Type Word Usage Old Slavic (Hypothetical) Scripts медвѣдь(Church Slavic) Meaning & History Slavic word meaning "bear (animal)" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Surname DescendantsMedved(Croatian) Nedvěd, Nedvědová(Czech) Medvedev, Medvedeva(Russian) Medveď, Medveďová(Slovak) Medved(Slovene) Medved(Ukrainian) Sources & References Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 306. Trubachyov, Oleg. Etimologicheskiy Slovar Slavyanskikh Yazykov (vol. 18). Moscow, 1974-, page 65.