Russian Surnames

Derived from utka (duck)

From varaksa meaning dauber or painter

Ukrainian-influenced from Vasiliy

Son of Vasily

Derived from vasnets (freckled)

Derived from vereshchaga (screamer)

From Verkhoturye in the Urals

Noble surname from village Vernady

From verh gory meaning top of the mountain

Derived from veter (wind)

Vineyard worker

Son of Vlas (Blaise)

Derived from voevoda (military commander)

From the Volkona river

Wolf

Derived from Volodya (pet form of Vladimir)

Sparrow

Derived from vorona (crow)

Raven

Derived from voronets (crow person)

Derived from voskresenie (resurrection)

From vyaly meaning sluggish or limp

From the town Vyazma

Son of Yakim

Son of Yakov (Jacob)

Son of Yakush

From Yakutsk in Far Eastern Siberia

From Yaroslavl region

Derived from yarets (fierce person)

Son of Yefrem

Derived from yel (spruce)

Son of Yelisey (Elisha)

Derived from yenot (raccoon)

Derived from yepancha (cloak)

Son of Yepifan (Epiphanius)

Son of Yermak

Ukrainian-influenced from Yevtukh

Son of Yuda (Judah)

Son of Yuri

Derived from Tatar Yusup (Joseph)

Derived from zagosok (dry branch)

Hare

Son of Zakhar (Zechariah)

Derived from zalyga (hook)

Derived from zamyatnya (trouble)

From za rechkoy meaning beyond the river

From zavoloka meaning portage or drag

Derived from zayats (hare)