Slonimsky

Slonimsky is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname popular among people of Belarusian, Polish and Russian people of Jewish origin. Originated from Polish Słonimski (feminine: Słonimska, plural: Słonimscy), derived from the adjectival form for the city of Słonim.

Notable persons with this surname include the following:

• Antoni Słonimski: Polish poet
• Piotr Słonimski: Polish-French geneticist
• Hayyim Selig Slonimski: Hebrew publisher, astronomer, inventor, and science author (known as Zinovy Slonimsky in Russia)
• Henry Slonimsky: Belarussian-American professor
• Janina Konarska-Słonimska: Polish artist
• Ludvig Slonimsky: Russian economist, journalist and editor, son of Hayyim Selig (Zinovy) Slonimski
• Mikhail Slonimsky: Soviet writer; younger brother of Nicolas Slonimsky
• Nicolas Slonimsky: Russian-American musicologist and music critic
• Sergei Slonimsky: Russian composer, son of Mikhail Slonimsky

A surname with a similar meaning is Slonim:

• Anthony Slonim: American author, physician and healthcare executive
• Mark Slonim: Russian politician, literary critic, scholar and translator
• Reuben Slonim: Canadian rabbi and journalist
• Vered Slonim-Nevo: professor of social work at the Spitzer Department of Social Work in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Menucha Rochel Slonim: rebbetzin
• Véra Nabokov (née Slonim): wife, editor, and translator of Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov

See also

• Slonim (Hasidic dynasty)
• Slonimsky's Earbox