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Version 1. What does the surname Grigoryev mean?

The basis of the surname Grigoryev was the church name Grigory. The baptismal male name Gregory in Greek means 'awake, not sleeping, alert'. One of the patrons of this name is considered St. Gregory, the Patriarch of Antioch, who became famous for his piety, modesty and desire to make the life of believers, especially people from the people, less difficult. The Slavs believed that if you give the child the name of a saint or a great martyr, then his life will be bright and he will easily overcome all difficulties, because there is an invisible connection between the name and destiny of a person. Several noble families of the Grigoryevs are known in the history of Russia, one of the most ancient originates from Merkul Ignatievich and his youngest son Emelyan. This genus of the Grigorievs is recorded in the VI part of the genealogical books of the Kursk and Moscow provinces. Another ancient genus of the Grigoryevs is the offspring of the life partner Fedor Grigoryevich Grigoryev, recorded in the first part of the genealogy book of the Yaroslavl province (General Herbovnik, part III). Among the well-known representatives of the surname are Vasily Vasilievich Grigoriev (1816-1881), an orientalist who was originally a nobleman of the Vladimir province; Pyotr Grigoryevich Grigoryev (1807-1854), Russian actor and playwright.

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

In the first hundred of the most common Russian surnames, this one occupies the fourteenth position. The Orthodox name Gregory (from the Greek 'awake') was always among his favorite names, he was willingly given to both princes and peasants. Most 'related' surnames are formed from numerous derivative forms of this name: Grigorkin, Grigorov, Grigorovich, Grigorushkin, Grikin, Grinev, Grinevetsky, Grinivetsky, Grinin, Grinikhin, Grinishin, Grinkov, Grinnikov, Grintsov, Grinchenko, Grinchik, Grinkov, Grinchuk, Grinyakin , Grikhanov, Grikhnov, Gritsay, Gritsevets, Gritsenko, Gritskov, Gritsuk, Gritsunov, Grichaev, Grichukhin, Grishagin, Grishaev, Grishakin, Grishakov, Grishanin, Grishankov, Grishanov, Grishev, Grishenkov, Grishechkin, Grishin, Grishinov, Grishkin , Grishmanov, Grishukov, Grishunin, Grishukhin, Grischuk.