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ArchivesRe: Ostap - origin or meaning?
in reply to a message by moo
Wrong website, but as there are several Russian and Ukrainian surnames from Ostap (Ostapov, Ostapenko, etc.), here goes:
it's a popular form of the more formal Efstafii, which is the Russian version of the Greek Eustathios, meaning "standing firm", or something like that. Eustace is the English vesion.
it's a popular form of the more formal Efstafii, which is the Russian version of the Greek Eustathios, meaning "standing firm", or something like that. Eustace is the English vesion.
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