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[yers.livejournal.com]

Top 10 Russian surnames, and what they mean:

1 Смирнов — Smirnov, “of the meek one”*
2 Иванов — Ivanov, “of Ivan (John)”
3 Кузнецов — Kuznetsov, “of the blacksmith”
4 Попов — Popov, “of the priest”
5 Соколов — Sokolov, “of Falcon”*
6 Лебедев — Lebedev, “of Swan”*
7 Козлов — Kozlov, “of Goat”*
8 Новиков — Novikov, “of the newcomer”
9 Морозов — Morozov, “of Frost”*
10 Петров — Petrov, “of Pyotr (Peter)”

*presumably from a nickname

A longer list: 50 most common Russian surnames

Comments

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Путин - of the path.

Remember Grigory Распутин? Of the lost path/strayed from the path. Interestingly enough - this was a man who loved his orgies with several women while not having bathed in months creating body odor only a *insert smelly animal* could stand.

[mytza.livejournal.com]

Oh, sure, Rasputin... I should've thought before :)))

[arvi.livejournal.com]

Распутин, два Путин. :-)))

[mytza.livejournal.com]

+1