What is indicated by the Eastern Slavic name suffix 'ovich'?
"goes by ""Chip"". Another is ""Bud"" (predominantly in the American South). Common nicknames for a III are ""Trip(p)"", ""Trace"", and ""Trey"" which denote that the name carrier is the third person to carry the name. Notable examples include Green Day drummer Frank Edwin ""Tré Cool"" Wright III, ""South Park"" co-creator Randolph Severn ""Trey"" Parker III, and Willard Carroll ""Trey"" Smith III, elder son of actor Willard Carroll ""Will"" Smith Jr.. Another convention is for the elder member of a family to go by their first name, and the younger one to go by their middle name. Examples include George Virl"
"the world. Most Bulgarian male surnames have an ""-ov"" surname suffix (Cyrillic: ""-ов""), a tradition used mostly by Eastern Slavic nations such as Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. This is sometimes transcribed as ""-off"" or ""-of"" (John Atanasov—John Atanasoff), but more often as ""-ov"" (e.g. Boyko Borisov). The ""-ov"" suffix is the Slavic gender-agreeing suffix, thus ""Ivanov"" () literally means ""Ivan's"". Bulgarian middle names are patronymic and use the gender-agreeing suffix as well, thus the middle name of Nikola's son becomes ""Nikolov"", and the middle name of Ivan's son becomes ""Ivanov"". Since names in Bulgarian are gender-based, Bulgarian women have the"
"feature of the royal dynasty (Рюриковичи, Ruerikovichi, Rurikids), which makes the Russian patronym in its original meaning being similar to German ""von"". From the 17th century, the second name with suffix -""ович"" (-""ovich"") was the privilege given by tsar to commoners. For example, in 1610, Tsar Vasili IV gave to the Stroganovs, who were merchants, the privilege to use patronyms. As a tribute for developing the salt industry in Siberia, Pyotr Stroganov and all his issue were allowed to have a name with -""ovich"". The tsar wrote in the chart dated on May 29, ""... ""to write him with ""ovich"","
"or ""-ska"" (female); ""-ovski"", ""-evski"" (male and plural) or ""-ovska"", ""-evska"" (female); ""-in"" (male) or ""-ina"" (female) or ""-ini"" (plural); etc. The meaning of the suffixes is similar to the English word ""of"", expressing membership in/belonging to a family. For example, the family name Ivanova means a person belonging to the Ivanovi family. A father's name Petr*ov* means son of Peter. Regarding the different meaning of the suffixes, ""-ov"", ""-ev""/""-ova"", ""-eva"" are used for expressing relationship to the father and ""-in""/""-ina"" for relationship to the mother (often for orphans whose father is dead). Names of Czech people consist of given"
"most cases (though by no means always), the etymology of Bulgarian patronymics and family names closely corresponds to that of given names. Many families bear the name of the family's founder, adding the patronymic Slavic suffix ""–ov/–ev"" (men) or ""–ova/–eva"" (women) (e.g. Ivanov, Radeva, Parvanov, Petrova, Asenov, Tsvetanova). Family names may indicate the occupation of the founder, his nickname or origin, in which case names of Ottoman Turkish or Greek etymology can be found in addition to those of Slavic origin (e.g. Kolarov, Kalaydzhieva, Popova, Cholakov, Kovacheva, Daskalov, Tepavicharov, Uzunova). Most Bulgarian surnames end with ""–ov(a)"" or ""–ev(a)"". They work"
"be named ""Georgi Petrovich Petrov"" and ""Lyudmila Petrovna Petrova"".) Although most popular, ""–ov/–ev"" and respectively ""–ova/–eva"" are not the only patronymic and family name suffixes. The second most popular suffix is ""–ski/–ska"" (sometimes ""–ki/–ka"") (e.g. Zelenogorski, Stoykovska, Petrinska), which, besides often being merely a version of an ""–ov/–ev"" or ""-–ova/–eva"" name, may also often indicate origin (e.g. Sofianski — ""from Sofia"", Stamboliyski — ""from Istanbul""). This suffix is not only popular with Bulgarians but with most other Slavic people, such as Polish, Macedonians, Russians (mosty often spelled as ""-sky""), Belarusians and Ukrainians. Another suffix is ""–in/–ina"" (e.g. Kunin, Ganina, Radin)."
