AlekhineАлехинRussian (Gallicized) French transliteration of Alekhin, most prominently borne by Russian-French chess player Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946).
AlliluyevАллилуевRussian Russian surname. The feminine form Alliluyeva was borne by Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901-1932), the second wife of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.
AmbrosovАмбросовmRussian It comes from the Greek name Ambrose, meaning "god-like" or "immortal". The feminine form is Ambrosova.
AmbrosovafRussian It comes from the Greek name Ambrose, meaning "god-like" or "immortal". The masculine form is Ambrosov
AmelinАмелинRussian, French Russian feminine counterpart is Amelina (Амелинa)
AmelinaАмелинаRussian, Ukrainian Feminine form of Amelin. This was borne by Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina (1986-2023), who died at age 37 from injuries sustained during the Russian attack on Kramatorsk.
AndrellyRussian, Ukrainian The first occurrence that I found was of Mikhaila Orosvigovskago ANDRELLY, or ANDRELLA (author of religious literature, in the century XVI) .
AsimovАзимов, ОзимовRussian A notable bearer was author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) whose name was derived from Russian озимый хлеб (ozímyj khleb) "winter grain" combined with the patronymic suffix -ov. His family name was originally spelled Азимов (Azimov), but it got anglicized to Asimov with an S instead of Z when the family immigrated to the United States... [more]
BakuninБакунинRussian derived from Russian words "бакуня" (bakunya) and "бакуля" (bakulya) meaning chatterbox, talkative person or agile, business-like person.... [more]
BankovБанковRussian Feminine Bankova (Russian: Банкова) is a Russian surname derived from банковское meaning Bank, Banking.
BankovaБанковаfRussian Bankova (Банкова) and its male counterpart Bankov (Банкова) is a Russian surname that came from the Russian word Банковское which means directly translates to Banking. It is a common surname in Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia.
BarnoItalian, Ukrainian, French, Ancient Aramaic, Russian The surname Barno was first found in the north of Italy, especially in Tuscany. The name occasionally appears in the south, usually in forms which end in "o," but the northern forms ending in "i" are much more common... [more]
BortnikБортникRussian Means "beekeeper" in Russian, used as an occupational name.
BorzykhБорзыхRussian Derived from Russian борзый (borzy) meaning "swift, brisk".
BosoyБосойRussian Derived from Russian босой (bosoy) meaning "barefoot". This may have been a nickname for a low-class person.
BotkinБо́ткинRussian This was the surname of Evgeniy Botkin ( 1865 - 1918) who was the Russian court physician. He remained loyal to the family of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov when the revolution occurred and followed them into exile in Siberia... [more]