Good, rainy, Monday to you, dear bean! How do you do?
I was thinking last week I should share another post featuring surnames. . . (Cuz most likely your characters have a first & last name at least, am I right??) Soooo, when I searched my blog to see when last I shared a surname post, I was shocked to see it said WAAAAAY back in 2014(?!?)!! WHOA. So, here's a long overdue set of surnames for you! These are rather specific, however, because they're all RUSSIAN. Yeah, I was searching for one for my characters Darrow & Warrick & decided to share a whole list of them today. :]
Enjoy, y'all!
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Russian
Means "son of Andrey". Andrey is the Russian & Bulgarian form of Andrew, meaning "manly, masculine."
Russian
Patronymic form of the Russian word kuznets, meaning "blacksmith."
Russian, Czech, Jewish
Means "son of Sokol." Sokol comes from the Czech word sokol meaning "falcon," a nickname or occupational name for a falconer.
NOTE: This is the surname I chose for the brothers Darrow & Warrick in my Camp NaNo WIP, Via.
Russian
Patronym derived from Russian volk, meaning "wolf."
Russian
Patronym taken from the Russian nickname Oryol, meaning "eagle."
RomanoffRussian
A variant of Romanov, meaning "son of Roman." This was the surname of the last dynasty of Russian tsars.
Names & meanings via behindthename.com.
Photos via Pinterest.
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I think the Russian language is beautiful! The names are so unique, the culture & history intriguing, and the people alluring (in a story kinda way). :]
Have a lovely week, y'all!
Have a lovely week, y'all!
Love this one! I'm always searching for surnames. :D
ReplyDelete:D Great! I know, me too. I've gotten to where I'll jot one down if I hear it & randomly think it'd be cool in a story. xD
DeleteTHIS IS EPIC. I would looove more surname posts! I am the WORST with surnames, and half the time forget to even give them to my characters. o.o So this is great! And AWK. All the Russian names are so beautiful, yes! I love the one you chose for Darrow & Warrick. That totally works for them. I also really like Volkov!
ReplyDeleteHaha thanks! I will certainly be adding a surname post each month. Can't believe I hadn't thought of it before *FACEPALM* Awww, thanks, girl! I loved that it's taken from a name meaning "falcon." Thought that was really neat, and something I can possibly tie into the story.
DeleteVolkov is awesome!!! I seriously considered that for the brothers as well...
Oh I love this! I agree with Christine. More surname posts would be great. Last names are often really hard for me to come up with. Maybe a list of German ones? I would really love that.
ReplyDeleteAnywho, I love this list! I might have to go write a Russian character now just so I can use some of these!
Thank you! I'm definitely adding a surname post each month. I agree. And ooh! German would have a great set! Do you have a familial connection with that culture, perchance? (Just curious) ^_^
DeleteHahaha! Yes, DO IT!!! Would make for a great writing prompt at the very least. :D