Save Type Surname Usage Russian Scripts Ворoцcoвa Pronounced Pron. VO-ron-TSOH-vah [key] Meaning & History Unknown history, used by Anna Vorontsova (cousin of Empress Elizabeth of Russia), Elizaveta Vorontsova (mistress of Emperor Peter III), and Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova, a major figure in the Russian Enlightenment.