Yevseyev
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
- Alexey Yevseyev (b. 1994), Russian association football player
- Denis Yevseyev, member of the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team
- Inna Yevseyeva (b. 1964), Soviet female middle distance runner
- Nikolay Yevseyev (b. 1966), Russian Olympic swimmer
- Ruslan Yevseyev (b. 1986), Russian association football player
- Vadim Evseev (Vadim Yevseyev) (b. 1976), Russian association football player
- Vasyl Yevseyev (1962–2010), Ukrainian association football coach and player
- Vladimir Yevseyev (1939–2012), Soviet rower
- Vladislav Evseev (Yevseyev) (b. 1984), Russian ice hockey player
- Willi Evseev (Yevseyev) (b. 1992), German association football player
- Yekaterina Yevseyeva (b. 1988), Kazakhstani high jumper
- Yevgeny Yevseyev (b. 1990), Russian association football player
- Yevhen Yevseyev (b. 1987), Ukrainian association football player
Toponyms
- Yevseyev (rural locality), a rural locality (a khutor) in Krasnogvardeysky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia
See also
- Yevseyevo, several rural localities in Russia
References
Notes
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