Surname · also Ukrainian

Kravets

“tailor”

Kravets is a surname from Ukrainian (ultimately Proto-Slavic).

Original UkrainianКравець

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kravets goes back to Ukrainian кравець, meaning “tailor.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Kravets comes from Ukrainian, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Kravets as a surname developed from KRAVEC. In English usage, Kravets as a surname developed from KRAWIEC.

Kravets’s family of names

In English usage, Kravets as a surname developed from the Slovak form KRAVEC. In English usage, Kravets as a surname has a related form in KRAVETZ. In English usage, Kravets as a surname has a related form in KRAVEC.

Walk Kravets’s family in the name graph

KravetsКравецΚράβετςKravitzKrawitzKravetzKrawietzKrawiecKravietzKravecКравець

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Kravets has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

EnglishProto-Slavic

10 related names in 6 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.

Similar names

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Slavic

Kratky

Kratky is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English and German.

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Krasna

“a beautiful daughter”

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>99% girls

Ukrainian

Kobets

Kobets is a surname from Ukrainian.

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Slavic

Krak

Krak is a surname. It is used in Polish and Old Czech.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slavic

Kretschmer

Kretschmer is a surname from German, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

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Ukrainian

Gorobets

Gorobets is a surname from Ukrainian.

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Slavic

Kruppa

Kruppa is a surname from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Krugły

Krugły is a surname, probably from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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