Yevseyev

Yevseyev (Russian: Евсе́ев; masculine) or Yevseyeva (Евсе́ева; feminine) is a Russian surname.^[1] Variants of this surname include Avseyev/Avseyeva (Авсе́ев/Авсе́ева), Avseyenko (Авсе́енко), Avseykin/Avseykina (Авсе́йкин/Авсе́йкина), Avsyukov/Avsyukova (Авсюко́в/Авсюко́ва), Aseyev/Aseyeva (Асе́ев/Асе́ева), Yevsevenko (Евсеве́нко), Yevsevyev/Yevsevyeva (Евсе́вьев/Евсе́вьева), Yevseyenko (Евсе́енко), Yevseichev/Yevseicheva (Евсе́ичев/Евсе́ичева), Yevseykin/Yevseykina (Евсе́йкин/Евсе́йкина), Yevsenov/Yevsenova (Евсе́нов/Евсе́нова), Yevsyonochkin/Yevsyonochkina (Евсёночкин/Евсёночкина), Ovseyev/Ovseyeva (Овсе́ев/Овсе́ева), and Ovsiyenko (Овсие́нко).^[1]

All these surnames derive from various forms of the Christian male first name Yevsevy, or its colloquial form Yevsey (or Avsey^[2]), which is of Greek origins where it means pious, devout.^[1]

Surnames Yevsikov/Yevsikova (Е́всиков/Е́всикова), Yevsyukov/Yevsyukova (Евсюко́в/Евсюко́ва), Yevsyunin/Yevsyunina (Евсю́нин/Евсю́нина), Yevsyutin/Yevsyutina (Евсю́тин/Евсю́тина), Yevsyutkin/Yevsyutkina (Евсю́ткин/Евсю́ткина), Yevsyukhin/Yevsyukhina (Евсю́хин/Евсю́хина), Yevsyushin/Yevsyushina (Евсю́шин/Евсю́шина), and Yevsyushkin/Yevsyushkina (Евсю́шкин/Евсю́шкина) may have derived either from "Yevsey", or from Christian male first names Yevstafy or Yevstigney.^[1]

People with the surname

Alexey Yevseyev (b. 1994), Russian association football player
Denis Yevseyev, member of the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team
Inna Yevseyeva (b. 1964), Soviet female middle distance runner
Nikolay Yevseyev (b. 1966), Russian Olympic swimmer
Ruslan Yevseyev (b. 1986), Russian association football player
Vadim Evseev (Vadim Yevseyev) (b. 1976), Russian association football player
Vasyl Yevseyev (1962–2010), Ukrainian association football coach and player
Vladimir Yevseyev (1939–2012), Soviet rower
Vladislav Evseev (Yevseyev) (b. 1984), Russian ice hockey player
Willi Evseev (Yevseyev) (b. 1992), German association football player
Yekaterina Yevseyeva (b. 1988), Kazakhstani high jumper
Yevgeny Yevseyev (b. 1990), Russian association football player
Yevhen Yevseyev (b. 1987), Ukrainian association football player

Toponyms

Yevseyev (rural locality), a rural locality (a khutor) in Krasnogvardeysky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Ganzhina, p. 12
↑ Fedosyuk, entry on "Авсеев".

Sources

И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001. ISBN 5-237-04101-9
Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006. ISBN 978-5-89349-216-3

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