Pushkin: meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Pushkin comes from Russian.

How it developed

A transliteration of Russian Пу́шкин.

Pushkin’s family of names

In English usage, Pushkin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Zhuang form Bujhihginh. In English usage, Pushkin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form Pouchkine. In English usage, Pushkin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Hungarian form Puskin.

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The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

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

Russianwhere Pushkin comes from · 1 name

Пушкин

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 6

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

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Pushkin

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

How it developed

Pushkin’s family of names

Around the world

Across languages 6

Similar names

Putin

Pu-tin

Pushilin

Putyin

Puustinen

Poetin

Potanin

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