Taras (name)
Taras is a male Russian and Ukrainian given name. It is probably derived from Taras, son of the god Poseidon.
The spread of the name in that country is explained by its association with Taras Shevchenko, a national poet and unifying figure for the Ukrainian nation. Naming children by that name came to signify the allegiance to the national cause in a Ukrainian family. Notable people with the name include:
- Taras Bidenko, a Ukrainian boxer
- Taras Borodajkewycz, an Austrian economics historian
- Taras Mykolayovych Boychuk, a Ukrainian scientist
- Taras Borovets, a Ukrainian WWII insurgency leader
- Taras Burlak, a Russian footballer
- Taras Chopik, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Chornovil, a Ukrainian politician
- Taras Chubay, a Ukrainian musician and poet
- Taras Danko, a Ukrainian wrestler
- Taras Duray, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Dutko, a Ukrainian paralympic footballer
- Taras Fedorovych, a Cossack leader
- Taras Ferley, a Canadian publisher and politician
- Taras Filenko, a Ukrainian musician and academic
- Taras Foremsky, a Canadian ice hockey player
- Taras Gabora, a Canadian violinist
- Taras Grescoe, a Canadian writer
- Taras Hunczak, a Ukrainian-American academic
- Taras Hryb, a Canadian wrestler
- Taras Ilnytskyi, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Kabanov, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Karabin, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Kermauner, a Slovenian author
- Taras Khtey, a Russian volleyball player
- Taras Kiceniuk, Jr., an American hang glider
- Taras Kiktyov, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Kompanichenko, a Ukrainian musician
- Taras Konoshchenko, a Ukrainian opera singer
- Taras Kozyra, a Canadian politician
- Taras Kulakov also known as "CrazyRussianHacker", a Russian YouTuber.
- Taras Kuzio, a British academic
- Taras Lazarovych, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Lutsenko, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Lyssenko of A and T Recovery, an American marine salvage expert of once lost US Navy World War II aircraft
- Taras Maksimuk, a Ukrainian tech YouTuber
- Taras Mychalewych, a German artist
- Taras Mykhalyk, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Natyshak, a Canadian politician
- Taras Netkachev, a Russian footballer
- Taras Petrivskyi, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Petrynenko, a Ukrainian singer
- Taras Pinchuk, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Protsyuk, a Ukrainian journalist
- Taras Puchkovskyi, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Rajec, a Ukrainian-born Slovak ice skater
- Taras Romanczuk, a Ukrainian-born Polish footballer
- Taras Senkiv, a Ukrainian luger
- Taras Shelest, a Russian footballer
- Taras Shelestyuk, a Ukrainian boxer
- Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian poet
- Taras Sokolyk, a Canadian politician and businessman
- Taras Stepanenko, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Tsarikayev, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Valko, a Belarusian sprint canoer
- Taras Voznyak, a Ukrainian writer and activist
- Taras Yastremskyy, a Ukrainian paralympic swimmer
- Taras Yavorskyi, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Zaviyskyi, a Ukrainian footballer
- Taras Zytynsky, a Canadian ice hockey player
Fictional characters
- Taras Bulba, the protagonist of Nikolai Gogol's 1835 novel of the same name
