Surname
Răducanu
“glad, merry”
Răducanu is a surname from Old Church Slavonic (ultimately Proto-Slavic). It is used in Romanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Răducanu goes back to Old Church Slavonic радъ, meaning “glad, merry.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Răducanu comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Romanian usage, Răducanu as a surname is a diminutive of Radu.
Răducanu’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Răducanu as a surname is a diminutive of Radu. In Romanian usage, Răducanu as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form RADUCANU.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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