Male Ukrainian name (Руслан)
Ruslan (Ukrainian: Руслан) is a male name of Turkic origin meaning «lion». A strong, sonorous name with a romantic, steppe-epic flavour.
The name derives from Turkic arslan / aslan («lion»), which appeared in East Slavic folk tales in the form Yeruslan (Yeruslan Lazarevich — hero of Old Russian byliny and folk stories). The modern form Ruslan and its broad popularity were given by Alexander Pushkin in the poem «Ruslan and Lyudmila» (1820), based on these folk motifs. Thanks to the poem's literary fame, the name quickly entered the East Slavic onomasticon and became especially popular in Ukraine in the second half of the 20th century, where it remains one of the most recognizable «non-traditional» male names.
From Turkic arslan / aslan («lion»); the Ukrainian form arrived via Old Russian Yeruslan and the literary revival by Pushkin (1820).
Equivalents in other languages: Ruslan (Russian, Belarusian, Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek), Aslan (Turkic, Kazakh, Turkish, Azerbaijani), Arslan (Turkish, Uzbek), Yeruslan (Old Russian, Ukrainian folklore).
Сава, Савка, Савко, Чка, Савчик, Русланчик, Руся, Русик, Руська, Русечка, Русенька.
| Nominative | Руслан |
| Genitive | Руслана |
| Dative | Русланові |
| Accusative | Руслана |
| Instrumental | Русланом |
| Locative | Русланові |
| Vocative | Руслане |