Orlin, feminine: Orlina is an artificial
Russian surname originated in clergy
Surnames of Russian Orthodox clergy, variously called семинаристские фамилии, семинарские фамилии, фамилии церковного происхождения, поповские фамилии, etc. (semin ...
, derived from the bird ''oryol'', 'eagle'.
Boris Unbegaun
Boris Ottokar Unbegaun () (1898, Moscow
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writes that the church origin is recognized by a nonstandard usage of the
possessive
A possessive or ktetic form (Glossing abbreviation, abbreviated or ; from ; ) is a word or grammatical construction indicating a relationship of possession (linguistics), possession in a broad sense. This can include strict ownership, or a numbe ...
suffix '-in': when deriving from a masculine noun, the suffix is supposed to be '-ov', as in "
Orlov".
Boris Unbegaun
Boris Ottokar Unbegaun () (1898, Moscow
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, ''Русские фамилии'', pp
169–180
/ref> Notable people with the surname include:
* (1752–1809), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk
* James B. Orlin, American operations researcher
* James Orlin Grabbe, American economist and writer
* Robyn Orlin, South African dancer and choreographer
* (1902–1988), Soviet scientist and engineer
See also
*Distinguish from Orlin (given name) Orlin is a Bulgarian masculine given name.
* Orlin Anastassov
* Orlin Chalmers
* Orlin Collier
* Orlin Goranov
* Orlin Ninov
* Orlin Norris
* Orlin Orlinov
* Orlin Pavlov
* Orlin Peralta
* Orlin Rusev
*Orlin Stanoytchev
Orlin Stanoytchev ( Bulga ...
, Bulgarian male name
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References
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