Ukrainian Submitted Surnames

Muzychenko Музиченко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian музика (muzyka), meaning "music". Denoted to someone who in some way made music.

Muzyka Музика Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived either from Belarusian музыка (muzyka) or Ukrainian музика (muzyka), both possibly derived from German Musiker meaning "musician".

Myahkyy Мягкий m Ukrainian
Means "soft" in Ukrainian.

Myakshenko М'якшенко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian м'якшення (m'yakshennya), meaning "mitigation".

Mykhailenko Михайленко Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Михайленко (see Mykhaylenko).

Mykhalchuk Михальчук Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykhaylo".

Mykhaylenko Михайленко Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykhaylo".

Mykhaylychenko Михайличенко Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykhaylo".

Mykhaylyuta Михайлюта Ukrainian
From the given name Mykhaylo.

Mykhtyuk Михтюк Ukrainian (Rare)

Mykolaiv Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "son of Mykola."

Mykolaychuk Миколайчук Ukrainian
From the given name Mykolay.

Mykolayenko Миколаєнко Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykola".

Mykolayets Миколаєць Ukrainian
Variant of Mykolayenko.

Mykytenko Микитенко Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykyta".

Mykytyn Микитин Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykyta".

Mynsky Мінський Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Minsky.

Myrchuk Мирчук Ukrainian
From Ukrainian мир (myr), meaning "peace".

Myronenko Мироненко Ukrainian
Means "child of Myron".

Myronyuk Миронюк Ukrainian
Means "son of Myron".

Myshko Мишко Ukrainian
Possibly from the given name Mishka.

Naberezhnyy Наберкжний m Ukrainian
Means "on the coastline" in Ukrainian.

Nachosnyy Начосний m Ukrainian

Nadtochiy Надточій m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian надточій (nadtochiy), meaning "extremely sharp, extremely accurate".

Nagórny Russian, Polish, Ukrainian
Place name for someone from multiple cites of Russia named Nagornoye and Nagorny, itself derived from the The prefix Nagorno- that derives from the Russian attributive adjective nagorny (нагорный), which means "highland".

Nahornyak Нагорняк Ukrainian
A form of Nagornykh.

Nahornyuk Нагорюк Ukrainian
A Ukrainian form of Nagornykh.

Nahornyy Нагорний m Ukrainian
Variant of Nahornyak.

Naiman Ukrainian, Jewish
Before 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]

Najdziuk Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Belarusianised form of Naydyuk.

Nalyvaychenko Наливайченко Ukrainian

Nasinnyk Насінник Ukrainian

Nastych Настич Ukrainian
Means "child of Nastya".

Natyazhenko Натяженко Ukrainian (Rare)

Naumenko Науменко Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Naum.

Navalny Навальний m Ukrainian
More common transcription of Navalnyy, due to the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Navalnyy Навальний m Ukrainian
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.

Nayda Найда Ukrainian
Probably related to Naydyon.

Naydyuk Найдюк Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian найти (nayty), meaning "to find".

Nazar Arabic, Muslim, Jewish, Iranian, Persian, Basque, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian (Americanized)
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Abdol, Ahamed, Ali, Behzad, Bijan, Davoud, Massoud, Muhammad, Naved, Nuri, Saeid, Sheikh.... [more]

Neborachko Неборачко Ukrainian

Nechyporenko Нечипоренко Ukrainian

Nechyporuk Нечипорук Ukrainian

Nedilya Неділя Ukrainian
Means "sunday" in Ukrainian.

Nekras Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)

Nemchenko Немченко Ukrainian

Nemirov Russian, Hebrew, Ukrainian
Name derived from the city of Nemirov in Ukraine, The city was named after its founder, Prince Nemir.

Nemirovsky Russian, Ukrainian
Alternate of Nemirov

Neshchadymenko Нещадименко Ukrainian (Rare)
Cossack surname meaning "no mercy", from Ukrainian не (ne) "not, none, no" and щадити (shchadyty) "to spare, to show mercy".

Neshko Нешко Ukrainian

Neskoromnyy Нескоромний m Ukrainian

Nesterenko Нестеренко Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Nestor.

Nesterovets Нестеровець Ukrainian
Variant of Nesterenko.

Netrebko Нетребко Ukrainian

Netrunenko Нетруненко Ukrainian

Neznayko Незнайко Ukrainian, Russian
Means "unknown", from Ukrainian and Russian не знай (ne znay), meaning "don't know".