"possessive ""-ov"" or ""-ev""). Due to limited use of international typewriters and unicode computer encoding, the suffix may be simplified to ""-ic"", historically transcribed with a phonetic ending, ""-ich"" or ""-itch"" in foreign languages. Other common surname suffixes found among Serbian surnames are ""-ov"", ""-ev"", ""-in"" and ""-ski"" (without ""-ić"") which is the Slavic possessive case suffix, thus Nikola's son becomes Nikolin, Petar's son Petrov, and Jovan's son Jovanov. Other, less common suffices are ""-alj/olj/elj"", ""-ija"", ""-ica"", ""-ar/ac/an"". The ten most common surnames in Serbia, in order, are Jovanović, Petrović, Nikolić, Marković, Đorđević, Stojanović, Ilić, Stanković, Pavlović and Milošević. Serbs"
"""-ova"" surname suffix (Cyrillic: ""-овa""), for example, ""Maria Ivanova"". The plural form of Bulgarian names ends in ""-ovi"" (Cyrillic: ""-ови""), for example the ""Ivanovi"" family (). Other common Bulgarian male surnames have the ""-ev"" surname suffix (Cyrillic: ""-ев""), for example ""Stoev"", ""Ganchev"", ""Peev"", and so on. The female surname in this case would have the ""-eva"" surname suffix (Cyrillic: ""-ева""), for example: ""Galina Stoeva"". The last name of the entire family then would have the plural form of ""-evi"" (Cyrillic: ""-еви""), for example: the ""Stoevi"" family (). Another typical Bulgarian surname suffix, though less common, is ""-ski"". This surname ending"
"Ivan (name) Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, a variant of the Greek name ""Iōánnēs"" (). The name is used by Christians and is the most successful Slavic variant of the name. It is popular in Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Belarus, Macedonia, and Montenegro and is also notably becoming popular in Roman-speaking countries since the 20th century. Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Iван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is ."
"also have suffix ""-ski"" like Shikhlynski or Hajinsky. Others mostly incorporate noble titles like ""bey"" or ""khan"" with addition of suffixes like ""-ov"" or ""-li"" (for instance, ""Rustamkhanli"" or ""Amirkhanov""). Such surnames were historically derived from profession of progenitor of family. For example, Sarkarov would mean that progenitor of family was a tax collector. This type of surnames are made up with person's birthplace. For example, Seyid Azim Shirvani was born in Shirvan. Besides -ov and -yev, there are other surname suffixes: ""-li"", ""-zadeh"", ""-soy"" and ""-gil"". Adopted from Slavic naming customs, ""-ov/-yev"" is gender specific suffix (for females, these"
"Ivo Ivo is a masculine given name, in use in various European languages. The name used in western European languages originates as a Normannic name recorded since the High Middle Ages, and the French name Yves is a variant of it. The unrelated South Slavic name is a variant of the name Ivan (John). The name is recorded from the High Middle Ages among the Normans of France and England (Yvo of Chartres, born c. 1040). The name's etymology may be either Germanic or Celtic, in either case deriving from a given name with a first element meaning ""yew"" (Gaulish"
"and ""-eanu"" were used, as in ""Petrescu"", 'son of Petre (Peter)'; many modern Romanian family names were formed from such patronymics. Less commonly, matronymics formed with the genitive form (using the prefix ""a-"") were used, as in ""Amariei"", '(son/daughter) of Maria'. In East Slavic languages, the endings ""-ovich"", ""-evich"" and ""-ich"" are used to form patronymics for men. It would be cognate to the Latin genitive -ici, used for marking family line, and also as equivalent to: 'little' -Vladic= 'the little Vlad'-. For women, the ending is ""-yevna"", ""-ovna"" or ""-ichna"". For example, in Russian, a man named Ivan with"
