Fedorovich

East Slavic languages The East Slavic languages constitute one of three regional subgroups of the Slavic languages, distinct from the West Slavic languages, West and South Slavic languages. East Slavic languages are currently spoken natively throughout Eastern Europe, ...

, Fedorovich or Fyodorovich (transliteration from Ukrainian: Fedorovych) may be a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

part of a personal name or a

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...

, both derived from the given name Fedor,

Theodor Theodor is a masculine given name. It is a German form of Theodore. It is also a variant of Teodor. List of people with the given name Theodor * Theodor Adorno, (1903–1969), German philosopher * Theodor Aman, Romanian painter * Theodor Bluege ...

, literally meaning "son of Fedor". The Polish-language spelling is

Fedorowicz Fedorowicz is a Polish-language surname. It is a unisex surname in modern times; the archaic feminine form is Fedorowiczowa. It is the Polonized form of the Ruthenian (East Slavic) surname and patronymic Fedorovich, derived from the Ruthenian f ...

. Notable people with this surname include: * Aleksandr Fedorovich (born 1973), Belarusian footballer (goalkeeper) Notable people addressed by this patronymic include: *

Ivan Fyodorov (printer) Ivan Fyodorov or Ivan Fеdorov (; ; born c. 1510 or c. 1525 – died December 16, 1583) sometimes transliterated as Fiodorov, was one of the fathers of Eastern Slavonic printing (along with Schweipolt Fiol and Francysk Skaryna). He was also a ...

, a 16th-century East Slavic printing pioneer, also signed as "Ivn Fedorovich", "Ivan Fedorov's son", etc. *

Taras Fedorovych Taras Fedorovych (pseudonym, Taras Triasylo, Hassan Tarasa, Assan Trasso) (, ) (died after 1636) was a prominent leader of the Dnieper Cossacks, a popular Hetman (Cossack leader) elected by unregistered Cossacks. Between 1629 and 1636, Fedorov ...

, a Cossack Hetman {{surname East Slavic-language surnames Patronymic surnames