Nikitsenka Нікіценка Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Belarusianised form of Nykytenko.

Nikolayenko Николаенко Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Mykolayenko.

Nimchuk Німчук Ukrainian
From Ukrainian німець (nimets'), meaning "German".

Nizhenskyy Ніженський m Ukrainian

Noschenko Носченко Ukrainian

Novitskaya Новицька Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Feminine transcription of Belarusian Навіцкі, Russian Новицкий and Ukrainian Новицький (see Novitsky).

Novitsky Новицький Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Nowicki.

Novyk Новик Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Novik.

Nudzhevskyy Нуджевський m Ukrainian

Nykolaev Миколаїв Ukrainian
Means "son of Nykolai."

Nykytenko Никитенко Ukrainian
Variant of Mykytenko.

Obermok Ukrainian
Obermok is most likely an anglicized form of the surname Oberemok.... [more]

Odesyuk Одесюк Ukrainian
Means "from Odessa".

Ogishin Огишин Russian, Ukrainian
Variant of Ageyev (Агеев), derived from Ukrainian given name Ogiy (Огiй)

Ogishina Огішина Russian, Ukrainian
Feminine form of Ogishin (Огишин)

Ogiyenko Огіенко Russian, Ukrainian
Variant of Ageyev (Агеев), derived from Ukrainian given name Ogiy (Огiй)

Ohiyenko Огієнко Ukrainian

Ohrim Ukrainian, Moldovan

Okara Окара Ukrainian

Okhrymenko Охрименко Ukrainian

Okhrymovych Охримович Ukrainian
Variant of Okhrymenko.

Oksanchenko Оксанченко Ukrainian
Means "child of Oksana".

Olefir Олефір Ukrainian (?)

Oleksandrenko Олександренко Ukrainian
Means "son of Oleksandr".

Oleksandrov Олександров m Ukrainian (Russified)
Russian style form of Oleksandrenko.

Oleksandrovych Олександрович Ukrainian
Variant of Oleksandrenko.

Oleksandruk Олександрук Ukrainian
Variant of Oleksandrenko.

Oleksandryshyn Олександришин Ukrainian
Variant of Oleksandrenko.

Oleksenko Олексенко Ukrainian
Means "son of Oleksiy" or "son of Oleksandr".

Oleksiychuk Олексійчук Ukrainian
Means "son of Oleksiy".

Oleksiyiv Олексіїв m Ukrainian, Russian (Ukrainianized)
From the given name Oleksiy or Ukrainianised form of Russian Alekseyev.

Oleniuc Romanian, Ukrainian
From the Hutsul language.

Oleshchenko Олещенко Ukrainian
Variant of Oleshchuk.

Oleshchuk Олещук Ukrainian
Probably from the given name Oleksandr or Oleksiy.

Oleszczuk Олещук Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Oleshchuk.

Oliynychenko Олійниченко Ukrainian
Variant of Oliynyk.

Omelchuk Омельчук Ukrainian
Means "son of Omelyan".

Omelyanovych Омелянович Ukrainian
Means "son of Omelyan".

Onishchuk Оніщук Ukrainian

Onofriichuk Ukrainian
Variant of Onufriyenko

Onopriienko Онопрієнко Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Onufriy

Onufriyenko Онуфрієнко Ukrainian
From the given name Onufriy.

Onysko Онисько Ukrainian

Opanasenko Опанасенко Ukrainian
Variant of Opanasyuk.

Opanasyuk Опанасюк Ukrainian

Opryshko Опришко Ukrainian

Orel Орел Ukrainian
A form of Orlov.

Orlenko Орленко Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Orlov.

Orlita Ukrainian

Orlyk Орлик Ukrainian
From Ukrainian орлик (orlyk), meaning "little eagle".

Oryschak Ukrainian
Refers to someone from the village of Oryshkivsti in Ternopil Oblast in present-day Western Ukraine.

Osadchenko Осадченко Ukrainian

Osaulenko Осауленко Ukrainian

Osaulko Осаулко Ukrainian

Osichenko Осіченко Ukrainian

Osnovyanenko Основ'яненко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian основий (osnovyy), meaning "basic".

Ostap Остап Ukrainian
From the given name Ostap.

Ostapchuk Остапчук Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "son of Ostap".

Ostapenko Остапенко Ukrainian
From the given name Ostap.

