What is "averkiyev"

Averkiyev (; masculine) or Averkiyeva (; feminine) is a Russian last name. Variants of this last name include Averin/Averina and Averyanov/Averyanova .

They all derive from the Russian male first name Averky (or its derivative forms Avera and Averyan), which used to be common in the past. The name supposedly derives from a Latin verb meaning to put to flight. The following people share this last name:

• Alexander Averkiyev (1980–2000), Russian private, a Hero of the Russian Federation
• Dmitry Averkiyev (1836–1905), Russian playwright and novelist
• Julia Averkieva (Yuliya Averkiyeva) (1907–1980), Soviet anthropologist and string figure collector
• Lyudmila Averkiyeva, graduate of the Transcarpathian Art Institute
• Vadim Averkiyev, Russian association football player in reserve of FC Spartak Moscow