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[Facts] Read this instead...

by Caprice

9/24/2004, 5:53 AM

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...

- Ivayla +1

9/24/2004, 9:13 AM

Yes, but...

those are their last names. Your great grandmother's middle name would be Yakovovna

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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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