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by Caprice
9/24/2004, 5:53 AM
in reply to a message by Anthony
As far as I know, it works something like this:
-ov for men (as in Feodorov) is -ovna for women (Feodorovna)
-vich for men (as in Popovich) is -va for women (Popova)
-skij for men (Sergievskij) is -skaja for women (Sergievskaja)
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- Miss Claire   +2
9/24/2004, 7:22 AM
I think it's "ski" / "sky" and "skaya" or "ska". My great grandmother was Zlata Wodowska, and her father was Yakov Wodowski...
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- Ivayla   +1
9/24/2004, 9:13 AM
Yes, but...those are their last names. Your great grandmother's middle name would be Yakovovna

This message was edited 9/24/2004, 9:20 AM

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- Miss Claire
9/24/2004, 9:16 AM
I've found a good link about it: http://familyofmann.tripod.com/rname.htm :)
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