Avdonin

Avdonin (; masculine) or Adonina (; feminine) is a Russian last name. Variants of this last name include Avdokhin/Avdokhina (/), Avdoshin/Avdoshina (/), Avdyunin/Avdyunina (/), and Avdyushin/Avdyushina (/).

They all derive from the Russian given names Avdey (or its rare form Avdon) (male)Ã¢ÂÂmeaning servant, servileÃ¢ÂÂand Yevdokiya (or its form Avdotya) (female)Ã¢ÂÂmeaning ', acceptance, goodwill.

People with the last name

Alexander Avdonin (1932–2026), the first known person to start exhuming the grave of the murdered royal Romanov family

Juri Avdonin, Estonian association football player for Tartu JK Welco Elekter

Tatiana Avdonina, Belarusian water skier, 2000 trick cable ski champion

Yelena Avdonina, librarian, casualty of the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis

Fictional characters

Avdonina, a character from the 1991 movie Khishchniki; played by Svetlana Nemolyaeva

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