Name Tsaritsyn
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Russian
Scripts Царицын(Russian)
Other Forms FormsTsaritsyna
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Meaning & History
From a former name of the Russian city of Volgograd that was used from 1589 to 1925. The name is from Царица (Tsaritsa), a small river and a tributary of the Volga, which was probably derived from Tatar сары су (sary su) meaning "yellow water".