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]
BarskiyБарськийUkrainian Means "of Bar", referring to the city of Bar in the Vínnitsya Oblast.
BezshtankoБезштанькоUkrainian From Ukrainian без (bez), meaning "without" and a diminutive form of штанів (shtaniv), meaning "pants". Compare the surname Shtanko.
BilenkoБіленкоUkrainian From Ukrainian білий (bilyy), meaning "white".
BombaБомбаPortuguese, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak From bomba "bomb", (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.
BuchenkoБученкоUkrainian Means "from Bucha". Bucha (Буча) is a city just outside of Kyiv, but the surname can also denote to someone from one of the many villages in Ukraine called Bucha.
DovbykДовбикUkrainian Means "one who works with wood", from Ukrainian довбати (dovbaty), which means "to dig, to make a hole, to cut out" (referring to wood in this case).
DumalenkoДумаленкоUkrainian Derives from the Ukrainian word дума (duma), meaning "thought" (noun).
DurkoДуркоRussian, Ukrainian, Belarusian Derived either from Russian дурной (durnoy) or Ukrainian дурний (durnyi) or Belarusian дурны (durny) all meaning "dump, foolish, stupid".
DytkoДиткоRusyn, Ukrainian From Rusyn and Ukrainian дитя (dytya), meaning "child".
DziubaДзю́баPolish, Russian, Ukrainian Derived from Polish dziub or Ukrainian dzyuba. It is a nickname for a person with pock-marks on his or her face.
FarionФаріонUkrainian (Rare), Polish (Rare), Rusyn (Rare, ?) Possibly from a Hutsul (Rusyn) dialectal word meaning "intriguer". Alternatively, it could be from the Greek headdress, of which's name derives from φάριο (phário), meaning "lantern, beacon"... [more]
FarmigaUkrainian The surname of a certainly recent Hollywood dynasty.
GogolГо́гольUkrainian, Polish, Jewish Means "Common goldeneye (a type of duck)" in Ukrainian. Possibly a name for a fowler. A famous bearer was Nikolai Gogol.
KalashnikКалашникUkrainian Means "maker of kalaches", a variant of калачник (kalachnik) - itself composed of калач (kalach), a type of bread, and the agent suffix -ник (-nik). See also Kalashnikov.
KavkaКавкаSlovak, Ukrainian, Czech Yet another variant of Kafka and its pop culture equivalents Kefka and Cefca. Also like Kaffka, it simply means ‘Jackdaw’ in Slovak.
KolchakКолчакRussian, Ukrainian Aleksandr Kolchak was a White Army general and the leader of the Russian Empire for a short period of time (1918-1920).