Message: "Re: Origin of my surname"

Subject:	Re: Origin of my surname
Author:	Jim Young (guest)
Date:	May 24, 2006 at 3:30 AM
Reply to:	Re: Origin of my surname by JungKyungSoon

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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Messages in this thread:

Origin of my surname - Krissy May 18 2006, 12:54 PM

Re: Origin of my surname - JungKyungSoon May 20 2006, 7:38 AM

Re: Origin of my surname - Jim Young May 24 2006, 3:30 AM

Re: Origin of my surname - Krissy Jun 14 2006, 12:42 PM
Re: You can be certain, it's Bulgarian. - Christo May 30 2006, 3:08 AM
Re: You can be certain, it's Bulgarian. - Christo May 30 2006, 3:08 AM

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