Surname

Velikovsky

“great”

Velikovsky is a surname from Russian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Velikovsky goes back to a word meaning “great.”

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Where it comes from

Velikovsky comes from Russian.

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How it developed

From Russian Велико́вский.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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