Given name & surname

Kalinin

“viburnum”

Kalinin is a surname from Russian. It is used in English and Portuguese.

Original RussianКалинин

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kalinin goes back to a word meaning “viburnum.”

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Where it comes from

Kalinin comes from Russian.

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How it developed

From Russian Кали́нин.

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Kalinin’s family of names

In English usage, Kalinin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form Kalinine. In Greek usage, Kalinin as a surname is a transliteration of Καλίνιν. In German usage, Kalinin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Калинин.

Walk Kalinin’s family in the name graph

KalininКалининКалінінΚαλίνινKalinine

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Kalinin has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.

Russian

Russianwhere Kalinin comes from · 1 name

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 3

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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Sibling ideas

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