What is "yevseyev"

Yevseyev (; masculine) or Yevseyeva (; feminine) is a Russian surname. Variants of this surname include Avseyev/Avseyeva , Avseyenko , Avseykin/Avseykina , Avsyukov/Avsyukova , Aseyev/Aseyeva , Yevsevenko , Yevsevyev/Yevsevyeva , Yevseyenko , Yevseichev/Yevseicheva , Yevseykin/Yevseykina , Yevsenov/Yevsenova , Yevsyonochkin/Yevsyonochkina , Ovseyev/Ovseyeva , and Ovsiyenko .

All these surnames derive from various forms of the Christian male first name Yevsevy, or its colloquial form Yevsey (or Avsey), which is of Greek origins where it means pious, devout.

Surnames Yevsikov/Yevsikova , Yevsyukov/Yevsyukova , Yevsyunin/Yevsyunina , Yevsyutin/Yevsyutina , Yevsyutkin/Yevsyutkina , Yevsyukhin/Yevsyukhina , Yevsyushin/Yevsyushina , and Yevsyushkin/Yevsyushkina may have derived either from "Yevsey", or from Christian male first names Yevstafy or Yevstigney.