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First names in East Slavic languages mostly originate from one of three sources: Orthodox church tradition (which derives from sources of Greek origin), Catholic church tradition (of Latin origin), or native pre-Christian Slavic origins. Pre-Christian wishful names were given in the hope of controlling the fate of the people.
It also serves as an indication in the English Wikipedia to potentially point out articles on family names that may need to be created. 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 ...
Rukh (Ukrainian: Рух; movement), a Ukrainian centre-right political party the People's Movement of Ukraine. Sich (Ukrainian: Січ), the administrative and military centre for Cossacks. Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian: Верхо́вна Ра́да), Ukraine's parliament, literally Supreme Council, formerly also translated as the Supreme Soviet.
Surnames of Ukrainian and Belarusian origin use the suffixes -ко (-ko), -ук (-uk), and -ич (-ych). For example, the family name Писаренко is derived from the word for a scribe, and Ковальчук refers to a smith.
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.
The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. Elizabeth was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that remained in the top ten US girls ...
Pages in category "Ukrainian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 839 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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