In the Vitebsk region in 2021, the popular names given by parents to newborns were Artem, Matvey, Egor, Mikhail, and Maxim for boys, and Sofia, Eva, Maria, Ksenia, and Alisa for girls.
There were cases of children being given two names: Alexander Mutlu, Aurora Stefania, Anna Rimma, Mia Nicole, Natalia Tea, Saeda Galina, Sofia Agneshka, as well as Alexandra-Sofia, Allegra-Elif, Sofia-Vesna.
Among the rare names were:
- male: Ali, Amir, Dalgat, Damir, Damian, Darian, Demid, Demis, Demyan, Dobromir, Eleazar, Elon, Inar, Ioann, Karim, Kristian, Larion, Leon, Leonard, Maximilian, Marat, Martin, Matey, Miron, Nafan, Orion, Patrick, Prokhor, Radomir, Ryan, Ramil, Ratmir, Renat, Rostislav, Rustam, Savva, Savely, Said, Svyatoslav, Solomon, Sonny, Spartak, Surkhay, Samuel, Taras, Tengiz, Tigran, Felix, Filat, Edgar, Emil, Enest, Yusif;
- female: Agata, Aglaya, Adelina, Alana, Alexia, Albina, Amelia, Amina, Anelia, Assol, Asya, Barbara, Bogdana, Briana, Vasilisa, Verineya, Vesta, Vilte, Vita, Vitalina, Vladislava, Gabriella, Gloria, Daryana, Giovanna, Dominika, Evdokia, Evnika, Ilana, Kataleya, Katalia, Keyla, Lada, Lelya, Lina, Lissa, Lucia, Maya, Malika, Marika, Marisa, Marfa, Makhrem, Milena, Mira, Mirana, Mishelina, Miya, Monika, Nika, Octavia, Olivia, Rayana, Ramina, Rosalina, Ruth, Sabina, Sabrina, Samira, Santa, Sona, Stanislava, Stefania, Tayana, Teona, Timyana, Urmila, Khadjar, Evelina, Eleonora, Elina, Elsa, Esther, Yasmin
Source: vitebsk-region.gov.by