Naming help?

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Since this community has been a great help before, I'd like to exploit your generosity once again.

I need to name a male character, first name will be Alexeij/Sascha (background in Germany, so the spelling would be Germanized), but I'm stumped for a last name. Ideally, it would be a common name in Russian that means "warrior" or "soldier" or has connotations of typical "warrior-like" attributes, such as steadfastness, strength, honesty, loyalty, and/or honor. Please also provide the name transcribed into English - my Cyrillic isn't great, and I'd prefer not to make any mistakes.

Thank you very much!

EDIT: Thanks, guys, I have the name! You've been great, as usual.

Comments

[bez-temy.livejournal.com]

Boytsov (Бойцов) would be a good last name, referring to Figther.

Also, consider borrowing from Russian epic ballads. The great Russian "bogatyr" is everything that you want - honest, strong, straightforward horse-riding warrior. So - Bogatyrev (Богатырёв) is a good option.

Also, here are some last names based on names of legendary Russian warriors and heroes:

Peresvet(ov)
Dobrynin
Muromets
Donskoy
Nevsky.

And, finally, Sasha is Alexander. Alexey is Lyosha.

[freedomcry.livejournal.com]

Dobrynin is a good one. (No pun intended.)

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Love the sounds of Donskoy and Dobryinin ... Nevsky would be a bit too ironic, the person to be named was born in Germany.

[alex-mashin.livejournal.com]

Муромцев, Muromtsev (not Муромец, Muromets).