya Aksana Sivitskaya ( be, Аксана Сівіцкая, born 4 August 1974) is a Paralympic athlete from Belarus competing mainly in category T12 sprint and F12 long jump events. Aksana competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics ...

, a 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 A villanelle, also known as villanesque,Kastner 1903 p. 279 is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet repe ...

Oksa Pollock The ''Oksa Pollock'' is a series of seven fantasy children's novels written by French authors Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf. Plichota and Wolf initially tried to publish the series through Éditions Gallimard in 2007, but were rejected. The auth ...

in the French children's fantasy series

References

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