Given name & surname · also Russian

Trotsky

Trotsky is a surname from Russian, ultimately from Polish.

Original RussianТроцкий

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Trotsky comes from Russian, and ultimately from Polish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Russian Троцкий.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Trotsky’s family of names

In French usage, Trotsky as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Croatian form Trocki. In French usage, Trotsky as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Trockij. In English usage, Trotsky as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form TROTSKI.

Walk Trotsky’s family in the name graph

TrotskyTrotzkiТроцкийΤρότσκιTrockijTrocki

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Trotsky has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.

FrenchPolish

7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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.

Across languages 7

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

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