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Surname · Russian · Ukrainian

Шульга

“left-handed person”

Шульга (Šulʹhá) is a surname from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Ukrainian.

Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Şulʹga.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Шульга goes back to a word meaning “left-handed person.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Шульга comes from Proto-Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Slavic *šulьga.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Шульга’s family of names

In Ukrainian usage, Шульга as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form GAUCHER. In Russian usage, Шульга as a surname has a transliteration in Şulʹga. In Ukrainian usage, Шульга as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Šulʹhá.

Walk Шульга’s family in the name graph

ШульгаŞulʹgaŠulʹháGaucher

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Шульга has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

Proto-Slavic

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Ancient Greek

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