Russian names are used in the country of Russia and in Russian-speaking communities throughout the world. See also about Russian names.
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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]
BarsukovБарсуковmRussian From барсук (barsuk) meaning "badger"
BeletsБелецRussian, Ukrainian Belets is a term used in Russian monasteries to denote both individuals preparing to enter monasticism but who have not yet taken vows.
BezdenezhnykhБезденежныхRussian Means "without money", from Russian денежных (denezhnykh) meaning money and prefix без (bez) meaning without. Denoted to a very very poor person.
BezhenarБеженарьRussian Means "refugee". Though this is a Russian last name, it is more common in Ukraine.
BezkorovainyБезкоровайныйmRussian Means "without a cow", from без (bez) meaning "without" and корова (korova) meaning "cow".
BezuglyyБезуглыйmRussian From Russian без (bez), meaning "without" and угол (ugol), meaning either "angle, corner" or "coal". The surname can mean "cornerless, angleless" or "coalless, without coal".
BolkonskiyБолконскийmRussian, Literature Bolkonsky is the last name of Princess Marya Bolkonskaya from "War and Peace" by Lev Tolstoy. It is a real last name outside of literature as well.
BolshakovБольшаковmRussian From old Russian term большак (bolshak), a colloquial word meaning "very long road", ultimately from больше (bolshe) "more, large, great". Denoted to person who lived by long road or travelled frequently on one.
BortnikБортникRussian, Ukrainian Occupational name for a beekeeper who works in the forest with wild honeybees, from Russian борть (bortʹ) "beehive in a hollow tree".
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]
BrezhnevБрежневmRussian Denoted a person from a village called Brezhnevo. The most notable bearer was Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), a leader of the Soviet Union.
BurdonskyБурдонскийmRussian Burdonsky is Aleksandr Burdonsky's, Iosif Stalin's grandson (son of Vasiliy Stalin), last name. He took his wife's name to avoid negative connotation.
BurdovБурдовmRussian Derived from Russian бурда (burda) meaning "cloudy liquid".
ChekalovЧекаловmRussian Valeriy Chekalov was the head of logistics for the Wagner PMC.
ChekanЧеканUkrainian, Russian A chekan is an old cavalry weapon. Denoted to someone who made or used chekans.
ChekhovЧеховRussian Possibly referred to someone from Czechia, or a derivative of the ancient Russian name Chekh or Chokh, which in turn relates to the verb chikhat "to sneeze"... [more]
ChekovЧеховRussian This is the surname of the fictional Star Trek Character, Pavel Andreievich Chekov.
CherenkovЧеренков, ЧеренковаmRussian Derived from Russian черенок (čerenók) "handle, hilt", denoting a tall, thin person or a maker of such handles. Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904-1990) was a Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934.
ChernoffRussian, Jewish Alternative spelling of Chernov, a patronymic from the byname Chernyj meaning ‘black’, denoting a black-haired or dark-skinned person.
ChernookyЧерноокийRussian Derived from Russian черноокий (chernooky) meaning "black-eyed, having dark brown eyes". This surname has Polish, Ukrainian or Belarusian noble origin.
ChicherinЧичеринmRussian Possibly from Russian dialectal чичера (chichera), meaning "cold wind" or the old Ukrainian word чичері (chycheri), meaning "tangles (of hair)".