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Russian-Jewish surnames (22 P) Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,297 total.
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. They are used commonly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser ...
Slavic name suffixes. 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 ...
Russian given names are provided at birth or selected during a name change. Orthodox Christian names constitute a fair proportion of Russian given names, but there are many exceptions including pre-Christian Slavic names, Communist names, and names taken from ethnic minorities in Russia .
Petrov or Petroff (Russian: Петров; pronounced [p] or [pʲɪˈtrof]; masculine) or Petrova (Russian: Петрова; pronounced [pʲɪˈtrovə]; feminine), is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian) (Slavic forms of the ...
Some common names are Northern Albanian clan names that double as place names such as Kelmendi and Shkreli. Other notable clan-origin names include Berisha, Krasniqi and Gashi. These sorts of names are very common in far Northern Albania and in Kosovo. Colors: of which Kuqi (red) and Bardhi (white) are the most commonly used as surnames.
Russian-language surnames (1 C, 2,284 P) S. Surnames of Caucasian origin (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Russian origin" The following 46 pages are in ...
Sokolov (surname) Sokolov (Соколо́в, masculine) or Sokolova (Соколо́ва, feminine) is one of the top ten most common Russian family names. [1] The name derives from the Russian word " Со́кол " (sokol, meaning "falcon"). It may appear in Germanized form as Sokoloff or Sokolow. Notable people with the surname include: Fred ...