Surname · Russian
Колесников
“wheel maker”
Колесников (Kolésnikov) is a surname. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Kolesnikov.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Колесников goes back to a word meaning “wheel maker.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Колесников is Kolesnikov written in Cyrillic. Kolesnikov comes from Russian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Built from Russian коле́сник (“wheel maker”) + -о́в.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Колесников’s family of names
In Russian usage, Колесников as a surname has a transliteration in KOLESNIKOV. In Russian usage, Колесников as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Kolésnikov. In Russian usage, Колесников as a surname has a related form in Коле́сниковъ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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