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

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of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian 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 Greek words: Xenia (hospitality) or Xenos (stranger).gramota.ru
the dictionary of Russian names. Axana is another alternative spelling.

People

Oksana

* Oksana Akinshina (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 Sunblock *

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 (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 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 (née Kushch) (born 1975), Russian table tennis player * Oksana Fedorova or Oxana Fedorova (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 (born 1970), Russian musician *

Oksana Grishina Oksana Grishina may refer to: * Oksana Grishina (cyclist) (born 1968), Russian Olympic track cyclist * Oksana Grishina (fitness pro) (born 1978), Russian former gymnast and current professional fitness competitor {{hndis, Grishina, Oksana ...

(born 1968), Russian Olympic track cyclist *

(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 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 (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 (born 1978), Ukrainian conductor * Oksana Makar (1993–2012), Ukrainian murder victim * Oksana Malaya or Oxana Malaya (born 1983), Ukrainian feral child * Oksana Masters (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 (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 (born 1984), Russian pop singer * Oksana Potdykova (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 (1955–2022), Ukrainian actress * Oksana Skaldina (born 1972), Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast * Oksana Slivenko or Oxana Slivenko (born 1986), Russian weightlifter * Oksana Udmurtova (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 (née Ryabinicheva, 1990), Russian football defender * Oksana Zabuzhko (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

* 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) 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 (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 (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, 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 * Oksa Pollock in the French children's fantasy series

References

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