Ukrainian female given names come from the Ukrainian language and Eastern Christian naming calendars, alongside nature and folk vocabulary. Typical feminine morphology includes endings in -a and -ia/-ya, with productive diminutives such as -ka, -chka, -enka, and -usia used for everyday forms and sometimes as official names (for example Marichka, Lesya, Olenka). Female patronymics mark gender with -ivna/-yivna. Ukrainian orthography is visible in forms with h for Cyrillic Г (Halyna, Hanna) and -iia as in Sofiia.

Contemporary usage favors distinctly Ukrainian forms and spellings and shows renewed interest in traditional and nature-derived options. Examples include Kateryna, Olha, Olena, Oksana, Sofiia, Solomiya, Svitlana, Nadiya, Halyna, and Lesya.