Surname

Potanine

Potanine is a surname from Russian. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Potanine comes from Russian.

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How it developed

From Russian Пота́нин.

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Potanine’s family of names

In French usage, Potanine as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Potanin.

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