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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

[alon_68]

Revolution gave many new names, and few survived

You didn't understand me here. I spoke about revived ancient names (like Vadim and Svetlana), not about newly created.

[arvi.livejournal.com]

And I continued, that some ancient names not only were revived after revolution, but are revived now. From Бажен, Баян to Ярослав, Ярун.

Newly created names is the topic, that is important to our country. You, may be, not interested in it.