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In private, his wife addressed him as Nicki, in the German manner, rather than Коля (Kolya), which is the East Slavic short form of his name. The "short name" (Russian: краткое имя kratkoye imya), historically also "half-name" (Russian: полуимя poluimya), is the simplest and most
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.
Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,325 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Russian-Jewish surnames" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... This page was last edited on 6 September 2024, at 19:03 ...
This list is also to include surnames that did not originate in Ukraine as there are people living in the country with numerous ethnic backgrounds, and, therefore, surnames, from all over Europe and Asia. It also serves as an indication in the English Wikipedia to potentially point out articles on family names that may need to be created.
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.
In the Russian Empire, illegitimate children were sometimes given artificial surnames, rather than the surnames of their parents. In some cases an illegitimate child of a Russian aristocrat was given a surname derived from the surname of the father by truncation of the first syllable. For example, Trubetskoy was trimmed to Betskoy. There were ...
Aksyonov (Russian: Аксёнов; masculine) or Aksyonova (Аксёнова; feminine), alternatively spelled Aksenov/Aksenova, is a Russian surname. [1] Variants of ...