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Help[Surname] Re: Slavic endings
in reply to a message by Ivayla
There are two possibilities for Stefanovski:
1. "Stefan" (Engl. Stephen, Russian Stepan) is a male Christian name. "Stefanovo" is a name of village. "Stefanovski" can be the family name for a person having his origins in "Stefanovo".
2. "Stefan" (Stephen) is a male Christian name. "Stefanov" (Russian Stepanov) is a family name for the "sons of Stefan". Decades ago, in the land presently known as FYROM (Rep. of Macedonia), people having the family name "Stefanov" were forced to change it to "Stefanovski".
1. "Stefan" (Engl. Stephen, Russian Stepan) is a male Christian name. "Stefanovo" is a name of village. "Stefanovski" can be the family name for a person having his origins in "Stefanovo".
2. "Stefan" (Stephen) is a male Christian name. "Stefanov" (Russian Stepanov) is a family name for the "sons of Stefan". Decades ago, in the land presently known as FYROM (Rep. of Macedonia), people having the family name "Stefanov" were forced to change it to "Stefanovski".
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