Ruslan (given name)
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{{Infobox given name
| name = Ruslan
| gender = Male
| origin = Turkic language region / North Caucasian
| meaning = lion
| region = Commonwealth of Independent States
| related names = Ruslanka, Rusya, Lana, Ruslanbek, Ruslanid, Eruslan, Uruslan, Yeruslan
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Ruslan ({{langx|ru|Руслан}}) is a masculine given name mainly popular among Turkic, East Slavic and peoples of the Caucasus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/ruslan|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Ruslan|last=Campbell|first=Mike|website=Behind the Name|access-date=2019-08-31}} The name is an old Azeri/Caucasian Albanian variant of the Turkic{{sfn|Тумашева|1984|p=44}}{{sfn|Баскаков|1979|p=101}}{{sfn|Кусимова|1991|p=70}}{{sfn|Саттаров|1998|}}{{sfn|Надель-Червинская|Червинский|2013|p=331}}{{sfn|Намитокова|2012|p=339}}{{sfn|Никонов|1988|pp=120–121}}{{sfn|Баландин|Гацак|1977|p=233}}[http://enc-dic.com/fasmer/Ruslan-575.html Руслан], Этимологический словарь русского языка. – М.: Прогресс М. Р. Фасмер 1964–1973.{{cite web|title=Руслан|url=http://www.gramota.ru/slovari/dic/?pe=x&word=руслан|publisher=Gramota.ru|access-date=21 December 2017}} word arslan or aslan – meaning lion. The name is derived from Arslan, Eruslan (also Uruslan, Eruslane, Yeruslan), another earlier Tatar variant of the word.
The feminine version is Ruslana.
Fictional characters
- Ruslan and Ludmila, 1820 poem by Alexander Pushkin about Ruslan, a legendary 11th-century hero. For more see Ruslan and Ludmila (disambiguation).
- Ruslan the guard dog, the protagonist of Faithful Ruslan by Georgi Vladimov
- Yeruslan Lazarevich, Russian folk tale hero
People with the given name Ruslan
- Ruslan Abdulgani (1914–2005), Indonesian diplomat and Foreign Minister (1956-1957)
- Ruslan Abışov (born 1987), Azerbaijani footballer
- Ruslan Agalarov (born 1974), Uzbekistani football manager
- Ruslan Akhmadullin (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player
- Ruslan Alekhno (born 1981), Russian and Belarusian singer
- Ruslan Aushev (born 1954), Soviet General and former President of Ingushetia
- Ruslan Baltiev (born 1978), Kazakh footballer
- Ruslan Beslaneyev (born 1982), Russian footballer
- Ruslan Chagaev (born 1978), an Uzbekistani professional boxer
- Ruslan Fedotenko (born 1979), Ukrainian professional hockey player
- Ruslan Gelayev (1964–2004), commander in the Chechen separatist movement against Russia
- Ruslan Glebov (born 1987), Ukrainian orienteer
- Ruslan Goncharov (born 1973), Ukrainian figure skater
- Ruslan Kapantsow (born 1981), Belarusian footballer
- Ruslan Karaev (born 1983), a Russian kickboxer and martial artist
- Ruslan Khairov (born 1981), Russian-born Azerbaijani boxer
- Ruslan Khasbulatov (1942–2023), a Russian economist and politician
- Ruslan Kogan (born 1982), founder and director of Kogan Technologies
- Ruslan Lyubarskyi (born 1973), Ukrainian footballer
- Ruslan Majidov (born 1985), Azerbaijani footballer
- Ruslan Malinovskyi (born 1993), Ukrainian footballer
- Ruslan Mashchenko (born 1971), a Russian hurdler
- Ruslan Maynov (born 1976), Bulgarian singer
- Ruslan Medzhitov (born 1966), Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University
- Ruslan Mingazow (born 1991), Turkmenistani footballer
- Ruslaan Mumtaz (born 1982), an Indian actor
- Ruslan Nurudinov (born 1991), an Uzbekistani weightlifter
- Ruslan Pidhornyy (born 1977), Ukrainian road bicycle racer
- Ruslan Ponomariov (born 1983), a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE world champion
- Ruslan Provodnikov (born 1984), a Russian boxer
- Ruslan Rotan (born 1981), a Ukrainian football player
- Ruslan Salei (1974–2011), a Belarusian professional hockey defenceman
- Ruslan Sidiki (born 1988), Russian-Italian anarchist who was sentenced to 29 years imprisonment for conducting a drone strike on a Russian airbase in (see: Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War)
- Ruslan Sirota (born 1980), a jazz, fusion and funk/R&B pianist and keyboardist
- Ruslan Solyanyk (1984–2024), a Ukrainian footballer
- Ruslan Yamadayev (1961–2008), a Chechen military leader and politician
- Ruslan Zakharov (born 1987), Russian speed skater
See also
References
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