by Tondoteottotote on August 17th, 2005

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What is the meaning and origin of the Russian surname "Aggeev"?

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  • by   on September 3rd, 2009

     

    It means "son of Agge", where Agge is probably a variation of Aggei, which means "creative, festive."

    http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/a.html

    “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.

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