Surname

Poetin

Poetin is a surname from Russian. It is used in Dutch and Afrikaans.

Original RussianПутин

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Poetin comes from Russian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

A transliteration of Russian Пу́тин.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Poetin’s family of names

In Dutch usage, Poetin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form Poutine. In Dutch usage, Poetin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Putin. In Dutch usage, Poetin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Путин.

Walk Poetin’s family in the name graph

PoetinПутин普京PutinPoutine

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Poetin has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.

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Russianwhere Poetin 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. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 4

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

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Swedish

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Sibling ideas

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