MoskalUkrainian, Polish, Jewish Originally denoted a person who was an inhabitant of the Grand Principality of Moscow during the 12th to 15th centuries or someone who was Russian or Russian-like, derived from Russian москаль (moskalʹ) "Muscovite", from Old Ruthenian москаль (moskal')... [more]
MoskalenkoUkrainian Means "child of a moskal" in Ukrainian. A moskal originally denoted somebody who was an inhabitant of the Grand Duchy of Moscow from the 12th to the 15th centuries. However, nowadays it is used as a pejorative term for a Muscovite or, by extension, a Russian... [more]
NalisCroatian (Rare) Meaning unknown. A famous bearer of this surname is Antun Nalis, aka Tonči Nalis, a post-World War 2 actor in Croatian and Yugoslav cinema in the 1950s and 1960s.
NavalnymUkrainian More common transcription of Navalnyy, due to the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
NavalnyymUkrainian Means "stormy, cloudy" in Ukrainian. Aleksey Navalnyy was a Russian political dissident of partially Ukrainian origin. He died on 16 February 2024. The more common transcription is Navalny.
NeshchadymenkoUkrainian (Rare) Cossack surname meaning "no mercy", from Ukrainian не (ne) "not, none, no" and щадити (shchadyty) "to spare, to show mercy".
OboronkoUkrainian From Ukrainian оборонець (oboronets), meaning "defender".
ObukhovmRussian Occupational name for a lumberjack or a maker of axes, derived from Russian обух (obukh) meaning "butt" (referring to the thicker end of a tool or weapon like an axe).