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Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,342 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Russian-language surnames (1 C, 2,323 P) S. Surnames of Caucasian origin (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Russian origin" The following 49 pages are in this ...
Petrov or Petroff (Russian: Петров; pronounced or [pʲɪˈtrof]; masculine) or Petrova (Russian: Петрова; pronounced [pʲɪˈtrovə]; feminine), is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria.
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 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:
Volkov (Russian: Во́лков), or Volkova (feminine; Во́лкова), is a common Russian surname. It is derived from the word волк ( volk , meaning " wolf "). People
Orlov (Russian: Орлов; masculine) or Orlova (Орлова; feminine) is a Russian surname derived from the noun орёл "eagle". [1] It is shared by the following people: People