Ukrainian Submitted Surnames
Ukrainian
names are used in the country of Ukraine in eastern Europe.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
ANDRELLY Russian, UkrainianThe first occurrence that I found was of Mikhaila Orosvigovskago ANDRELLY, or ANDRELLA (author of religious literature, in the century XVI) .
BARNO Italian, Ukrainian, French, Ancient Aramaic, RussianThe 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] BARSKIY UkrainianMeans "of Bar", referring to the city of Bar in the Vínnitsya Oblast.
BORISOW UkrainianThe origin of this name comes from Ukraine, the original name being Borisov.
BOYKO UkrainianIn the field of onomastics the Ukrainian surname Boyko is classified as being of nickname origin. Such names refer to a derivation from a physical characteristic or personal attribute of the first bearer...
[more] CHERNESKI UkrainianThis surname means 'black', from the Slavic root word cherno or charno.
DZIUBA Polish, Russian, UkrainianDerived from Polish
dziub or Ukrainian
dzyuba. It is a nickname for a person with pock-marks on his or her face.
GANUS Russian, UkrainianPossibly derived from Russian анис
(anis) referring to the anise (
Pimpinella anisum) plant or from the Turkish given name
Gainislam itself from Arabic عَيْن
(ʿayn) meaning "spring, source" combined with the name of the religion
Islam.
GOGOL Ukrainian, Polish, JewishMeans "Common goldeneye (a type of duck)" in Ukrainian. Possibly a name for a fowler. A famous bearer was Nikolai Gogol.
HILLFAIR UkrainianA fair someone. One who does a fair thing. Hill is which lives on a hill, other meanings of a fine hill, good for agriculture, hillfair as a fair hill.
KOZAK Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, UkrainianEthnic name for a Cossack, a member of a people descended from a group of runaway serfs who set up a semi-independent military republic in Ukraine in the 15th and 16th centuries.
KURYLO UkrainianFrom the personal name
Kurýlo, a Ukrainian form of the ancient Slavic name
Kiril, from Greek
Kyrillos, a derivative of
kyrios ‘Lord.' This was the name of the saint and missionary of the Orthodox Church (826–869) who, together with his brother
Methodios, brought Christianity to the Slavs...
[more] KUZMA Ukrainian, BelarusianFrom the personal name
Kuzma, Greek Kosmas, a derivative of kosmos ‘universe’, ‘(ordered) arrangement’. St. Cosmas, martyred with his brother Damian in Cilicia in the early 4th century ad, came to be widely revered in the Eastern Church.
MAKOWSKI Jewish, Polish, UkrainianHabitational name for someone from any of various places called Maków, Makowa, or Makowo, all named from
mak "poppy (seeds)".
MALASENCO UkrainianThis surname is a moderately common Ukrainian name and was formed from the Hebrew name MALACHI. After 988 A.D., every Slav, having been baptized, would undergo a ceremony, conducted by a priest, to receive a Christian name...
[more] MASNICK UkrainianI believe it is Ukranian. I have been told it was spelled a little different and could be of Russian Jewish origin
MATSUPA Ukrainian (Anglicized, ?)Ukrainian; although may also have found in other forms in other countries such as Galicia (Western Ukraine), Poland and Hungary; due to the changing borders and occupation of land at various points in history.
MOLCHAN Russian, UkrainianFrom the Russian word молчан meaning "silent" it was often used as a nickname for someone who was soft-spoken and as a given name following Baptism
NAIMAN Ukrainian, JewishBefore Genghis Khan conquered the world, he conquered his neighbors, and his last great victory, in 1204, was over a tribe of Turkic Christians called the Naiman. (Some Naimans today are Christian but most are Jewish.)...
[more] ROMAN Catalan, French, Polish, English, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, BelorussianFrom the Latin personal name
Romanus, which originally meant "Roman". This name was borne by several saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Rouen.
RYBAK Polish, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, JewishMeans "fisherman" in some Slavic languages. Derived from the word
ryba "fish". A famous bearer is Byelarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak (b. 1986) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.
RYBALKA UkrainianUkrainian surname meaning "fisherman". Derived from
ryba "fish".
SHEPTITSKIY UkrainianThis indicates familial origin with the village of Sheptychi in Ukraine, which, as of February 2017, is located within Sambir Raion in the Lviv Oblast.
SHOPA UkrainianJewish, found in Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine. Native spelling is Шопа.
TSYBULENKO UkrainianUkrainian surname created from the Ukrainian word
цибуля (tsybulya) meaning "onion" and the patronymic ending
-enko.
URBAN English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hungarian, JewishFrom a medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning "city dweller", a derivative of urbs meaning "town", "city").
VOROBEY UkrainianUkrainian surname taken from the word
воробе́й (vorobey) meaning "sparrow".
ZALUSKY UkrainianDerives from the Slavic word
zalew, meaning "bay" or "flooded area". Given to families who lived near water or areas that flooded often.