Type Surname (from nickname)
Gender Masculine
Usage Russian
Scripts Преображенский(Russian)
Other Forms FormsPreobrazhenskaya
Meaning & History
Derived from Russian преображение (preobrazenije) meaning "transformation, transfiguration", referring to the Transfiguration of Jesus. A famous bearer of the name was Russian revolutionary Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886-1937).