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Patronymics in East Slavic:

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Russian-
Male ends in -ovich / -yevich girl is -ovna / -yevna.
Usually -ovich / -ovna, but names that end in -iy (e.g. Valeriy, Vasiliy) or y in general will be -yevich / -yevna.

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Ivan -> Ivanovich, Ivanovna
Yuriy -> Yuryevich, Yuryevna
Viktor -> Viktorovich, Viktorovna
Nikolay -> Nikolayevich, Nikolayevna
Amir -> Amirovich, Amirovna (non Russian original name)

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Ukrainian-
Male ends in -ovych girl is -ivna.

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Ivan -> Ivanovych, Ivanivna
Yuriy -> Yuriyovych, Yuriyivna
Viktor -> Viktorovych, Viktorivna
Mykola -> Mykolayovich, Mykolayivna
Józef (Yuzef) -> Yuzefovych, Yuzefivna (non Ukrainian original name)

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Belarusian-
Male ends in -avich / -yevich girl is -aŭna / -yeŭna.
Usually -avich / -avna, but names that end in -iy (e.g. Valeryy, Yuryy) or y in general will be -yevich / -yevna.

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Ivan -> Ivanavich, Ivanaŭna
Yuryy -> Yur'yevich, Yur'yeŭna
Viktar -> Viktaravich, Viktaraŭna
Mikalay -> Mikalayevich, Mikalayeŭna
Moysha -> Moyshayevich, Moyshayeŭna (non Belarusian original name)

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It would be Lev Aleksandrovich.

This message was edited 5/31/2025, 7:59 AM