Oxana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Оксана in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 9 more, Oksana in PL Poland, US United States, CZ Czechia and 6 more, Ოქსანა in GE Georgia and Aksana in EE Estonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Oxana is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Finnish given name2.1K records spelled Oxana5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Russia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Oxána, Oxàna

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Oxana is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Окса́на (Oksána).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Oxana Yablonskayab. 1938USRussian pianist
• Oksana Shvetsb. 1955UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian actress
• Oksana Markarovab. 1976UAnot in their usual nameAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States
• Oksana Fedorovab. 1977RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer, model presenter and past Miss Universe
• Oksana Baiulb. 1977UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian figure skater
• Oksana Lynivb. 1978UAnot in their usual nameorchestra conductor
• Sogdiana Fedorinskayab. 1984UZnot in their usual nameUzbekistani and Russian singer
• Mika Newtonb. 1986UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian singer
• Oksana Akinshinab. 1987RUnot in their usual nameRussian actress
• Oksana Mastersb. 1989USnot in their usual nameUkrainian-born American paralympic rower and cross-country skier

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 152 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Oxana?

We estimate roughly 113 thousand people bear Oxana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Oxana have the most bearers?

Oxana is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled оксана.

How common is Oxana compared with other names?

In Russia, Oxana is the 35th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Oxana a male or female name?

Oxana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Oxana mean?

Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., russische und ukrai­ nische Form von Xenia, vgl.