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Version 1. What does the surname Fedulov mean?

Fedul - open, open, 'burdock.' 'Fedul, what did you blow your lips? Kaftan burned. But is there a big hole? One gate remains.'

Version 2. The history of the origin of the surname Fedulov.

From the baptismal name Feodul - a servant of God (Greek) - there were also surnames: Fedulin, Feduliev, Fedunov, Fedutinov. Fedulov Pozdey Grigoryevich, one thousand people, in 1550. received an estate near Moscow.

Version 3.

The etymology of the surname Fedulov, which belongs to the common type of Russian surnames, goes back to the proper name. The surname Fedul formed the basis of the surname Fedulov. The fact is that church names were initially perceived by the ancient Slavs as alien, since their sound was unusual for Russian people. In addition, there were relatively few baptismal names, and they were often repeated, thereby creating difficulties in communication between people. Therefore, the ancient Slavs solved the problem of identification by adding a secular name to the church. This allowed them not only to easily distinguish a person in society, but also to indicate his belonging to a certain genus. According to the ancient Slavic tradition of dual-name, the secular name served as a kind of amulet that protects a person from evil spirits. The surname Fedulov goes back to the ecclesiastical male name Feodul, which means 'slave of the gods' in Greek. The surname was based on a colloquial form - Fedul. Intensive introduction of surnames in Russia XV-XVII centuries. It was associated with the strengthening of a new social layer, becoming the ruling - the landowner. Initially, these were possessive adjectives with the suffixes –ov / –ev, –in, indicating the name of the head of the family. As a result, the descendant of a man named Fedul eventually got the name Fedulov. The tradition of giving the child, in addition to the official baptismal name, another, secular, was maintained until the 17th century. and led to the fact that surnames formed from worldly names accounted for a significant part of the total number of Russian surnames.

Version 4.

Patronymic from colloquial forms Fedulay and Fedul from the male church name Feodul (dr. Greek. Teodulos - 'slave of the gods'). (H). Other surnames from the same name are Feduliev, Fedutinov, Fedunov, Fedulin. (E).

Version 5.

The Orthodox name Fedul (translated from Greek - 'servant of God' ') gave birth to a' family 'of surnames: Fedulin, Fedulkin, Fedulov, Fedulev, Fedunov, Fedutnikov. From the derivative form of this name of Dul, surnames could come: Dulin, Dulov. But, perhaps, they are more ancient: in old Russia there were male names Dul, Dula. The nickname Dulo was received by a person related to hunting, for example, a well-aimed shooter. By the way, it was preserved in its pure form as the surname Dulo. During the census, all these nicknames turned into surnames. The basis of the surname Dulev, most likely, is the word dul - 'hollow'.