Kovachev ( bg, Ковачев;
also transliterated
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''Kovačev'') is a Bulgarian
surname originating from the word ''Kovach'', meaning
blacksmith
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such ...
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[ Notable people with the surname include:
*]Andrey Kovatchev
Andrey Kovatchev ( bg, Андрей Ковачев) (born 13 December 1967 in Sofia), is a Bulgarian politician, Member of the European Parliament, a federalist and Head of the Bulgarian Delegation in the EPP Group in the European Parliament. Dr. ...
* Bogomil Petrov Kovachev
* Boris Kovatchev
* Georgi Kovachev
* Martin Kovachev
*Nikola Kovachev
Nikola Dimitrov Kovachev ( bg, Никола Димитров Ковачев; Blagoevgrad, 4 June 1934 – Sofia, 26 November 2009) was a Bulgarian football player and manager.
Kovachev played for Bulgaria at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. H ...
* Pavel Kovachev
*Petar Kovachev
Petar Kovachev ( bg, Петър Ковачев, born 10 July 1922) was a Bulgarian cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( ...
*Stiliyan Kovachev
Stiliyan Kovachev ( bg, Стилиян Ковачев) (born on 26 February 1860 in Yanbolu (Yambol), died on 11 July 1939 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian general. During the First Balkan War he commanded the Rodopi Detachment and later 4th Army. He ...
* Valentin Kovachev
See also
*Kovačev Kovačev (Cyrillic: Ковачев) is a Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* (1839–1898)
* Branislav Lala Kovačev (1939–2012)
See also
* Kovachev (Ковачев), surname
* Kovač (surnam ...
(Ковачев), surname
*Kovach (surname)
Kovach (Cyrillic: Ковач, meaning blacksmith) is a gender-neutral Slavic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bill Kovach (born 1932), American journalist
*Jim Kovach (born 1956), American entrepreneur, physician, attorney, and ...
(Ковач; also translit.
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''Kovač''), surname
* Kovachich (Ковачич; also translit.
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...
''Kovačič''), a surname
*Kovachevich Kovachevich is surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Elizabeth A. Kovachevich (born 1936)
*Thomas Kovachevich (born 1942)
*Pete Kovachevich
See also
*
* Kovacevich, surname
* Kovačević, surname
* Kovačevič, surname
* Kovalevic ...
(Ковачевич; also translit.
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...
''Kovačevič''), a surname
*Kovachevski Kovachevski ( bg, Ковачевски; also transliterated ''Kovačevski'') is a Bulgarian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* (1860–1949), a Bulgarian architect
See also
*Kovačevski (Ковачевски), surname
*Kovach (sur ...
(Ковачевски; also translit.
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...
''Kovačevski''), a surname
* Kovachenko (Коваченко; also translit.
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...
''Kovačenko''), a surname
References
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Bulgarian-language surnames
English-language surnames