Surname · Macedonian · Russian
Калашников
“belonging to (son of) the 'kalach-man”
Калашников (Kalášnikov) is a surname from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Russian and Macedonian.
Macedonian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Kalashnikov.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Калашников goes back to a word meaning “belonging to (son of) the 'kalach-man.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Калашников’s family of names
In Russian usage, Калашников as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Polish form Kołacz. In Russian usage, Калашников as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Kalashnikov. In Russian usage, Калашников as a surname has a transliteration in Kalaşnikov.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Калашников has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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