What is the meaning and origin of the Russian surname "Abugoff"?
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Egao No Genki
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It means the same this as "Abugov." And here is that meaning: "Abugov (Grodno, Igumen, Bykhov, Klimovichi, Kiev) N: Abuhov is the Ashkenazic phonetic form of the Sephardic surname Abohab, derived from `donator' [Arabic]. The surname has existed since the 13th century (Laredo, 189) {Abuev, Bugov}." http://www.avotaynu.com/books/DJSRE1SamplePage.pdf -ov is possessive, meaning "son of." So it basically means "son of donator." “Ov”, “off”, “in”, “vich” and “ev” at the end of a Russian surname indicate the surname means “son of ____” (whatever). It does not necessarily mean “son of [father’s name]” it could also mean “son of [animal]” or any other descriptive term, although it is often a person’s name. It should also be noted that “off” is often the “English” version of “ov.” It is also used by Russians to make their name sound more aristocratic. The problem with some of these names is that it is hard to tell whether or not the name is literal (it means, literally, "son of a donator") or not (it means son of a guy named "Abug")
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