Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's family name, given name and patronymic name in East Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
Petrosyan, Petrosian or Petrossian, Bedrosian or Bedrossian is a common surname in Armenia. It is a patronymic from the Armenian first name Petros.
Paulsson is a Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Paul", itself an English language derivative of the ancient Roman (pre-Christian) nomen Paulus, meaning "small". There are over 200 variants of the surname. Within Sweden, an alternate spelling is Pålsson, while the Icelandic is Pálsson, and the British Isles is Paulson. Paulsson is uncommon as a given name.
GhukasyanArmenian pronunciation:[ʁɔvkɑˈsjɑn]Russian pronunciation:[ɡʊkɐˈsʲan]) is an Armenian surname, meaning 'son of Ghukas', the Armenian equivalent of Luke. In Russia, Azerbaijan and other countries, some holders of this surname changed the spelling to Gukasov.
Petraitis is the masculine form of a patronymic Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Petraitienė and Petraitytė.
Kurtoğlu is a Turkish name. In old times it was a patronymic lakap (epithet) meaning "son of Kurt", from the Turkish first name "Kurt". The latter name literally means "wolf" in Turkish. In modern times the epithet has become a surname. Notable people with this epithet or surname include:
Terzioğlu is a Turkish surname. It is an occupational surname of patronymic derivation: Terzi (tailor) + -oğlu
Petridis or Petrides is a Greek surname. It is a patronymic surname which literally means "the son of Petros", equivalent to English Peterson. Notable people with the surname include:
Paulescu is a patronymic surname of Romanian origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Stepanóvich or Stepanovych (Ukrainian) is an East Slavic-language surname.
McFetridge is a surname, anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Pheadruis, patronymic from a Gaelic form of the given name Peter. Notable people with the surname include:
Vukasović is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from the Slavic name Vukas, a variant of Vuk. Notable people with the surname include:
Arshak is a Persian and Armenian given name.
Adamyan or Adamian is an Armenian surname derived from the given name Adam. The Western Armenian equivalent is Atamian (Ադամեան). Notable people with the surname include:
Stjepanović is a South Slavic patronymic surname derived from a masculine given name Stjepan. Notable people bearing this surname:
Lupulescu is a Romanian-language surname: lup (=wolf) + -ul + -escu. It may also be transcribed via Cyrillic alphabet and back to Latin as Lupulesku. Notable people with this surname include:
Avrahami is a surname derived from the given name Abraham. Notable people with this surname or patronymic include:
Avrami is a surname derived from the given name Abraham. Notable people with this surname or patronymic include:
Stefanowicz is a Polish patronymic surname derived from the given name Stefan. Notable people with the surname include:
D'Urso is an Italian surname, a patronymic from the name Urso. Notable people with the surname include:
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