Siarhiej, of Latin origin)
* Станіслаў (
Stanisłaŭ, of
Slavic origin)
* Тацяна (Taciana, equivalent to Latin Tatius, of Latin origin)
* Кацярына (Kaciaryna, equivalent to Catherine, of Greek origin)
* Кірыла (Kiryła, of Greek origin)
* Леанід, Лявон (Leanid or Lavon from ''Leonidas'', of Greek origin)
* Марыя (Maryja, equivalent to Mary, of Hebrew origin)
* Міхал, Міхась (Michał or Michaś, equivalent to Michael, of Hebrew origin)
* Мікалай (Mikałaj, equivalent to Nicholas, of Greek origin)
* Наталля (Natallja, equivalent to Natalie, of Latin origin)
* Настасся (Nastassia, equivalent to Anastasia, of Greek origin)
* Паўло, Павел (Paŭło or Pavieł, equivalent to Paul, of Latin origin)
* Пятро, Пятрусь (
Piatro or Piatruś, equivalent to Peter, of Greek origin)
* Раман (
Raman, of Latin origin)
* Уладзіслаў (
Uładzisłaŭ, equivalent to Vladislav)
* Уладзімір (
Uładzimir, a
pre-Christian name of Slavic origin)
* Францішак (Francišak, of Latin origin)
* Юры (Jury, equivalent to George, of Greek origin)
* Юлія (
Julija, equivalent to Julia or Julie, of Latin origin)
* Яраслаў (
Jarasłaŭ, a pre-Christian name of
Slavic origin)
* Ян, Іван (
Jan or
Ivan
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the B ...
, equivalent to John, of Hebrew origin)
Belarusian family names (surnames)
In
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
and most of the former
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...
, surnames first appeared during the late Middle Ages. They initially denoted the differences between various people living in the same town or village and bearing the same name. The conventions were similar to those of
English surnames, using occupations, patronymic descent, geographic origins, or personal characteristics.
Belarusian surnames, like those in most of Europe, are hereditary and generally patrilineal, i.e., passed from the father on to his children.
Depending on the region, Belarusian surnames could have a different form and different ending.
One very large group of surnames end with the common Slavonic suffixes -vič (wicz) and -ič (icz) (Daškievič, Šuškievič, Vajciuškievič, Mackievič, Mickievič, Misilevič) or -cki and -ski (feminine form and : Navicki, Kalinoŭski, Pilecki, Rusiecki, Sadoŭski, Caŭłoŭski, Bialaŭski).
One common suffix in surnames is ''-čuk'' (Ramančuk, Kačuk, Kavalčuk) or its simplified versions ''-iuk'' and ''-juk'' (Maliuk, Masiuk).
Another group includes surnames with the suffix ''-ka'', corresponding to the suffix ''-ko'' found in
Ukrainian name
Ukrainian names are given names that originated in Ukraine. In addition to the given names, Ukrainians also have patronymic and family names (surnames; see: '' Ukrainian surnames'').
Ukrainian given names
Diminutive and hypocoristic forms are ...
(Łukašenka, Jakavienka, Haponienka), (Malašonak, Manionak).
Another suffix is (Majsienia, Astapienia, Jurčenia, Hierasimienia).
See also
*
Slavic names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), * ...
*
Slavic surnames
A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages. Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words. Most Slavic ...
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110721203006/http://old.knihi.com/jurevic_u/prozviscy.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110815090007/http://dzietki.org/article/cms_view_article.php?aid=4
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110411132101/http://kryuja.org/artykuly/bielaruskaja_atliantyda/jak_i_czamu_bielarusy_vybirali_imjony.html
* http://knihi.com/Symon_Barys/Bielaruskija_imiony.html
References
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Slavic-language names
Names by country
Belarusian names