Avdonin

Avdonin (Russian: Авдонин; masculine) or Adonina (Russian: Авдонина; feminine) is a Russian last name.[1] Variants of this last name include Avdokhin/Avdokhina (Авдохин/Авдохина), Avdoshin/Avdoshina (Авдошин/Авдошина), Avdyunin/Avdyunina (Авдюнин/Авдюнина), and Avdyushin/Avdyushina (Авдюшин/Авдюшина).[1]

They all derive from the Russian given names Avdey (or its rare form Avdon) (male)—meaning servant, servile—and Yevdokiya (or its form Avdotya) (female)—meaning benevolence, acceptance, goodwill.[1]

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  • 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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