Eastern Slavic naming customs

Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's given name and patronymic name in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union.

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They are commonly used in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser extent in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia. It is named after the East Slavic languages group that the Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian languages belong to.

Name	Belarusian example	Russian example	Ukrainian example
First name (given name)	Belarusian: Уладзімір, romanized: Uladzimir	Russian: Владимир, romanized: Vladimir	Ukrainian: Володимир, romanized: Volodymyr
Patronymic	Belarusian: Антонавіч, romanized: Antonavič	Russian: Антонович, romanized: Antonovich	Ukrainian: Антонович, romanized: Antonovych
Family name (surname)	Belarusian: Іваноў, romanized: Ivanoŭ	Russian: Иванов, romanized: Ivanov	Ukrainian: Іванів, romanized: Ivaniv

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