Afanasyev

Afanasyev (masculine; Афанасьев) or Afanasyeva (feminine; Афанасьева) is a Russian patronymic surname. It is derived from Afanasy, which is etymologically directly connected to Athanasios (Αθανάσιος), a Greek masculine first name that means "immortal". Notable people with the surname include:

• Aleksey Afanasyev (1850-c. 1920), Russian painter and illustrator
• Alexander Afanasyev (1826–1871), Russian folklorist
• Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky (1817–1875), Russian/Ukrainian writer and ethnographer
• Aliona Afanasieva
• Anastasia Afanasieva
• Anatoly Afanasyev (1912–2003), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Boris Afanasiev
• Egor Afanasyev (born 2001), Russian ice hockey player
• Fyodor Afanasyev (1859–1905), Russian revolutionary
• Georgy Afanasyev (1906–1975), Soviet geologist and petrographer
• Mikhail Afanasyev (born 1986), Belarusian footballer
• Ivan Afanasyev (1901–1952), Soviet naval officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Irina Afanasieva
• Ksenia Afanasyeva (born 1991), Russian olympic gymnast
• Nicholas Afanasiev
• Nikolay Afanasyev (athlete) (born 1972), Russian Olympic athlete
• Nikolay Mikhaylovich Afanasyev (1916–2009), Russian firearms designer
• Nikolay Afanasyev (composer) (1820–1898), Imperial Russian violinist and composer
• Nikolay Fyodorovich Afanasyev (1918–1944), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Nikolay Nikolayevich Afanasyev (1893–1966), Russian Orthodox theologian
• Nina Afanasyeva (born 1939), Russian/Sami politician and language activist
• Nick Afanasiev
• Nikita Afanasiev
• Sergey Afanasyev (engineer) (1918–2001), Soviet engineer and space and defense industry executive
• Sergey Afanasyev (athlete) (born 1964), Russian middle-distance runner, in 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships
• Sergey Afanasyev (racing driver) (born 1988), Russian racing driver
• Stepan Afanasyev (1894–1965), Soviet party figure
• Tatyana Afanasyeva (1876–1964), Russian/Dutch mathematician
• Valery Afanasyev
• Valery V. Afanasyev
• Vasily Afanasyev (1843–1913), prominent mechanical engineer of the Imperial Russian Navy
• Viktor Grigoryevich Afanasyev (1922–1994), Soviet/Russian journalist
• Viktor Mikhaylovich Afanasyev (born 1948), Soviet/Russian cosmonaut
• Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete) (born 1967), Russian track and field athlete
• Yelena Afanasyeva (politician) (born 1975), Russian politician
• Yevgeny Afanasyev (born 1947), Russian diplomat
• Yuri Afanasyev, (1934–2015), Russian historian and politician

Other spellings

• Vahur Afanasjev (1979–2021), Estonian writer, filmmaker and musician
• Valērijs Afanasjevs [lv] (born 1982), Latvian footballer
• Valery Afanassiev (born 1947), Russian pianist
• Walter Afanasieff, Brazilian (of Russian descent) record producer and songwriter

See also

• All pages with titles containing Afanasyev
• All pages with titles containing Afanasiev
• All pages with titles containing Afanasyeva
• All pages with titles containing Afanasieva

References

• Unbegaun, B. O. (1972). Russian Surnames. Oxford University Press.

Surname list

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