Given name & surname

Smirnov

“quiet, mild, meek”

Smirnov is a surname from Russian. It is used in English, Portuguese, and Estonian.

Original RussianСмирнов

Meaning & origin

What it means

Smirnov is a romanization of Смирнов. Смирнов goes back to a word meaning “quiet, mild, meek.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Smirnov comes from Russian.

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How it developed

From Russian Смирно́в.

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Smirnov’s family of names

In English usage, Smirnov as a surname has a related form in SMIRNOFF. In Portuguese usage, Smirnov as a surname has a related form in SMIRNOFF. In Greek usage, Smirnov as a surname is a transliteration of Σμιρνόβ.

Walk Smirnov’s family in the name graph

SmirnovСмирновСмірновΣμιρνόβSmirnoff

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Around the world

Smirnov has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.

Russian

Russianwhere Smirnov 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. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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Latin

Iuliyanov

“descended from or pertaining to Jove”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Smirnov’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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