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Bulgarian Names

Abadjiev
Usage: Bulgarian
A patronymic name derived from the Turkish word aba "coat". The name was most likely used to denote the children of a tailor.

Aleksandrov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Aleksandar".

Alekseev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Aleksey".

Andonov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Andon".

Andreev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Andrey".

Angelov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Angel".

Antonov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Anton".

Antov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Anto".

Apostolov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Apostol".

Asenov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Asen".

Atanasov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Atanas".

Bakalov
Usage: Bulgarian
A patronymic from bakalin "shop-owner".

Bogdanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Bogdan".

Borislavov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Borislav".

Borisov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Boris".

Boyadjiev
Usage: Bulgarian
Patronymic from boyadjiya "painter".

Boyanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Boyan", Boyan being the Bulgarian form of Bojan.

Bozhidarov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Bozhidar".

Buchvarov
Usage: Bulgarian
Patronymic from buchvar "cooper".

Chavdarov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Chavdar".

Chilikov
Usage: Bulgarian
A patronymic name used in Bulgaria, but derived from the Turkish word chilik "steel".

Cvetkov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Cvetko".

Damyanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Damyan".

Danailov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Danail".

Danchev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Dancho", Dancho being a pet form of either Daniel or Yordan.

Danielov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Daniel".

Daskalov
Usage: Bulgarian
A patronymic name from daskal "teacher".

Dimitrov
Usage: Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Dimitar".

Dimov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Dimo", Dimo being a pet form of Dimitar.

Dobrev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Dobri", Dobri being a pet form of Dobromil, Dobroslaw or other names beginning with dobr-.

Draganov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragan".

Dragomirov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragomir".

Dragov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Drago".

Filipov
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Filip".

Furnadjiev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of the baker".

Genadiev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Genadiy", Genadiy being the Bulgarian form of Gennadiy.

Genkov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Genko", Genko being a pet form of Georgi or Evgeni.

Genov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Geno", Geno being a pet form of Georgi or Evgeni.

Georgiev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Georgi".

Goranov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Goran".

Grigorov
Usage: Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Grigor".

Hadjiev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of the pilgrim" from Bulgarian hadjia "pilgrim", ultimately derived from the Arabic hajj.

Haralampiev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Haralampi", Haralampi being the Bulgarian form of Charalampos.

Hristov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Hristo".

Ignatiev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Ignati", Ignati being an archaic Bulgarian form of Ignatius.

Ignatov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Ignat", Ignat being the Bulgarian form of Ignatius.

Iliev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Iliya".

Isaev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Isay".

Ivankov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of little Ivan".

Ivanov
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Ivan" in Russian and Bulgarian.

Ivov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Ivo".

Kaloyanchev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of little Kaloyan".

Kaloyanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Kaloyan".

Katranjiev
Usage: Bulgarian
Patronymic from katranjia "one who works at a tar pit".

Konstantinov
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Means "descendant of Konstantin".

Kovachev
Usage: Bulgarian
Patronymic from kovach "blacksmith".

Krastev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Krastio".

Lazarov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Lazar".

Maksimov
Usage: Russian, Jewish, Bulgarian
Means "son of Maksim".

Marinov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Marin".

Markov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Marko".

Martinov
Usage: Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Martin".

Mateev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Matej".

Mihaylov
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Mikhail".

Mihov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Miho", Miho being a pet form of Mikhail.

Mikhailov
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
A variant transcription of Mihaylov.

Minkov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Minko", Minko being a Bulgarian pet form of Mikhail.

Naoumov
Usage: Bulgarian
A variant transcription of Naumov.

Naumov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Naum".

Nikolaev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Nikolai".

Nikolov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Nikola".

Ognianov
Usage: Bulgarian
A variant transcription of Ognyanov.

Ognyanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Ognyan".

Pavlov
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Pavel". A famous bearer of this surname is the Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov, known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.

Petrov
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Peter" in Russian and Bulgarian.

Popov
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of the priest" from the Slavic word pop.

Radev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Rade", Rade being a pet form of Radoslav, Radomir, or any other name beginning with rad.

Radkov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Radko".

Simeonov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Simeon".

Slavkov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Slavko".

Sokoloff (2)
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
A variant transcription of Sokolov.

Sokolov
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Sokol".

Stanev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Stane", Stane being a pet form of Stanislav.

Stefanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Stefan".

Stoyanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Stoyan".

Todorov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Todor".

Tomov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Toma".

Trifonov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Trifon", Trifon being the Bulgarian variant of Tryphon.

Tsvetanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Tsvetan".

Valentinov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Valentin".

Valeriev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Valery".

Vanchev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Vancho", Vancho being a pet form of Ivan.

Vanev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Vane", Vane being a pet form of Ivan.

Vankov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Vanko", Vanko being a pet form of Ivan.

Vantchev
Usage: Bulgarian
A variant transcription of Vanchev.

Vasilev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Vasil".

Velichkov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Velichko". Velichko is a Slavic name derived from velik "great".

Velitchkov
Usage: Bulgarian
A variant transcription of Velichkov.

Viktorov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Viktor".

Vodenicharov
Usage: Bulgarian
Patronymic from the Bulgarian word vodenichar "miller".

Yanev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Yane", Yane being a pet form of Yan.

Yankov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Yanko".

Yordanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Yordan".

Zahariev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Zahari".

Zdravkov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Zdravko".

Zhivkov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Zhivko".

Zlatkov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Zlatko".

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