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Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,353 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Russian-language surnames (1 C, 2,323 P) U. ... Pages in category "East Slavic-language surnames" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total.
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 ...
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.
Some surnames in those languages have been russified since the 19th century: the surname of Kazakh former president Nursultan Nazarbayev has a Russian "-yev" suffix, which literally means "of Nazar-bay" (in which "bay" is a Turkic native noble rank: compare Turkish "bey", Uzbek "boy" "bek", and Kyrghyz "bek"). The frequency of such ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Russian origin" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cheburkin;
Latvian male surnames usually end in -s, -š or -is whereas the female versions of the same names end in -a or -e or s in both unmarried and married women. Before the emancipation from serfdom (1817 in Courland , 1819 in Vidzeme , 1861 in Latgale ) only noblemen, free craftsmen or people living in towns had surnames.