Yevseyev (Russian: Евсе́ев; masculine) or Yevseyeva (Евсе́ева; feminine) is a Russian surname.[1] Variants of this surname include Avseyev/Avseyeva (Авсе́ев/Авсе́ева), Avseyenko (Авсе́енко), Avseykin/Avseykina (Авсе́йкин/Авсе́йкина), Avsyukov/Avsyukova (Авсюко́в/Авсюко́ва), Aseyev/Aseyeva (Асе́ев/Асе́ева), Yevsevenko (Евсеве́нко), Yevsevyev/Yevsevyeva (Евсе́вьев/Евсе́вьева), Yevseyenko (Евсе́енко), Yevseichev/Yevseicheva (Евсе́ичев/Евсе́ичева), Yevseykin/Yevseykina (Евсе́йкин/Евсе́йкина), Yevsenov/Yevsenova (Евсе́нов/Евсе́нова), Yevsyonochkin/Yevsyonochkina (Евсёночкин/Евсёночкина), Ovseyev/Ovseyeva (Овсе́ев/Овсе́ева), and Ovsiyenko (Овсие́нко).[1]

All these surnames derive from various forms of the Christian male first name Yevsevy, or its colloquial form Yevsey (or Avsey[2]), which is of Greek origins where it means pious, devout.[1]

Surnames Yevsikov/Yevsikova (Е́всиков/Е́всикова), Yevsyukov/Yevsyukova (Евсюко́в/Евсюко́ва), Yevsyunin/Yevsyunina (Евсю́нин/Евсю́нина), Yevsyutin/Yevsyutina (Евсю́тин/Евсю́тина), Yevsyutkin/Yevsyutkina (Евсю́ткин/Евсю́ткина), Yevsyukhin/Yevsyukhina (Евсю́хин/Евсю́хина), Yevsyushin/Yevsyushina (Евсю́шин/Евсю́шина), and Yevsyushkin/Yevsyushkina (Евсю́шкин/Евсю́шкина) may have derived either from "Yevsey", or from Christian male first names Yevstafy or Yevstigney.[1]

People with the surname

Toponyms

See also

  • Yevseyevo, several rural localities in Russia

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ganzhina, p. 12
  2. Fedosyuk, entry on "Авсеев".

Sources

  • И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001. ISBN 5-237-04101-9
  • Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006. ISBN 978-5-89349-216-3
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