Russian surnames of illegitimate children

In the Russian Empire, illegitimate children were sometimes given artificial surnames, rather than the surnames of their parents. In some cases an illegitimate child of a Russian aristocrat was given a surname derived from the surname of the father by truncation of the first syllable. For example, Trubetskoy was trimmed to Betskoy (also Betskiy[1]). There were some other ways to hint at the parent's surname, while in still other cases new surnames had no direct relation to that of parent's.[2][3][4]

Other truncated surnames include: Yelagin to Agin, Repnin to Pnin, Golitsyn to Litsyn or deLitsyn, Vorontsov to Rantsov, Rumyantsev to Umyantsev,[2] and Potemkin to Temkina.

In a number of cases illegitimate children receive the surname of an adopted parent, as was in the case, e.g., prominent Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky.[1]

See also

  • List of illegitimate children of Russian emperors
  • List of illegitimate children of Russian grand dukes
  • Category:Illegitimate children of Russian monarchs

References

  1. ^ a b Eugene Pchelov (Евгений Пчелов), "Ещё раз о типологии фамилий внебрачных потомков русского дворянства", Известия Русского Генеалогического общества. Вып. 34. СПб., 2018. С. 203–210.
  2. ^ a b Boris Unbegaun, Russian surnames, — Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972; Russian version: Русские фамилии, 1989, Chapter IX: "Artificial surnames"
  3. ^ НЕСТАНДАРТНЫЕ РУССКИЕ ФАМИЛИИ, citing Суслова А.В., Суперанская А.В., О русских именах, Л.: Лениздат, 1991
  4. ^ И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Moscow, 2001. ISBN 5-237-04101-9

Further reading

  • Konstanting Gubastov, Генеалогические сведения о русских дворянских родах, происшедших от внебрачных союзов. Publication and commentary by Р. Г. Красюков, with expansion. — СПб., 2003.
  • Сахаров И.В., "Российские фамилии, в которых запечатлено внебрачное происхождение лиц, их получивших", Известия Русского Генеалогического общества. Вып. 31. СПб., 2017. С. 19–74.
  • Губастов К.А. Генеалогические сведения о русских дворянских родах, происшедших от внебрачных союзов (written in 1908) Публ. и коммент. Р.Г. Красюкова. СПб., 2003.
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