Ruslan (given name)
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Turkic[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] |
| Meaning | lion |
| Region of origin | Commonwealth of Independent States |
Ruslan (Russian and Ukrainian: Руслан [rʊsˈɫan]) is a masculine given name, a variant of the Turkic word aslan or arslan, meaning 'lion'. The name was popularized in the Russian Empire by the poem of Alexander Pushkin, Ruslan and Ludmila. Earlier, a version Yeruslan was attested. There is no established opinion whether one name was derived from another.
The feminine version is Ruslana.
- Ruslaan Mumtaz (born 1982), an Indian actor
- 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 Honcharov (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 Mamutov (1993−2022), 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
- 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 a drone strike on a Russian airbase
- 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
Fictional characters
- Ruslan from Ruslan and Ludmila, 1820 poem by Alexander Pushkin
- Ruslan the guard dog, the protagonist of Faithful Ruslan by Georgi Vladimov