Ostorojniy Ukrainian
Ostorojniy - a surname derived from the Russian word "cautious". It was popular in the 19th century.

Ostrohrud Острогруд Ukrainian

Ostrovska f Ukrainian
Feminine form of Ostrovskiy.

Ostrovskiy Островський m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Ostrowski.

Osypenko Осипенко Ukrainian
Means "child of Osyp".

Ovcharenko Овчаренко Ukrainian

Ovdiy Овдій m Ukrainian

Overchenko Оверченко Ukrainian

Ovsiyenko Овсієнко Ukrainian

Padjasek Polish, Ukrainian

Padytel Падитель Ukrainian

Pahor Пагор Ukrainian

Pakholivetskyy Пахолівецький m Ukrainian

Pakhomenko Пахоменко Ukrainian

Palamar Паламар Ukrainian

Paley Палей Jewish, Yiddish, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Occupational name for a distiller, derived from an East Slavic word (Russian палить (palitʹ), Ukrainian палити (palyty)) meaning "to burn". A famous bearer was Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley (1865-1929), the morganatic second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia.

Palych Палич Ukrainian
From Ukrainian паличка (palychka), meaning "stick".

Panchak Панчак Ukrainian
A form of Panchenko.

Panchenko Панченко Ukrainian
Means "son of Panko".

Panchyshyn Панчишин m Ukrainian, Russian (Ukrainianized, ?)

Panchyshyna Панчишина f Ukrainian, Russian (Ukrainianized, ?)
Feminine form of Panchyshyn.

Panibudlaska Панібудьласка Ukrainian, Russian (Rare)
From the Cossack nickname, derived from the Ukrainian vocative phrase пані, будь ласка! (pani, bud laska!) meaning "Lady, please!".

Pankiv Паньків Ukrainian
Possibly a variant of Panchenko or from Ukrainian пані (pani), meaning "lady, respected woman, mrs.".

Pantyukh Пантюх Ukrainian

Panyk Паник Ukrainian
From the title пан (pan), to show a respected male (similar to "mister"). Extremely rare surname with 61 bearers in Ukraine (2013 data).

Panyuk Панюк Ukrainian
A form of Panchenko.

Parafenyuk Парафенюк Ukrainian

Parashchenko Паращенко Ukrainian

Parashchuk Паращук Ukrainian

Parfelyuk Парфелюк Ukrainian

Parkhomyuk Пархомюк Ukrainian

Partala Партала Ukrainian

Parubiy Парубій m Ukrainian

Paseka Пасека Ukrainian

Pashchenko Пащенко Ukrainian

Paton Патон Ukrainian

Patsyuk Пацюк Ukrainian

Patyutko Патютко Ukrainian

Pavlesa Павлеса Ukrainian

Pavluk Павлук Ukrainian
Variant of Pavlyuk.

Pavlychenko Павличенко Ukrainian
Variant of Pavlenko.

Pavlyuchenko Павлюченко Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Pavlyuchkov.

Pavulyak Павуляк Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
Likely from the given name Pavlo.

Pawluk Ukrainian

Pcholkin Пчолкін Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian variant of Pchyolkin.

Pekhenko Пехенько Ukrainian

Pelyukh Пелюх Ukrainian

Perenchuk Ukrainian

Perepilka Перепілка Ukrainian

Peretyatko Перетятко Ukrainian

Perohanych Пероганич Ukrainian

Pertsukh Ukrainian

Pervak Первак Ukrainian, Russian
Derived either from Russian первый (pervy) meaning "first" or directly from colloquial Ukrainian первак (pervak) meaning "firstborn".

Peshko Пешко Ukrainian
Variant of Peshkov.

Petlyukh Петлюх Ukrainian

Petlyura Петлюра Ukrainian (?)

Petriv Петрів Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Petrov.

Petrosanyak Петросаняк Ukrainian

Petrovich Ukrainian, Belarusian
Patronymic from Petro, the Ukrainian form of Peter.

Petrusenko Петрусенко Ukrainian
Means "child of Petrus" or "child of Petrusya".

Petryniec Ukrainian
From the given name Peter.

Pichocki Ukrainian

Pidluzhnyi Підлужний m Ukrainian
Denoted to someone from the village of Pidluzhne

Pikhach Піхач Ukrainian
From Ukrainian meaning "infantryman".

