Given name & surname · also Latin
Russian
“of or pertaining to”
Russian is a surname from Medieval Latin, ultimately from Old East Slavic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Russian goes back to a word meaning “of or pertaining to.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Russian comes from Medieval Latin, and ultimately from Old East Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old East Slavic Русь, built from English Russia + -an.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Russian’s family of names
In English usage, Russian as a surname has a related form in Ru..
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Olgaequivalent
- Ғәбитequivalent
- Мстиславequivalent
- Остапequivalent
- Дмитроequivalent
- Яраслаўequivalent
- Рыгорequivalent
- Пятроequivalent
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- Іванequivalent
- Яўгеніяequivalent
- Яўгенійequivalent
- Якаўequivalent
- Уладзіслаўequivalent
- Марыяequivalent
- Лідзіяequivalent
- Кірылequivalent
- Ільяequivalent
- Еўдакіяequivalent
- Андрэйequivalent
- Аляксейequivalent
- Цімафейequivalent
- Дзмітрыйequivalent
- Ірынаequivalent
- Аркадзійequivalent
- Мсціслаўequivalent
- Андрійequivalent
- Хомаequivalent
- Вольгаequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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