Count: 0 — No authentic Russian boy names start with the letter Q. For parents, writers, genealogists and name enthusiasts looking specifically for “Russian boy names that start with Q,” standard Russian name sources return nothing that meets strict criteria for native Russian male names. Note that Q appears in Latin transliterations of some non‑Russian names (for example Turkic or Arabic names), but those names are written with other letters in Cyrillic and are not native Russian entries.

Understand why this happens. Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet, which has no native letter Q and no native uvular /q/ sound, so authoritative sources — Russian name dictionaries (Superanskaya, Petrovsky), civil‑registry and popularity lists, the Orthodox saints calendar and academic onomastics — list no traditional Russian names beginning with Q. Consider close matches instead: many Turkic names from Kazakh or Uzbek are romanized with Q (e.g., Qanat, Qairat, Qasim), but in Cyrillic they appear as Қанат, Қайрат or Касым and are treated as regional or non‑Russian names. Consult Cyrillic spellings and standard transliteration (BGN/PCGN or ISO) and search under K/Kh or regional name lists (Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek) when you need names that look like they start with Q in Latin form.