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Giorgi (i. e. George) is the most common masculine name in Georgia and is considered to be the patron saint of the country. A Georgian name ( Georgian : ქართული გვარ-სახელი , romanized : kartuli gvar-sakheli ) consists of a given name and a surname used by ethnic Georgians .
The lower page includes the lines: Фамилия ("Family name"), Имя ("Name") and Отчество ("Patronymic"). 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 ...
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), [1] [2] or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic .
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 nations.
Nation; Georgia: Ancient Kartvelian people; Colchians; Iberians; Subgroups; Adjarians; Dvals; Imeretians; Gurians; Tushetians; Kakhetians; Ingiloy; Lechkhumians ...
Georgia. Male names Mazi #1,080 nationally - 28 babies born in Georgia, #396 most popular - Georgia represents 14.1% of all male babies in the U.S. named Mazi Chosen #671 nationally
It is considered by a genealogical tradition to have been of Caucasian Albanian origin, settled in the southern Georgian province of Meskheti in 980 and removed to Kakheti in eastern Georgia in 1466. The family was elevated to a princely dignity by the kings of Kakheti and granted the office of mouravi ( palatine ) of Gremi , and of Eniseli ...
Most Russian family names originated from patronymics, that is, father's name usually formed by adding the adjective suffix -ov(a) or -ev(a). Contemporary patronymics, however, have a substantive suffix -ich for masculine and the adjective suffix -na for feminine. For example, the proverbial triad of most common Russian surnames follows: