Soslan ( os, Сосла́н) is an

Ossetia Ossetia ( , ; os, Ирыстон or , or ; russian: Осетия, Osetiya; ka, ოსეთი, translit. ''Oseti'') is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. ...

n male given name widespread among

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Origin

This given name originates from the Ossetian name for Sosruqo, a character in Caucasian mythology, in particular, in the

Nart saga The Nart sagas ( Abkhaz: Нарҭаа ражәабжьқәа; ''Nartaa raƶuabƶkua''; ady, Нарт тхыдэжъхэр, translit=Nart txıdəĵxər; os, Нарты кадджытæ; ''Narty kaddžytæ''; ''Nartı kadjıtæ'') are a series of ...

. It etymologically came from Turkic languages ( Nogai ''suslan-'' "to look menacing", ''suslä'' "menacing, gloomy"). The variant ''Sosruqo'' is in turn an Adyghe borrowing from ''Sosru-'' (<''Soslan'') and ''qo'' (''qwā'') "son".Абаев В.И
Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка. Том III. S-T'.
— 1979. — С. 138-140. In Ossetia, the name has been in use since at least the 12th century. The first documented person with this name was David Soslan, the second husband of the Georgian Queen Tamar.

Forms

The Russian

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forms are Soslanovich (russian: Сосла́нович) for men and Soslanovna (russian: Сосла́новна) for women.

Notable people

* Soslan Andiyev, Soviet wrestler *

Soslan Beriyev Soslan Khadzhimuratovich Beriyev (russian: Сослан Хаджимуратович Бериев; born 9 December 1967) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his Russian Football National League deb ...

, Russian footballer * Soslan Dzhanayev, Russian footballer *

Soslan Dzhioyev (footballer born 1989) Soslan Tamerlanovich Dzhioyev (russian: Сослан Тамерланович Джиоев; born 25 February 1989) is a Russian former professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a b ...

, Russian footballer * Soslan Dzhioyev (footballer born 1993), Russian footballer * Soslan Gatagov, Russian footballer * Soslan Gattsiev, Uzbek-Belarusian wrestler *

Soslan Kachmazov Soslan Vladimirovich Kachmazov (russian: Сослан Владимирович Качмазов; born 14 July 1991) is a Russian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal ...

, Russian footballer * Soslan Ktsoyev, Russian wrestler * Soslan Ramonov, Russian wrestler * Soslan Takazov, Russian footballer * Soslan Tigiev, Uzbekistani wrestler *

Soslan Tsirikhov Soslan Tsirikhov (born 24 November 1984) is a Russian athlete specializing in the shot put. He represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012 ...

, Russian shot put athlete

References

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