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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.
Slavic-language surnames (4 C, 406 P) B. Surnames of Belarusian origin (2 C, 11 P) C. Surnames of Czech origin (3 C, 55 P) P. Surnames of Polish origin (3 C, 121 P) R.
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,340 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.. The main types of Slavic names: . Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (Ostromir/měr, Tihomir/měr, Němir/měr), *voldъ (Vsevolod, Rogvolod), *pъlkъ (Svetopolk, Yaropolk), *slavъ (Vladislav, Dobroslav, Vseslav) and their derivatives (Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata, etc.)
Pages in category "Slovak-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 304 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
-ouf, Norman-French spelling of surnames of Anglo-Scandinavian origin or West Germanic origin ending with -ulf or -wulf-oui (French), French spelling of Arabic names, English spelling -wi [citation needed]-ous [citation needed]-ov (all Eastern Slavic languages, Bulgarian, Macedonian) possessive [citation needed]
If you or your relatives live in Ukraine, go ahead and add your surname to the list. Please list the surnames in alphabetical order, according to Ukrainian Cyrillic. Please add the Ukrainian Cyrillic spellings as well. This list needs to be periodically updated from the Ukrainian Wikipedia.