Given name & surname

Dostoyevsky

Dostoyevsky is a surname from Russian.

Original RussianДостоевский

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Dostoyevsky comes from Russian.

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How it developed

From Russian Достое́вский.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dostoyevsky’s family of names

In English usage, Dostoyevsky as a surname has a related form in DOSTOEVSKY. In English usage, Dostoyevsky as a surname has a related form in DOSTOEVSKY. In English usage, Dostoyevsky as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form Dostoïevski.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Across languages 2

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