Abashin (
Russian: Абашин; masculine) or Abashina (Абашина; feminine) is a Russian last name, a variant of which is Abashkin (Абашкин; masculine) or Abashkina (Абашкина; feminine).[1] These last names derive from "Аба́ша" (Abasha) and "Аба́шка" (Abashka)—the
diminutive forms of the first name
Avvakum[1]—although other theories explaining the origins of these nicknames also exist (cf.
Abashev).[2]
People with this last name
Viktoriya Abashina, contestant on Dom-2, a Russian reality show
Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006.
ISBN978-5-89349-216-3
И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001.
ISBN5-237-04101-9
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