Ukrainian Surnames

Ukrainian names are used in the country of Ukraine in eastern Europe.

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Initial letter

Source

Meaning

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the meaning is anything from the name's write-up that is surrounded by "double quotes"
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- force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign
- force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign
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Description

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the description is the meaning and history write-up for the name
separate search terms with spaces
search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes
- example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings'
this field understands simple boolean logic
- force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign
- force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign
- example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus
ignore name meanings: keywords from the name meanings are ignored

Origin

Length

Syllables

syllables can only be counted in names that have been assigned pronunciations
names without pronunciations are excluded from results

Pattern

the pattern will be compared to the name
* is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters
- example: *oo* will match names which contain oo
_ is a wildcard that will match exactly one letter
- example: __z will match names which have two letters and then a z

Sound

case sensitive

see the pronunciation key for a guide on how to write the sounds
sounds can only be searched in names that have been assigned pronunciations
names without pronunciations are excluded from results
* is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters in the pronunciation
- example: *lee will match names which end with the sound lee
(s) will match exactly one syllable in the pronunciation
- example: (s)(s)ra will match names which have two syllables and then the sound rah
(c) will match a consonant
(k) will match a consonant or consonant cluster
(v) will match a vowel
(p) will match a plosive or stop consonant
(f) will match a fricative consonant
(n) will match a nasal consonant
case sensitive: check this if you wish distinguish between unstressed lowercase sounds and stressed uppercase sounds

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Relationship

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the "relationship" is how the name relates to its parent name
- example: searching for diminutive will return Betsy because it is a diminutive of its parent Elizabeth
selecting (all core forms) will exclude peripheral forms such as diminutives, short forms, and combinations
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Popularity

Namesake

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ANTONOV Антонов Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Means "son of ANTON".

BORISOV Борисов Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Means "son of BORIS".

BORYSOV Борисов Ukrainian
Means "son of BORYS".

CHAYKA Чайка Ukrainian
Means "seagull" in Ukrainian.

GAVRILYUK Гаврилюк Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Гаврилюк (see HAVRYLYUK).

HAVRYLYUK Гаврилюк Ukrainian
From a diminutive of the given name HAVRYIL.

HOLUB Голуб Czech, Ukrainian
Means "dove, pigeon" in Czech and Ukrainian.

IVANOV Иванов Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian
Means "son of IVAN".

KOHUT Когут Ukrainian
Means "rooster" in Ukrainian, a nickname for a proud person.

PASTERNAK Пастернак Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Yiddish
Means "parsnip" in various Slavic languages, ultimately from Latin pastinaca. A famous bearer was Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), author of 'Doctor Zhivago'.

SHVETS Швец Ukrainian, Russian
Means "shoemaker" in Ukrainian and Russian.

SHWETZ Швец Ukrainian (Anglicized), Russian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of SHVETS.

SOBOL Соболь Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish
Occupational name for a fur trader, from the Slavic word soboli meaning "sable, marten". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

SOKOLOV Соколов Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Means "son of SOKOL".

STASIUK Стасюк Ukrainian, Polish
From a diminutive of the given name STANISLAV.

VASYLYK Василик Ukrainian
Derived from the given name VASYL.

VASYLYSHYN Василишин Ukrainian
Means "son of VASYL".

ZELENKO Зеленко Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of ZIELIŃSKI.

ZYMA Зима Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of ZIMA.