Given name & surname

Mendeleev

Mendeleev is a surname from Russian.

Original RussianМенделе́ев

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mendeleev comes from Russian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

A transliteration of Russian Менделе́ев.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mendeleev’s family of names

In English usage, Mendeleev as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Vietnamese form Men-đê-lê-ép. In English usage, Mendeleev as a surname has a related form in MENDELEEFF. In English usage, Mendeleev as a surname has a related form in MENDELEYEV.

Walk Mendeleev’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: 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

Mendeleev has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.

RussianVietnamese

Russianwhere Mendeleev comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 6

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

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Medved

“bear”

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Lebedev

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

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Mendeleev’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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