Surname · Bulgarian · Macedonian · Russian
Попов
“priest”
Попов (Popóv) is a surname from English. It is used in Russian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Popov.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Попов goes back to English pop, meaning “priest.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Попов’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Попов has a later derivative in POPOFF. In Russian usage, Попов as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form POPOV. In Macedonian usage, Попов as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as POPOV.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Попов has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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