Ayedonitsky
Ayedonitsky (Russian: Аедони́цкий; masculine) or Ayedonitskaya (Аедони́цкая; feminine) is a Russian last name.[1] It is a Russian surname originated in clergy, artificially created from the Latin word aedon, meaning nightingale[2] and was given in Russian Orthodox seminaries[1] either to students who sang well in a choir[3] or as a Latin translation of the Russian last name Solovyov.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Ganzhina, p. 15
- ↑ Boris Unbegaun, Русские фамилии, pp. 169–180
- ↑ Fedosyuk, entry on "Аедоницкий".
Sources
[edit]- 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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