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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.
Pages in category "Galician-language surnames" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Slavic-language surnames (4 C, 407 P) B. Surnames of Belarusian origin (2 C, 10 P) C. Surnames of Czech origin (3 C, 54 P) P. Surnames of Polish origin (3 C, 123 P) R.
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.
Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnames in Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names, place names, professions and other words. Surnames were developed for official documents or business record keeping to differentiate the parties who might have the same first name.
It should only contain pages that are Slavic-language female forms of surnames or lists of Slavic-language female forms of surnames, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Slavic-language female forms of surnames in general should be placed in relevant topic categories.
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.
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 ...