Russian surnames?

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hec

The ones that end with "ov", "in" (unless they are foreign by origin), "skii" are gender-specific. The ones that end with "ko" are usually gender-neutral, with one particularity - in pre-1918 language the masculine surnames would change endings in different cases, while feminine would keep the ending "ko". This rule has changed, but if you read Tolstoy or Dostoevsky, you'll notice the difference.

"Thruthfulinsights" gave you a very good answer, with one minor error (not related to your question) - Czech female surnames do get "ova", so Gashek-Gashekova, Havel - Havelova, Remek -Remekova.

Victory

Well, some of the Russian surnames change according to gender and some don't. Tsumanenko is an example of the surnames that don't change. But if it was let's say Ivanov (this is the male form), the female form would be Ivanovna.

russiancatsima

Pear gave you the wrong answer.
That would be right with Check surnames.
This name does not sound Russian, but more like Ukrainian, and Ukrainian names do not change endings...
Russians surname do in different ways
Yeltsin-Yetstsina
Putin-Putina
Rasputin=Pasputina
Inanov-Inanova
Ianovskiy=Ianovskaia
But again, not every name changes
Let us Say the name Tkach does not change, and many others, either....
The name is your example is Ukrainian.

Liz

Sorry Hec, you are wrong on the Czech here too.

Usually you just stick -ova at the end:
Karel Scheinpflug -- Olga Scheinpflugova
(it is done to everyone's name, so in the paper you can read about Hillary Clintonova... )

If the name is ends -yxex where y is a vowel and x is a consonant then you drop the e:
Vaclav Havel -- Dagmar Havlova
Jaroslav Hasek -- Jarmila Haskova

Dubcek is -xxex so Alexandr Dubcek -- Anna Dubcekova. Merkel (German Chancellor) ends -xxex so -- you have the hang of this now? right, Angela Merkelova!

If the name is an adjective then you put it into the feminine
Ivan Blatny -- Ivana Blatna

If the name is neuter or plural than it stays as it is.
Josef Tacheci -- Barbora Tacheci
Jan Tomsu -- Jana Tomsu
Interesting trivia: If you are a transsexual in the Czech Republic or Slovakia, you have to take a neuter name. When the sex change is complete you can take a feminine or masculine name again.

That said, you have plenty of answers above. Indeed Tsumanenko is a Ukrainian name, and this one does not change ... in Ukraine. Now if she were to travel to the Czech Republic or Slovakia ... ;-)

Otherwise Victory, truthfulinsights and Hec are correct on this point. I just had to clear up the Czech thing here as all information on this point was wrong.

foxy

for example, the wife of Борис Ельцин (Boris Yel'tsin) is Наина Ельцина (Naina Yel'tsina). ...............seems so

Jelly

If its definitely russian surname, then all which ends on iy,ov, iv, ev,oy, will change to ( accordingly) aya,ova,iva,eva,aya. Other manes in Russian not change(declension)!( that was taken from the book of russian language)

Silent Warriors™

"Tsumanenko" sounds to be Ukrainian
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UP/0/Tsuman.html

ryskayagirl33

Some last names change and others dont. For example I know a russian last name Ryabukha, and no matter for either female or male it is going to be the same. It is usually "ova" added to the end of female last names. For example, Krapov, would be Krapova, Peshkov, would be Peshkova, Ryazanov would be Ryazanova.. and for Ukrainian last names, it ends in "ko" so for example, Shevchenko, would be the same for male and femaile. Tsumanenko sounds like a Ukranian last name and no, the ending would not change.

Boris

Yes, the last name chages.
In most cases, a female adds an "a" after her last name.
ex. Gilev- male. Gileva- female.
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MumbaJumba

Slavic Surnames 101

Most Russian ones end in -in and -ov for men and in -ina and -ova for women. Yeltsin/Yeltsina, Sharapov/Sharapova.

Most Ukrainian names end in -uk, -ak and -nko.

Gomenyuk, Tretiak, Timoshenko and do not change gender.

Most Polish names end in -ski for men and -skaya for women.
Czech names end in "ek" Dubchek, Hashek, and do not change gender.

( Mistake made, my apologies- look below for correction)

Bulgarian ones mostly end in ov/ova like Russian. Not many -in ones

Most Yugo- names end in -ich- Milosevich. So do many Belarusian names. These do not change genders.

Because Slavs have mixed quite a bit, one often has Russians with a Ukranian grandfather or a Polish one and they still carry those old names. The same for other Slavs- they would sometimes have a Czech name but be Polish- some ancestor was Polish, etc.

There are also Slavic names that are unclassifiable and "weird", like Valesa, Kuchma, Gonta. These would be the same for both male and female genders.

Cossak

1.male - Pukin,female - Pukina
2.male - Kotyahich,female - Kotyahich
3. male - Kamenyuck,female Kamenyuck
4. male - Videtov,female Videtova
5. male Trubetskoy,female - Trubetskaya
6. male Nosick,female Nosick
7. male Donskih,female Donskih
8. male Dorofeev,female Dorofeeva
9. male Ozerenko,female Ozerenko
10. male Jidovskiy,female Jidovskaya
11. male Govnyanskiy,female Govnyanskaya
12. male Gorobets,female Gorobets
13. male Rechnoy,female Rechnaya

yuliyasa2003

it all depends on surname, but most of them do change, and there is no rules which are change and which are not.

Your last name Tsumanenko looks like not changing, but who knows.

good luck

Lawyer

Yes,they do!
Same in Bulgaria

ex. Ivanov- male
Ivanova-female

ami

Tsumanicova

livinfortheweekend

Apology accepted

Pearl

Yes they do normally change according to which gender you are. If you are female you will normally have the ending ova or eva after the family name, so for Tsumanenko it would be Tsumanenkova.

k is for killer

The feminine form is
Nikasopholot.

jolajuli

Yeah, it changes. Tsumanenko for lady will be Tsumanenkaya.

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