Muktupāvels

Muktupāvels (masculine), Muktupāvela (feminine) is a Latvian-language surname.

Valdis Muktupāvels put forth a plausible hypothesis about the origin of his surname: basing on the traditions of Latvian name formation, it would literally mean "Pavels from Mukti", and the placename Mukti may derive from obsolete Lithuanian word "mukt" for "swampy place".[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Laima Muktupāvela (born 1962), Latvian author
  • Rūta Muktupāvela (born 1963), Latvian cultorologist, musician, and academic, rector of the Latvian Academy of Culture
  • Valdis Muktupāvels (born 1958), ethnomusicologist, composer, musician, teacher, ad art critic
  • Zigfrīds Muktupāvels (born 1965) Latvian musician, journalist, radio and TV program host

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