Main Department of Justice: The most popular names for newborns in the Vitebsk region in 2021 were Artyom and Sofia
In the Vitebsk region in 2021, the popular names given to newborns by parents were Artyom, Matvey, Egor, Mikhail, and Maxim for boys, and Sofia, Eva, Maria, Ksenia, and Alice for girls.
There were cases of children being given two names: Alexander Mutlu, Aurora Stefania, Anna Rimma, Mia Nicole, Natalia Tea, Saeda Galina, Sofia Agneszka, 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, Saveliy, 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, Mahrem, 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, Ester, Yasmin
According to the registry office data in the city of Vitebsk in 2021, the popular names given to newborns by parents were Artyom, Matvey, Mikhail, Maxim, and Timofey for boys, and Ksenia, Alice, Daria, Maria, Anna, Alexandra, Sofia, and Eva for girls.