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'''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. | |||
They are commonly used in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and to an extent in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia (country). | |||
In modern Russia, names consist of a GIVEN NAME (imia), a PATRONYMIC (otchestvo), and a SURNAME (familiia). | In modern Russia, names consist of a GIVEN NAME (imia), a PATRONYMIC (otchestvo), and a SURNAME (familiia). | ||
It is customary in Russia to use patronymics as middle names. Patronymics are derived from the father's given name and end with ''-ovich'' or ''-evich''. The female patronymics end in ''-ovna'' or ''-evna''. | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Name !! Example: Cyrillic alphabet !! Example: Anglicised form | |||
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| First name (given name)|| Владимир || Vladimir | |||
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| Patronymic|| Антонович || Antonovich | |||
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| Family name (surname)|| Иванов|| Ivanov | |||
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==Surnames== | |||
It is customary in Russia to use patronymics as middle names. Patronymics are derived from the father's given name and '''end with ''-ovich'' or ''-evich''. The female patronymics end in ''-ovna'' or ''-evna''.''' | |||
Most Russian surnames end in ''-ov'' or ''-ev''. Surnames derived from given male names are common. Female forms of this type of surnames end in ''-ova'' or ''-eva''. | Most Russian surnames end in ''-ov'' or ''-ev''. Surnames derived from given male names are common. Female forms of this type of surnames end in ''-ova'' or ''-eva''. | ||