Ukraine Naming Customs: Difference between revisions

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==Surnames==
==Surnames==
'''Eastern Slavic naming customs''' are the traditional way of identifying a person's given name and patronymic name in countries formerly part of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union.
'''Eastern Slavic naming customs''' are the traditional way of identifying a person's given name and patronymic name in many Eastern European countries.  


They are commonly used in Russia, Belarus, '''Ukraine''', Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and to an extent in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia (country).  
They are commonly used in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and to an extent in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia (country).  


Names consist of a GIVEN NAME (imia), a PATRONYMIC (otchestvo), and a SURNAME (familiia).  
Names consist of a GIVEN NAME (Dane im'ya), a PATRONYMIC (im'ya po batʹkovi), and a SURNAME (prizvyshche).  


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! Name !! Example: Cyrillic alphabet !! Example: Anglicised form
! Name !! Example: Cyrillic alphabet !! Example: Anglicised form
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| First name (given name)|| Владимир || Vladimir
| First name (given name)|| Дмитро || Dmitro 
|-
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| Patronymic|| Антонович || Antonovich
| Patronymic|| Васильвич || Vasylvych
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| Family name (surname)|| Иванов|| Ivanov
| Family name (surname)|| Клименко|| Klymenko
|}
|}
<ref>"Eastern Slavic naming customs", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs, accessed 27 February 2021.</ref>
<ref>"Ukranian", in A GUIDE TO NAMES AND NAMING PRACTICES, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs, accessed 27 February 2021.</ref>
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