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Origin of Pavlov surname

Holders of the surname Pavlov can rightfully be proud of their ancestors, who left a noticeable mark in the history of Russia. Representatives of this family at different times occupied different levels of the hierarchical ladder.

The surname of Pavlova goes back to the texts of the Old Testament, it is inextricably linked with the history of Orthodox Russia and recalls the patron saint of the ancestor.

The surname comes from the name of Paul, which is translated from Latin as 'small'. This ancestral name could be given to the ancestor whose family the family considered the Holy Apostle Paul. In Russia, he was especially popular among the Christian population, his messages to communities and individuals make up a significant part of the New Testament and are one of the main texts of Christian theology. An ancestor could get his name, which later became ancestral, born on one of the days in memory of this saint. There is also the female baptismal name of Paul (derived from the male), which could also become the basis for some surnames.

The Slavs have a great many surnames formed from the baptismal name Pavel: Pavlenko, Pavlyuchenko, Pavlutsky, Pavlyuk and many others.

Perhaps the surname Pavlov belongs to the oldest type of primordially Russian family surnames formed from geographical names (terms). The proportion of noble families in this group is much larger than in any other. The very tradition of inherited family nicknames came to us from Western Europe and was first established in Poland, and later throughout the Commonwealth, where the names of noble families were usually formed from the name of their possessions. An indication of his estate was that name. In this case, there are several possible territories on which ancient carriers of this family name could live: the city of Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Region (founded in 1328), the city of Pavlovsk, Voronezh Region (founded in 1709), the city of Pavlovo, Nizhny Novgorod Region (founded in the middle of the XVIIth century) centuries), as well as a great many villages and villages with similar names.

According to some sources, there is also a Turkic version of the origin of this family name: from Pavel, the son of Oslan (Arslan), a murza from the Golden Horde, who went to the service of Dmitry Donskoy.

One of the most famous representatives of this family name in Russia is Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (09/14/18/1849, Ryazan - 02/27/1936, Leningrad), a Russian physiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1904 for studying digestion mechanisms.

Today, among the Pavlovs, you can find representatives of completely different professions, these are creative people, and statesmen, military, scientists, doctors.

Talking about the exact place and time of the origin of the surname Pavlov at the moment is not possible, since the process of forming surnames was quite lengthy. Nevertheless, the surname Pavlov is a wonderful monument of Slavic writing and culture.