"Unlike all other Bulgarian patronymics and family names, these stem from a female name (e.g. ""of Kuna"", ""of Gana"", ""of Rada""). They are most common in the region of Razlog and Bansko. The ""–in"" suffix is also popular with Russians. For these three most popular suffixes, there is also a plural form used when referring to the family as a whole or several members of it (as opposed to a single member). For ""–ov/–ova"" and ""–ev/–eva"" it is ""–ovi/–evi"", for ""–ski/–ska"" it is ""–ski"" and for ""–in/–ina"" the form is ""–ini"". Historically, the universal suffix ""–ovich"" and ""-evich"" was quite"
"Oleg Oleg (), Oleh (), or Aleh () is a East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ""Helgi"" (Helge), meaning ""holy"", ""sacred"", or ""blessed"". The feminine equivalent is Olga. While seemingly Germanic, ""Oleg"" is not very common outside of Eastern European countries. Russian pronunciation of Oleg in English is based on the transliteration of the Cyrillic alphabet, and hides three combined quirks of spoken (as opposed to written) Russian: Thus, rather than ""Oh-leg"", the proper pronunciation of Oleg in English most closely resembles the name Alec, but"
"and its meaning has been extended to creating patronymics. Thus the surname Petr(ov)ić signifies ""little Petar"", as does, for example, ""-sen""/""-son"" in Scandinavian and to a lesser extent German and English names or a common prefix Mac (""son of"") in Scottish & Irish, and O' (grandson of) in Irish names. It is estimated that some two thirds of all Serbian surnames end in -ić but that some 80% of Serbs carry such a surname with many common names being spread out among tens and even hundreds of non-related extended families. Other common surname suffixes are -ov or -in which is"
"with their given and family name and patronymic, a name based on their father's given name. If a man gives his full name as Boris ""Vladimirovich"" Kuznetsov, then his father's name must have been Vladimir: Vladimirovich in this case literally means ""Vladimir's son"". Similarly, many suffixes can be attached to express affection or informality (in linguistics, called a diminutive). For example, calling a boy named Ivan ""Ivanko"" or Yuri ""Yurko"" expresses that he is familiar to you. This is the same as referring to Robert to ""Rob,"" ""Bob"" and ""Bobby""; and William to ""Bill"", ""Will"" and ""Willy"". Slavic name suffixes"
"common use of the same Slavic patronymic suffixes: Pol. -e/owski and -e/owicz, Lith. -(i)auskas and -e/avičius, and Belarusian -оўскі and -e/овіч. The suffixes -e/owski, -(ń)ski, and -cki are historically characteristic of Polish names and -e/ovič of Belarusian names. Surnames ending with -e/ovič, which is more frequent among Lithuanians (-e/-avičius), Belarusians, and Lithuanian Poles, is rarer in Poland. The frequency of Lithuanian-specific surnames among the surnames of Lithuanian Poles is moderate. The sketchy examples include anthroponyms of two roots — Talmont, Narvoiš, Bowgerd, Dowgiało, Golmont, Žybort, etc. — with Lithuanian patronymic suffixes – Pieciun, Wickun, Mikalajun, Masojć, Matulaniec — with Lithuanian"
"Vladislav Vladislav (Belarusian: Уладзіслаў (Uladzislaŭ, Uładzisłaŭ); Polish: Władysław, Włodzisław; Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian: Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ""Volodislav"", ""Vlastislav"", ""Vlaslav"". In Czech Republic the name is often spelled Ladislav. Outside of the Slavic countries it is sometimes Latinized as either ""Vladislaus"" or ""Vladislas"". Feminine form of the name Vladislav is Vladislava, or in Polish spelling ""Władysława"". In Russia it is sometimes colloquially shortened either as Vlad (Влад) or Slava (Слава). Spanish forms include ""Ladislao"" and ""Uladislao"". The name Vladislav literally means One who owns a glory, or simply Famous. It is a"
