Avtonomov (russian: Автоно́мов; masculine) or Avtonomova (; feminine) is a Russian last name.
[Ganzhina, p. 12] Variants of this surname include Avnatamov/Avnatamova (/), Avtamonov/Avtamonova (/), Avtomanov/Avtomanova (/), Avtoneyev/Avtoneyeva (/), Avtonoshkin/Avtonoshkina (/), and
Antomanov/Antomanova (/).
All these surnames derive from
patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor.
Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...
s which themselves derive from various forms of the male first name
Avtonom
Avtonom (russian: Автоно́м) is a Russian Christian male first name.Superanskaya, p. 23 Its feminine version is Avtonoma.Superanskaya p. 278 The name is derived from the Greek word ''autonomous'', meaning ''one living by one's ...
(from
Greek
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''autonomos'', meaning ''one that has/is living by one's own laws'').
The following people bear this surname:
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Alexey Avtonomov, several people
*Darya Avtonomova, Russian gymnast, a medalist in the Senior Group Finals at the
2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
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*Natalya Avtonomova, contributor to the proceedings of the 20th
World Congress of Philosophy
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Nikolai Avtonomov (1894–1979), former Orthodox clergyman who converted to Eastern Catholicism
See also
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Kozma Spassky-Avtonomov Kozma Fyodorovich Spassky-Avtonomov (russian: Козьма Фёдорович Спасский-Автономов) was born in 1807, in Zakharovka, now Lipetsk Oblast and died in 1890. He was a Russian researcher of the region of Baku, then a city ...
(1807–1890), Russian geographer and climatologist
References
Notes
Sources
*И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (''Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names''). Москва, 2001.
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Russian-language surnames