Save Type Surname (from location) Usage History Scripts Сталин(Russian) Pronounced Pron. STA-lyin(Russian) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Surname adopted by the Russian leader Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) during his revolutionary years. He was an ethnic Georgian, born as Ioseb Jughashvili. He derived it from Russian сталь (stal) meaning "steel". Categories leaders, metals