"It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name ""Johannes"", corresponding to English ""John"". This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek """" (""Iōánnēs"") rather than from the Latin ""Io(h)annes"". The Greek name is in turn derived from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (""Yôḥānān""), meaning ""YHWH (God) is gracious"". The name is ultimately derived from the Biblical Hebrew name יוחנן (), short for יהוחנן (), meaning ""God is merciful"". Common patronymics derived from the name are Ivanović (Serbo-Croatian), Ivanov (Russian and Bulgarian), and Ivanovich (Russian, used as middle name), corresponding to ""Ivan's son"". The name is common among Russians, Ukrainians,"
"as ""низш"" sometimes) = ""low, lower, inferior"", it can also possess further comparative or superlative as with 'висш' above. Also, some common suffixes can be found in the language area, such as the diminutive suffix of the Slavic languages (Srb. Bul. Mac.) ""-ovo"" ""-ica"" that can be found in Albanian, Greek and Romanian. Several hundred words are common to the Balkan union languages; the origin of most of them is either Greek, Bulgarian or Turkish, as the Byzantine Empire, the First Bulgarian Empire, the Second Bulgarian Empire and later the Ottoman Empire directly controlled the territory throughout most of its"
"Volodya (and variants with diminutive suffixes]: Volodka, Volodyen'ka, etc.), Vova (and diminituves: Vovka, Vovochka, etc.), Vovchik, Vovan. In West and South Slavic countries, other short versions are used: e.g., Vladi, Vlado, Vladko, Vlatko, Vlajko, Vladik, Wladik, Wladek, Wlodik and Wlodek. Vladimir (name) Vladimir () is a male Slavic given name of Old Slavic origin, now widespread throughout all Slavic nations (in different spellings). The Old Russian form of the name is Володимѣръ ""Volodiměr"", the Old Church Slavonic one ""Vladiměr"". According to Max Vasmer, the name is composed of Slavic владь ""vladĭ"" ""power"" and ""*mēri"" ""great"" (related to Gothic element ""mērs"","
"Todor. Names of Latin origin include: e.g. Marko, Anđelka, Antonije, Pavle, Srđan, Marina, Natalija, Kornelije. Names of Germanic origin, entering through Russian, include: e.g. Igor, Oliver, Olga. In Serbian naming culture, apotropaic names (""zaštitne ime"", ""protective names"") include Vuk (and its many derivatives), Nenad, Prodan, Sredoje, Staniša, and others. Most Serbian surnames have the surname suffix ""-ić"" (-ић) (). This can sometimes further be transcribed as ""-ic"", but in history, Serbian names have often been transcribed with a phonetic ending, -ich or -itch. This form is often associated with Serbs from before the early 20th century: hence Milutin Milanković is"
"the introduction of Old South Slavic as the language of church and state. The name of his pre-Christian dynastic predecessor, khan ""Malamir"" (r. 831–836), sometimes claimed as the first Bulgarian ruler with a Slavic name, already exhibits the (presumably Gothic) ""-mir"" suffix. The early occurrence of the name in the East Slavic culture comes with Volodimer Sviatoslavich (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, ""Vladimir the Great""), first Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 980–1015). Three successors of Vladimir the Great shared his given name: Vladimir II Monomakh (1053–1125), Vladimir III Mstislavich (1132–1173) and Vladimir IV Rurikovich (1187–1239). The town Volodymyr-Volynskyi in north-western"
"Since the 20th century, it is becoming more popular in the Romance-speaking world; Italian (both the original form and the italianized version, ""Ivano""), Spanish (as ""Iván""), and Portuguese (sometimes ""Ivã""). ""Ivan"" was also occasionally used by various parties during World War II as a general name for the Soviets. Its female forms are ""Ivana"" (West- and South Slavic) and ""Ivanna"" (East Slavic), while ""Ivanka"" and ""Iva"" are diminutives by origin. South Slavic male diminutives (including historical) are Ivaniš, Ivanko, Ivanča, Ivanče, etc. Ivan (name) Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, a variant of the Greek name ""Iōánnēs"" ()."