Pileko Пілеко Ukrainian

Pilipchuk Пилипчук Ukrainian (Russified), Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Russified and Belarusianised form of Pylypchuk. Pilipchuk was the maiden name of the Belarusian oppositionist Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

Pilipey Піліпей Ukrainian

Pilnovatykh Пільноватих Ukrainian (?), Russian (?)

Pinchenko Пінченко Ukrainian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinchas.

Pinchuk Пінчук Ukrainian

Pipa Піпа Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian surname of unknown meaning.

Pipkun Піпкун Ukrainian

Piun Піун Ukrainian (?)

Piven Півень Ukrainian

Pivnenko Півненко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian півночі (pivnochi), meaning "midnight".

Pliskanovskyy Пліскановський Ukrainian

Pluzhnyk Плужник Ukrainian

Plyushchenko Плющенко Ukrainian
Derieved from Ukrainian плющ (plyushch), meaning "ivy".

Poderv'yanskyy Подерв'янський m Ukrainian

Podfedko Подьфедко Ukrainian

Podluzny Ukrainian, Rusyn

Podryhun Подригун Ukrainian

Pohranychnyy Пограничний m Ukrainian
Means "on the border", from Ukrainian границя (hranytsya), meaning "border", and the prefix по- (po-), meaning "by, on, in, to". Denoted to a person living near a border.

Pohribnyy Погрібний m Ukrainian

Poklad Поклад Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "deposit".

Polehenko Полегенько Ukrainian

Poleshchuk Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Polishchuk.

Poleshuk Полешук Ukrainian (Russified), Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Variant of Poleshchuk or northern (Belarusian) variant of Polishchuk.

Poliak Поляк Ukrainian, Slovak
Ukrainian cognate and Slovak variant of Polák.

Polivoda Полівода Ukrainian

Polovets Половець Ukrainian
From Ukrainian половець (polovets), meaning "a Polovtsian (Cuman, Kipchak)". Polovtsians are an old ethnic group from Central Asia.

Poltorak Полторак Ukrainian

Polukhutenko Полухутенко Ukrainian

Polyak Поляк Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Poliak.

Polyakov Поляко́в Russian, Jewish, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Patronymic from the ethnic name Polak meaning "Pole".

Polyanskyy Полянський m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian поляна (polyana), meaning "clearing in a field".

Polytsyak Полицяк Ukrainian

Ponk Ukrainian

Popkov Попков Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Variant of Popov.

Popovych Попович Ukrainian
Cognate of Popović.

Poroshenko Порошенко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian порох (porokh) meaning "(gun)powder, dust", used as an occupational name for someone who made or sold gunpowder. A notable bearer is the former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (1965-).

Portnoy Jewish, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Occupational name for a tailor from Russian portnoj (an adjective derivative of port "uncut cloth").

Potapenko Потапенко Ukrainian

Povkh Повх Ukrainian
Means "ground rat" in Ukrainian.

Povzhyk Повжик Ukrainian

Prauta Праута Ukrainian (?)

Pravdyuk Правдюк Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian правда (pravda), meaning "truth, justice".

Prisovskyy Прісовський m Ukrainian

Pritulak Притуляк Ukrainian (Polonized, Rare)
A very rare Polonisation of the Ukrainian surname Prytulyak.

Prokhorchenko Прохорченко Ukrainian
Means "son of Prokhor".

Prokhorchuk Прохорчук Ukrainian
Variant of Prokhorchenko.

Prokhorenko Прохоренко Ukrainian
Variant of Prokhorchenko.

Prokhorskyy Прохорський m Ukrainian

Prokopenko Прокопенко Ukrainian, Belarusian
Derived from the given name Prokopiy. It can also be a Belarusian alternate transcription of Prakapenka.

Protsenko Проценко Ukrainian

Protsyuk Процюк Ukrainian

Pryadko Прядко Ukrainian

Pryhoda Пригода Ukrainian

Pryimak Приймак Ukrainian
In Ukrainian means 'adoptee'

Prykhodko Приходько Ukrainian
From Ukrainian приходить (prykhodit'), meaning "comes, walks to".

Prymachenko Примаченко Ukrainian

Prymachok Примачок Ukrainian
Variant of Prymachenko.

Prymochenko Примоченко Ukrainian

Pryshlyak Пришляк Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
Means "one who walks", from Ukrainian прийшли (pryyshly), meaning "walked".

Prystayko Пристайко Ukrainian

Prysyazhnyuk Присяжнюк Ukrainian

Prytulyak Притуляк Ukrainian
From Ukrainian притуляк (prytulyak), meaning "refugee" in Ukrainian, literally "shelter person, person who seeks shelter". It is not the common term for a refugee (біженець, bizhenets').

