Zelensky
Its Polish version is Żeleński (masculine) or Żeleńska (feminine).
Zelensky is a Slavic masculine surname.
Its Russian version (Russian: Зеленский) is romanized Zelenski, Zelenskii, Zelenskiy, or Zelensky, and originates from the toponym Zelyonoe,[1] meaning “green”; its feminine counterpart is Zelenskaya or Zelenskaia.
Its Ukrainian version (Ukrainian: Зеленський) is romanized Zelenskyi, Zelensky, or Zelenskyy. The feminine (Ukrainian: Зеленська) is Zelenska.
the Lithuanized version is Zelenskis.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksei Zelensky (born 1971), Russian luger
- Elena Zelenskaya (born 1961), Russian opera soprano
- Igor Zelensky, Russian ballet dancer
- Isaak Zelensky (1890–1938), Russian politician
- Varvara Zelenskaya (born 1972), Russian alpine ski racer
- Volodymyr Zelensky (born 1978), Ukrainian politician and incumbent President of Ukraine, formerly a screenwriter, actor and studio director
- Władysław Żeleński (disambiguation), multiple people
- Żeleński noble family
See also
References
- Ganzhina, I. M. (2001) Словарь современных русских фамилий. Moscow: Astrel. ISBN 5-271-00127-X.
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