Message: "Help with Russian/Ukrainian name."

Help with Russian/Ukrainian name.

by Vraiment

6/2/2006, 2:23 AM

My boyfriend had a friend with the coolest middle name, and I've been trying to figure out how to spell it exactly or what it might even mean.

It sounds like: Seh-mohn-ov-nah.

I was thinking it might be spelled like:

Simonovna

Not sure... I don't know much about the names in these areas...

Any ideas? Help?

#Russian #Ukrainian

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- Anneza +2

6/2/2006, 4:56 AM

Wouldn't Simonov be: Son of Simon? Could be the female version of that ... though I'm a total amateur at Slavic languages.

- Vraiment +1

6/2/2006, 3:20 PM

I think it would be daughter of Simon... hence ova or ovna. The 'a' at the end would make it feminine, I thought.

- Aggie (ADT)

6/2/2006, 3:41 PM

You're night.

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- Ivayla +1

6/2/2006, 8:54 AM

It's probably either Semyonovna or Symonovna and it means 'daughter of Semyon (or Symon)'. Russians and Ukrainians don't have a middle name in the western European sense. Instead, they have a patronymic name that is derived from the name of their father -- in this case, Semyon or Symon.

~ Ivayla,
skillfully disguised as a responsible adult

- Vraiment

6/2/2006, 3:21 PM

Thanks!

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