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Re: Origin of my surname
by JungKyungSoon
5/20/2006, 7:38 AM
in reply to a message by Krissy
It may be Russian
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- Jim Young (guest)   +3
5/24/2006, 3:30 AM
Looks Russian, but my guess is Bulgarian. It's almost certainly from the Greek forename Athanasios, meaning "immortal". Greek TH would become F in Russian, and Athanasios would become Afanasiy(ev). So I'd go for a Bulgarian origin, though not absolutely certain.
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- Krissy (ficnonfic)
6/14/2006, 12:42 PM
Thank you so much!I talked with my parents and they said I am half-Bulgarian(from my dad's side).Again,thank you so MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Kristina
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- Christo (guest)
5/30/2006, 3:08 AM
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5/30/2006, 3:08 AM