Oksana
Oksana, Oxana, or Aksana, is a female given name of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian name Kseniya, 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 are thought to originate from one of two Greek words: Xenia or Xenos. Axana is another alternative spelling.People
Oksana
- Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
- Oksana Wilhelmsson, Soviet Union-born member of Swedish band Sunblock
- Oksana Andrusina-Mert, Turkish discus thrower of Russian origin
- Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian Olympic and world champion figure skater
- Oksana Bilozir, Ukrainian singer and stateswoman
- Oksana Chibisova, Russian shot putter
- Oksana Chusovitina, Uzbek gymnast
- Oksana Dobrovolskaja, Lithuanian para-athlete
- Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer
- Oksana Dyka, Ukrainian opera soprano
- Oksana Esipchuk, Russian discus thrower
- Oksana Fadeyeva , Russian table tennis player
- Oksana Grigorieva, Russian musician
- Oksana Grishina, Russian Olympic track cyclist
- Oksana Grishina, Russian former gymnast and current professional fitness competitor
- Oksana Grishuk, Russian figure skater
- Oksana Hatamkhanova, Olympic swimmer from Azerbaijan
- Oksana Ilyushkina née Kochetkova, retired Ukrainian athlete
- Oksana Ivanenko, Ukrainian children's writer and translator
- Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgian professional tennis player
- Oksana Kazakova, Russian figure skater
- Oksana Khvostenko, Ukrainian biathlete
- Oksana Klimova, Russian ice dancer
- Oksana Kondratyeva, Russian hammer thrower
- Oksana Krechunyak, paralympic athlete from Ukraine
- Oksana Kurt, Azerbaijani volleyball player
- Oksana Lada, Ukrainian actress and model
- Oksana Lyapina, Russian gymnast
- Oksana Lyniv, Ukrainian conductor
- Oksana Makar, Ukrainian murder victim
- Oksana Masters, Ukrainian-born American Paralympic rower
- Oksana Okunyeva, Ukrainian high jumper
- Oksana Omelianchik, former Soviet gymnast
- Oksana Platero, Russian ballroom dancer
- Oksana Pochepa, Russian pop singer
- Oksana Potdykova, former competitive Russian ice dancer
- Oksana Rogova, Russian triple jumper
- Oksana Shcherbak née Holodkova, Ukrainian sprint athlete
- Oksana Shachko, Ukrainian artist and founder of feminist group FEMEN
- Oksana Serikova, Ukrainian swimmer
- Oksana Shvets, Ukrainian actress
- Oksana Skaldina, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
- Oksana Udmurtova, Russian athlete
- Oksana Vashchuk, Ukrainian freestyle wrestler
- Oksana Voevodina, Russian model, 2015 Miss Moscow winner and former wife of Muhammad V of Kelantan, Malaysia
- Oksana Yarygina, Russian javelin thrower
- Oksana Yermakova, Estonian and Russian Olympic champion épée fencer
- Oksana Yeremeyeva, Russian football defender
- Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukrainian writer and poet
- Oksana Zbrozhek, Russian middle-distance runner
- Oksana Zubkovska, Ukrainian Paralympian athlete
Oxana
- Oxana Fedorova or Oksana Fedorova, Russian television presenter and Miss Universe 2002
- Oxana Malaya or Oksana Malaya, Ukrainian feral child
- Oxana Slivenko or Oksana Slivenko, Russian weightlifter
Aksana
- Aksana (wrestler), Lithuanian professional wrestler
- Aksana Drahun, Belarusian sprinter
- Aksana Dziamidava, Belarusian swimmer
- Aksana Kavalchuk, Belarusian volleyball player
- Aksana Miankova, Belarusian hammer thrower
- Aksana Papko,, Belarusian track cyclist
- Aksana Sivitskaya, Belarusian paralympic athlete
Fictional characters
- Oxana Vorontsova or Oksana Astankova, birth name of fictional assassin Villanelle
- Oksa Pollock in the French children's fantasy series
- Oksana, character in Marco Polo
- Oxana, an NPC in actual play podcast The Adventure Zone Ethersea
- Oksana, character in Nikolai Gogol's short story Christmas Eve
- Oksana, name of the Brass Beast mini gun owned by heavy in Team fortress two
- Oksana, second wife of Borat Sagdiyev in the satirical movie Borat.
- Oxana Hauntley, from Vampirina
- Oxanna Kristos, character in ''Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun''