Mickievič (Belarusian: Міцкевіч) is a gender-neutral Belarusian-language surname.[1] It is derived from the given name Mićko/Mićka (Belarusian: Міцько/Міцька), a diminutive of Dzmitryj (Belarusian: Дзмітрый).[2]

Other forms: Belarusian (Old Łacinka), Polish: Mickiewicz; Lithuanianized: Mickevičius, Belarusian, Russian: Mitskevich (transliteration from Cyrillic alphabet).

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Danila Mickievič, Belarusian cultural worker, chemist. Son of Yakub Kolas
  • Kanstancin Mickievič, birth name of Yakub Kolas
  • Mikalaj Mickievič, Belarusian chemist
  • Michaś Mickievič, Belarusian scientist, The younger son of Yakub Kolas
  • Uladzimir Mickievič, Belarusian Communist Party and state official

References

  1. ↑ Бірыла М. В. Беларуская антрапанімія. Уласныя імёны, імёны-мянушкі, імёны па бацьку, прозвішчы. — Мінск: Навука і тэхніка, 1966. — C. 50.
  2. ↑ А. К. Усціновіч. Слоўнік асабовых уласных імён / навук. рэд. А. А. Лукашанец — Мінск: Літаратура і Мастацтва, 2011. — 240 с. — ISBN 978-985-6941-10-1.
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