"the surname or vice versa. For example: Sohaib Baig Mirza or Sohaib Mirza Baig. For the Slavic or Bosniak use, it is common to see the name Beg added to the Slavic suffix of 'ovic', 'ovich', which roughly means 'descendant of'. While the title ""Beg"" is not in use in Bosnia anymore, track of families of ""Beg"" descent is kept. But a surname containing ""-begović"" suffix in itself is not a clear indicator of descent. For example, there is a number of ""Begović"" families, some are of noble descent, some not. ""Idrizbegović"" would be another example of non-noble family with"
"Kovač (surname) Kovač (Cyrillic: Ковач), meaning ""blacksmith"" in Slavic languages, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia the surname is Kováč (feminine Kováčová). Kovač is a common surname in Croatia, with 9,614 carriers (2011 census), most of them living in northern and eastern parts of the country and in Serbia with 8,749 people bearing it. In Slovenia, some 4,800 have this surname. Outside Europe, the surname is fairly common in the United States (especially Texas and California), Canada, and South America. The surname Kovács is the Hungarian loanword of this word,"
"Vladimir (name) Vladimir () is a male Slavic given name of Old Slavic origin, now widespread throughout all Slavic nations (in different spellings). The Old Russian form of the name is Володимѣръ ""Volodiměr"", the Old Church Slavonic one ""Vladiměr"". According to Max Vasmer, the name is composed of Slavic владь ""vladĭ"" ""power"" and ""*mēri"" ""great"" (related to Gothic element ""mērs"", ""-mir"", c.f. Theode""mir"", Vala""mir""). The modern (pre-1918) Russian forms Владимиръ and Владиміръ are based on the Church Slavonic one, with the replacement of мѣръ by миръ or міръ being due to a folk etymological association with миръ ""peace"" or міръ"
"word """" (""abo""; meaning ""or"", ""if only"", ""so that"")—in this case the suffix """" (""-ash-"") is a standard means of forming a name. The Turkic origin theory is more plausible and traces the nickname to the Turkic root ""aba"" (meaning ""an uncle on the father's side""), to which diminutive suffix ""-š"" was added. The other theory traces these last names, in particular Abashin and Abashkin, to the Christian male first name Avvakum. Abashev Abashev (; masculine) or Abasheva (; feminine) is a Russian last name. Variants of this last name include Abashenko (), Abashin/Abashina (/), Abashkin/Abashkina (/), Abashichev/Abashicheva (/), Abashkov/Abashkova"
"Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks traditionally end with the suffixes ""-ić"" and ""-vić"" (often transliterated to English and other western languages as ""ic"", ""ich"", ""vic"" or ""vich"". The v is added in the case of a name to which ""-ić"" is appended would otherwise end with a vowel, to avoid double vowels with the ""i"" in ""-ić"".) These are a diminutive indicating descent i.e. ""son of"". In some cases the family name was derived from a profession (e.g. blacksmith – ""Kovač"" → ""Kovačević""). An analogous ending is also common in Slovenia. As the Slovenian language does not have the softer"
"composite name derived from two Slavic roots: Vlad- meaning either 'to own' (Ukrainian ""voloditi"" (володiти) means 'to own', Polish ""władać"" - 'to be in possession of', Russian ""vladet"" (владеть) - 'to own'), or 'to rule' (another meaning of Polish ""władać"" is 'to rule', Ukrainian ""vlada"" (влада) means 'power', 'the government'), and Slav- meaning 'fame/glory'. Vladislav Vladislav (Belarusian: Уладзіслаў (Uladzislaŭ, Uładzisłaŭ); Polish: Władysław, Włodzisław; Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian: Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ""Volodislav"", ""Vlastislav"", ""Vlaslav"". In Czech Republic the name is often spelled Ladislav. Outside of the Slavic countries it is sometimes Latinized"
"Slavic name suffixes A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages (also called the Slavonic languages). Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words. Most Slavic surnames have suffixes which are found in varying degrees over the different nations. Some surnames are not formed in this way, including names of non-Slavic origin. Note: the following list does not take regional spelling variations into account. An example using an occupation is ""kovač"", ""koval"" or ""kowal"", which"
"Aviv Aviv () is a word that has several similar meanings in Hebrew. It is also used as a given name and surname. Aviv is also a Hebrew male and female name. The old and uncommon Russian Christian male given name """" (""Aviv"") was possibly also borrowed from Biblical Hebrew, where it derived from the word ""abīb"", meaning ""an ear"" or ""a time of year where grains come into ear"", also known as ""Aviv"" (or Nisan—the first month of the Hebrew calendar). The feminine version of the name is Aviva. The diminutives of ""Aviv"" are Aviva () and Viva ()."
"Vuk (name) Vuk () is a male Slavic given name, predominantly recorded among Serbs as well as Croatians, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Slovenes, Russians, and Ukrainians. The name literally means ""wolf"". Vuk Karadžić, 19th-century Serbian philologist and ethnographer, explained the traditional, apotropaic use of the name: a woman who had lost several babies in succession, would name her newborn son Vuk, because it was believed that the witches, who ""ate"" the babies, were afraid to attack the wolves. In the Serbian epic poetry, the wolf is a symbol of fearlessness. Vuk was the 17th most popular name for boys in Serbia in"