Rakhmaninov (surname)
Rakhmaninov, feminine: Rakhmaninova is a Russian patronymic surname, also spelled as Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff associated with the noble Russian Rakhmaninov family. Boris Unbegaun suggests that is derived from the nickname rakhmanin, which either meant "Indian person" (corrupted "brahman") or was derived from the adjective rakhmanny with various meanings.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer
- Ivan Rakhmaninov (1753–1807), Russian publisher, translator and educator
- Maria Rakhmaninova
- Yuri Rachmaninov (1936–2007), Soviet and Russian scientist, great-nephew of Sergei Rachmaninoff
See also
- All pages with titles containing Rakhmaninov
- All pages with titles containing Rakhmaninova
- All pages with titles containing Rachmaninov
- All pages with titles containing Rachmaninova
- Rachmaninoff (disambiguation)
- Rakhmanin
- Rakhmanov
- Rakhman
References
- ^ Boris Unbegaun (1989). Русские фамилии [Russian Surnames]. Translated by Luybov Kurkina, V. Neroznak, Ye. Skvairs from the 1972 English original [in Russian]. Moscow: Progress. p. 108. ISBN 5-01-001045-3.
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