Gunin (surname)

Gunin (Russian: Гунин), feminine: Gunina is a Russian patronymic surname derived from the nickname "Gunya", "Gun", the noun derived from the archaic verb gunit (гунить) meaning to tell[1] and other dialectal meanings.[2] The nickname gave rise to a number of other surnames: Guneyev, Gunev, Gunkin, Gunkov, Gunyayev.[1]The name may refer to the following notable people:

  • Andrey Gunin (born 1965) Russian (Chuvash) doctor of medical sciences, professor
  • Nikolay Gunin (1924–2011), Russian hockey and football coach
  • Valentina Gunina (born 1989), Russian chess grandmaster

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Gunin
  • All pages with titles containing Gunina
  • Gunko

References

  1. 1 2 Ganzhina, I. M. (2001) Словарь современных русских фамилий. Moscow: Astrel. p. 146 ISBN 5-271-00127-X.
  2. ↑ Гунить, In: Vladimir Dal, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
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