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Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's family name, given name, and patronymic name in East Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union . They are used commonly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser ...
Slavic name suffixes. A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages. Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words. Most Slavic surnames have suffixes which are found in varying degrees over the different ...
The first elements of Ukrainian surnames are most commonly given names (patronymics and matronymics), place names (toponyms), and professions. Patronymic surnames. From the first name Ivan (John in English), over 100 different surnames can be formed. The most common variations of Ivan in Ukrainian are Ivas, Jan, Vakhno, and Vanko.
This category is for surnames originated among Slavic peoples, i.e., peoples who speak Slavic languages. Often the origins of these surnames is difficult to pinpoint, since the three cultures have common origins and heavy mutual influence.
Olga (name) Olga is a female name of Slavic origins. It is the equivalent of Helga, and derived from the Old Norse adjective heilagr (prosperous, successful). The name was brought to Eastern Europe in the 9th century, by the Scandinavian settlers who founded Kievan Rus'.
Bernadyn ( uk:Бернадин) Bzovsky ( uk:Бзовський) Bilenko ( uk:Біленко) Biletskyy or Biletskyi ( uk:Білецький) Bilovol ( uk:Біловол) Bilokhatniuk ( uk:Білохатнюк) Blyzniuk or Blyznyuk ( uk:Близнюк) Bohatenko ( uk:Богатенко) Bohomolets ( uk:Богомолець)
Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,292 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Morozov (surname) Morozov (masculine) ( Russian: Моро́зов) or Morozova ( Моро́зова) (feminine) is a common Russian surname. The alternative spellings are Morosov,Morosoff, Morosow, Morozow, Morozoff,Marozau and Marozaŭ. The surname is derived from the Russian word moroz (frost). The following people share this surname: