Origin of the surname Gvozdev The meaning of the surname, origin, history Gvozdev - Geda The meaning of the surname Gvozdetsky

The surname Gvozdev comes from the nickname Gvozd. So the Slavs called a tall person or the owner of a strong character. It is also possible that this nickname is derived from the name of the profession: a blacksmith who makes nails. However, in the old days, the Nail was also called the head of drinks in the royal palace.

The nickname Gvozd and the surname Gvozdev are mentioned in the Onomasticon by S.B. Veselovsky: Dmitry Semenovich Gvozd Zaborovsky, first half of the 16th century; book. Fedor Dmitrievich Gvozd Priimkov-Rostovsky, early 16th century; Nail Antonovich Domozhirov, 1570; Gvozdevs, XVI-XVII centuries, Tula and Ryazan. Gvozd, eventually received the surname Gvozdev.

How to spell the surname Gvozdev in English (Latin)

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The meaning and origin of the surname Gvozdetsky.

1. The meaning of the surname Gvozdetsky.

Surname in most cases it is of Polish origin and is formed either from Poland itself or from neighboring states (Belarus, Ukraine). The overwhelming majority of representatives of the Gvozdetsky family belonged to the Polish gentry. In 10% percent, the bearer of the surname is possibly a descendant of an ancient Russian princely or boyar family. But in both cases, the surname mainly indicates the area where the distant ancestors of a person lived or the settlement from where, according to legend, this family originates, however, the surname can also come from the name or nickname of a distant ancestor of a person. Also, in 29% of cases, this surname was given by the ancestor of the clergyman when he graduated from the seminary. In such cases, the surname was given at the behest of the leadership of the school and could be formed from the name of the area, the church holiday, the name of the saint. The surname Gvozdetsky is rare in the regions of Russia. In the important pre-revolutionary chronicles that have survived to this day, residents with this surname were important persons from the Slavic Kyiv merchants in the 16th-17th centuries, holding the honorable sovereign privilege. The historical roots of the surname can be found in the list of the census of the population of Ancient Rus' during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. The ruler had a certain list of privileged and best surnames, which were awarded to close associates only in case of special merits or awards. Thus, this surname carried its initial meaning and is exceptional. The surname Gvozdetsky - Polish (Gwozdecki), is included in the same nest with the Russian surname Gvozdev.

2. The meaning of the surname Gvozdetsky.

Surname Gvozdetsky could be formed from the nickname or worldly name Gvozd (in Ukraine - Gvizd), perhaps it was given to a tall person or the owner of a strong character. Gvozdarev - from the name of the profession (nailer - a blacksmith who makes nails). But in the old days, the nailer was also called the head of drinks in the royal palace, from a nail (cork) in a barrel (Dal). The surname is old, mentioned in Veselovsky's Onomasticon: Gvozd, Gvozdevs: Dmitry Semenovich Gvozd Zaborovsky, first half of the 16th century; book. Fyodor Dmitrievich Gvozd Priimkov-Rostovsky, early 16th century; Nail Antonovich Domozhirov, 1570; [nobles] Gvozdevs, XVI-XVII centuries. (Tula and Ryazan) [apparently, they own the arms of the Gvozdevs]. In Poland, there are also similar surnames (some, apparently, Polonized Russian and Ukrainian) Gwozdziecki, Gwozdzicki, Gwozdziowski and Gwozdziec (Gvozdziec), as well as a somewhat similar Gwiazdowski with a completely different etymology (from gwiazda - star). By the way, according to family tradition, some from the Gvozdetskys from Ukraine (and the Gvozdetskys, as can be concluded below, are all from Western Ukraine), the surname was originally Gvizd. But this is doubtful, because. the well-known typically Ukrainian surnames Gvozdenko and Gvozdyuk are formed precisely from this root and, moreover, without a later vowel about; i. And according to the family tradition of the Gvozdetskys from the Western Ukrainian city of Pulma, they all once lived on the left bank of the Western Bug and descended from the Teutonic knights who guarded the Polish border, who were the “nails” of this border. These are the Pobug Gvozdetskys, from whom the Galician and all other Gvozdetskys probably originated. Not being an anti-Semite, I reject common people's claims that Polish surnames end in "-tski" or "-ski", and all surnames in "-tsky, -sky" are Jewish. Indeed, in Poland, the Jews living there took Polish surnames (as they used to take German ones while living in Germany). But these surnames sounded exactly the same in Polish on “-tski, -ski”. After the entry of part of Poland into the Russian Empire, Polish and Jewish surnames changed their sound to "-tsky / -sky". This is also confirmed by the fact that even under Ivan the Terrible there were many Russian nobles and princes with surnames in tski / ski, starting with a friend of Tsar Andrei Bogolyubsky (not to mention the mother of Tsar Elena Vasilievna Glinskaya): Kiev voivode Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky, Lutsk headman Koretsky , Prince Vishnevetsky, Volyn governor Czartorysky