Pshonka Пшонка Ukrainian, Belarusian
Derived from Ukrainian "пшоно (pshono)" meaning "millet".

Psyuk Псюк Ukrainian

Ptashnyk Пташник Ukrainian
Denoted to someone who took care of birds, from Ukrainian птах (ptakh) "bird".

Puhach Пугач Ukrainian
Means "owl" in Ukrainian

Pul'nyashenko Ukrainian

Pultorak Polish, Jewish, Ukrainian
Variant of Póltorak.

Punkin Пункин Ukrainian

Punko Пунько Ukrainian

Pushkinenko Пушкіненко Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Pushkin.

Pyatkovskyy П'ятковський Ukrainian
From Ukrainian п'ять, meaning "five".

Pyatov Russian, Ukrainian

Pylypchuk Пилипчук Ukrainian
Variant of Pylypenko.

Pylypenko Пилипенко Ukrainian
Means "son of Pylyp".

Pytel Питель Ukrainian

Pyurko Пюрко Ukrainian

Pyvovar Пивовар Ukrainian

Pyyasyuk Пиясюк Ukrainian

Rabotenko Работенко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian dialectal работа (rabota), meaning "work".

Rachman Ukrainian, Jewish
Rachman is an old Jewish name which means "Merciful" in Hebrew.... [more]

Radchenko Радченко Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Rodion.

Radyuk Радюк Ukrainian
A form of Radchenko.

Radyvanyuk Радиванюк Ukrainian
Means "from Radyvanivka".

Rakovich Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Rajković

Raksha Ракша Russian, Ukrainian

Ramul Рамуль Ukrainian (?)

Razumovskiy m Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Rozumovskyy.

Razumovsky Разумовский m Ukrainian (Russified)
Variant transcription of Razumovskiy.

Redka Редька Ukrainian
Means "raddish" in Ukrainian

Red'ko Редько Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian редька (red'ka), meaning "radish".

Remshevskyy Ремшевський m Ukrainian

Reutskyy Реутський m Ukrainian

Reva Рева Ukrainian

Reznyk Резник Ukrainian, Yiddish (Ukrainianized)
Derived from Yiddish "רעזניק (reznik)" meaning butcher.

Rohachevskyy Рогачевський m Ukrainian

Rohalskyi Ukrainian

Rohovyy Роговий m Ukrainian
Means "horn (adjective)" in Ukrainian.

Romana Романа Catalan, French, Italian, Polish, English (Rare), German, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
From the feminine form of the Latin personal name Romanus, which originally meant "Roman".

Romanchenko Романченко Ukrainian
Variant of Romanenko.

Romanchuk Ромачук Ukrainian
Means "son of Roman".

Romanenko Романенко Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Roman.

Romanko Ukrainian

Roslyk Рослик Ukrainian

Rosya Рося Ukrainian (Modern), Russian (Modern)
Either a shortened version of "Rossiya", which is Russian for "Russia", or the Russian and Ukrainian version of Rose 1.

Roy Рой Ukrainian (?)

Rozenko Розенко Ukrainian
From dialectal Ukrainian роза (roza), meaning "rose".

Rozhko Рожко Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian рожок (rozhok), a diminutive form of the word "horn" in both langauges.

Rozin Ukrainian

Rozlach Розлач Ukrainian

Rozumovskyy Розумовський m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian розуміти (rozumity), meaning "to understand".

Rozvadovs'kyy Розвадовський m Ukrainian
Bohdan Rozvadovs'kyy, better known as SadSvit, is a popular singer in Ukraine.

Rubanyak Рубаняк Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
Variant of Rubanov.

Rubtsenko Рубценко Ukrainian (Rare)
From Ukrainian рубець (rubets'), meaning "scar".

Rudik Рудик Russian, Ukrainian (Russified), Yiddish (?)
Nickname for a person with red hair.

Rudnyk Рудник Ukrainian

Rudyk Рудик Ukrainian
Variant of Rudenko.

Rusak Русак Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish

Rusanivskyy Русанівський m Ukrainian

Ruskykh Руських Ukrainian, Russian (Ukrainianized)
Means "a Russian", from Ukrainian руський (rus'kyy) "Russian". It can also derived from the Russian word русский (russkiy), with the same meaning.