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Version 1. What does the name Sergeyev mean?

Yes, everything is very simple, as the Cossacks called who wore the Earring in their right ear. And the earring was worn so that the commander knew that this man was the last man of his kind and didn't send him to dangerous tasks when they said 'BE' - they looked at someone with an Earring in his ear.

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

The surname takes the thirtieth place in the first hundred of the most common. The fact is that the name Sergey (the old version of Sergius), which gave birth to it, was very revered in Russia. Formed from the Roman patrimonial name Sergius - 'highly esteemed'. His numerous derivative forms supplemented the list of surnames: Serganov, Sergeevin, Sergeev, Sergeyevich, Sergeevsky, Sergeichev, Sergeychev, Sergeychenko, Sergiev, Sergievsky, Sergiyanov, Sergulin, Sergunin, Sergunkov, Sergunov, Sergunchik, Sergunchikov, Sergusin, Sergushev, Sergushin, Seryogin, Serezhechkin, Serezhichev, Serezhkin, Serezhnikov, Serenin. But Sergach, Sergachev, rather, the descendants of the natives of the city of Sergach, known since 1779.

Version 3.

All surnames are formed from the middle name from the name Sergey (from Latin - 'highly esteemed, high') and from derivatives from this name. Sergiev, Sergievsky - a surname not formed in Russian traditions, such a form close to canonical was characteristic of the clergy. Sregevnin is a metronymic surname formed from the naming of a mother by the name of her father Sergeyevna - Sergey's daughter. The actual Sergeevnin is Sergeyev's grandson through his mother.

Version 4.

One of the most common surnames. Comes from the baptismal name of Sergei, or, in the old way, Sergius - highly esteemed (lat.) - and forms the family 'nest': Serganov, Sergachev, Sergevin, Sergiev, Sergievsky, Sergulin, Sergunin, Sergunkov, Sergunov, Sergunchikov, Sergusin, Sergushev , Sergushin, Seregin, Serezhechkin, Serezhichev, Serezhnikov. Sergeyev Konstantin Mikhailovich (1910–92) - ballet dancer, choreographer, people's artist of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor. Since 1930 at the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater. S.M. Kirova danced parties of a lyrical-romantic plan: Romeo ('Romeo and Juliet' by S.S. Prokofiev), Eugene ('The Bronze Horseman' by R.M. Glier) and others. Later he was the main choreographer of the theater, then - art Head of the Leningrad Choreographic School. Since 1991 it became known as the Academy of Russian Ballet. A.Ya. Vaganova, and Sergeyev was the president of the Academy. Four times awarded the State Prize.