Belarusian name
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A modern Belarusian name of a person consists of three parts:
Belarusian given names
As with most cultures, a person has a given name chosen by the parents. First names in East-
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Belarusian family names (surnames)
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Belarusian surnames, like those in most of Europe, are hereditary and generally patrilineal, i.e., passed from the father on to his children.
Depending on the region, Belarusian surnames could have a different form and different ending.
One very large group of surnames end with the common Slavonic suffixes -vič (wicz) and -ič (icz) (Daškievič, Šuškievič, Vajciuškievič, Mackievič, Mickievič, Misilevič) or -cki and -ski (feminine form -ckaja and -skaja: Navicki, Kalinoŭski, Pilecki, Rusiecki, Sadoŭski, Caŭłoŭski, Bialaŭski).
One common suffix in surnames is -čuk (Ramančuk, Kačuk, Kavalčuk) or its simplified versions -iuk and -juk (Maliuk, Masiuk).
Another group includes surnames with the suffix -ka, corresponding to the suffix -ko found in
Another suffix is -jenia (-ienia) (Majsienia, Astapienia, Jurčenia, Hierasimienia).
See also
- Slavic names
- Slavic surnames
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110721203006/http://old.knihi.com/jurevic_u/prozviscy.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110815090007/http://dzietki.org/article/cms_view_article.php?aid=4
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110411132101/http://kryuja.org/artykuly/bielaruskaja_atliantyda/jak_i_czamu_bielarusy_vybirali_imjony.html
- http://knihi.com/Symon_Barys/Bielaruskija_imiony.html