the etymology and history of surnames
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| Abadjiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| A patronymic name derived from the Turkish word aba "coat". The name was most likely used to denote the children of a tailor. |
| Aleksandrov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Aleksandar". |
| Alekseev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Aleksey". |
| Andonov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Andon". |
| Andreev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Andrey". |
| Angelov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Angel". |
| Antonov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Anton". |
| Antov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Anto". |
| Apostolov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Apostol". |
| Asenov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Asen". |
| Atanasov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Atanas". |
| Bakalov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| A patronymic from bakalin "shop-owner". |
| Bogdanov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Bogdan". |
| Borislavov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Borislav". |
| Borisov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Boris". |
| Boyadjiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Patronymic from boyadjiya "painter". |
| Boyanov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Boyan", Boyan being the Bulgarian form of Bojan. |
| Bozhidarov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Bozhidar". |
| Buchvarov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Patronymic from buchvar "cooper". |
| Chavdarov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Chavdar". |
| Chilikov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| A patronymic name used in Bulgaria, but derived from the Turkish word chilik "steel". |
| Cvetkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Cvetko". |
| Damyanov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Damyan". |
| Danailov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Danail". |
| Danchev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Dancho", Dancho being a pet form of either Daniel or Yordan. |
| Danielov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Daniel". |
| Daskalov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| A patronymic name from daskal "teacher". |
| Dimitrov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Dimitar". |
| Dimov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Dimo", Dimo being a pet form of Dimitar. |
| Dobrev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Dobri", Dobri being a pet form of Dobromil, Dobroslaw or other names beginning with dobr-. |
| Draganov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Dragan". |
| Dragomirov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Dragomir". |
| Dragov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Drago". |
| Filipov |
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Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
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| Means "son of Filip". |
| Furnadjiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of the baker". |
| Genadiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Genadiy", Genadiy being the Bulgarian form of Gennadiy. |
| Genkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Genko", Genko being a pet form of Georgi or Evgeni. |
| Genov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Geno", Geno being a pet form of Georgi or Evgeni. |
| Georgiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Georgi". |
| Goranov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Goran". |
| Grigorov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Grigor". |
| Hadjiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of the pilgrim" from Bulgarian hadjia "pilgrim", ultimately derived from the Arabic hajj. |
| Haralampiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Haralampi", Haralampi being the Bulgarian form of Charalampos. |
| Hristov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Hristo". |
| Ignatiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Ignati", Ignati being an archaic Bulgarian form of Ignatius. |
| Ignatov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Ignat", Ignat being the Bulgarian form of Ignatius. |
| Iliev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Iliya". |
| Isaev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Isay". |
| Ivankov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of little Ivan". |
| Ivanov |
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Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ivan" in Russian and Bulgarian. |
| Ivov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Ivo". |
| Kaloyanchev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of little Kaloyan". |
| Kaloyanov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Kaloyan". |
| Katranjiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Patronymic from katranjia "one who works at a tar pit". |
| Konstantinov |
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Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
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| Means "descendant of Konstantin". |
| Kovachev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Patronymic from kovach "blacksmith". |
| Krastev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Krastio". |
| Lazarov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Lazar". |
| Maksimov |
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Usage: Russian, Jewish, Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Maksim". |
| Marinov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Marin". |
| Markov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Marko". |
| Martinov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Martin". |
| Mateev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Matej". |
| Mihaylov |
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Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
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| Means "son of Mikhail". |
| Mihov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Miho", Miho being a pet form of Mikhail. |
| Mikhailov |
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Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
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| A variant transcription of Mihaylov. |
| Minkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Minko", Minko being a Bulgarian pet form of Mikhail. |
| Naoumov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| A variant transcription of Naumov. |
| Naumov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Naum". |
| Nikolaev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Nikolai". |
| Nikolov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Nikola". |
| Ognianov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| A variant transcription of Ognyanov. |
| Ognyanov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Ognyan". |
| Pavlov |
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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 |
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Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Peter" in Russian and Bulgarian. |
| Popov |
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Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
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| Means "son of the priest" from the Slavic word pop. |
| Radev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Rade", Rade being a pet form of Radoslav, Radomir, or any other name beginning with rad. |
| Radkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Radko". |
| Simeonov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Simeon". |
| Slavkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Slavko". |
| Sokoloff (2) |
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Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
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| A variant transcription of Sokolov. |
| Sokolov |
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Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Sokol". |
| Stanev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Stane", Stane being a pet form of Stanislav. |
| Stefanov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Stefan". |
| Stoyanov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Stoyan". |
| Todorov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Todor". |
| Tomov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Toma". |
| Trifonov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Trifon", Trifon being the Bulgarian variant of Tryphon. |
| Tsvetanov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Tsvetan". |
| Valentinov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Valentin". |
| Valeriev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Valery". |
| Vanchev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Vancho", Vancho being a pet form of Ivan. |
| Vanev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Vane", Vane being a pet form of Ivan. |
| Vankov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Vanko", Vanko being a pet form of Ivan. |
| Vantchev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| A variant transcription of Vanchev. |
| Vasilev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Vasil". |
| Velichkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Velichko". Velichko is a Slavic name derived from velik "great". |
| Velitchkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| A variant transcription of Velichkov. |
| Viktorov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Viktor". |
| Vodenicharov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Patronymic from the Bulgarian word vodenichar "miller". |
| Yanev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Yane", Yane being a pet form of Yan. |
| Yankov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Yanko". |
| Yordanov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Yordan". |
| Zahariev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Zahari". |
| Zdravkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Zdravko". |
| Zhivkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Zhivko". |
| Zlatkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Zlatko". |
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