The Bulgarian
patronymic
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Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...
surname Bakalov ( bg, Бакалов; ) is derived from the
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...
word ''
bakkal'', which in turn was derived from the Arabic word ''baqqāl''. Translated, it refers to a
greengrocer
A greengrocer is a person who owns or operates a shop selling primarily fruit and vegetables. The term may also be used to refer to a shop selling primarily produce. It is used predominantly in the United Kingdom and Australia.
In the United ...
. The name is also found in Russia and Ukraine.
Notable people with this surname include:
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Boris Nicola Bakalov
Boris Nicola Bakalov ( bg, Борис Никола Бакалов, born 23 November 1980) is a former professional Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeas ...
(born 1980), Bulgarian tennis player
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Dimo Bakalov
Dimo Naydenov Bakalov ( bg, Димо Найденов Бакалов; born 19 December 1988) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Career
In 2006 the Youth Academy midfielder Dimo Bakalov agreed the conditions of his fi ...
(born 1988), Bulgarian football player
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Igor Bakalov
Igor Bakalov (9 December 1939 – 25 September 1992) was a Soviet sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and ...
(1939–1992), Soviet sports shooter
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Luis Bacalov
Luis Enríquez Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-born film composer. He learned music from Enrique Barenboim, father of Daniel Barenboim the conductor of the Berlin, and Chicago orchestras, and also Berta Sujovolsky ...
(1933–2017), Argentine-born Italian film score composer of Bulgarian descent
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Maria Bakalova
Maria Valcheva Bakalova, . ( ; born 4 June 1996) is a Bulgarian actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Critics' Choice Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Gl ...
(born 1996), Bulgarian actress
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Marin Bakalov
Marin Bakalov (born 18 April 1962) is a Bulgarian football coach and former professional player.
Career
Playing career
Bakalov made a total of 454 league appearances in Bulgaria for Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА С ...
(born 1962), Bulgarian football player and coach
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Vasily Bakalov
Vasily Ivanovich Bakalov (russian: Василий Иванович Бакалов; 18 April 1929 – 25 January 2020) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russia, Russian military engineer and designer who worked on the designs of Armoured fighting ve ...
(1929–2020), Soviet and Russian military engineer
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Yuriy Bakalov
Yuriy Bakalov ( uk, Юрій Михайлович Бакалов; born 16 January 1966 in Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union - in present-day Ukraine) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian professional football midfielder and manager.
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(born 1966), Ukrainian football midfielder and coach
References
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Bulgarian-language surnames
Slavic-language surnames
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