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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Alternative spelling of Bulgarian Medov, a patronymic from Medo, a short form of the personal name Metodij (from Greek Methodios).
  • Shortened form of Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Medovoj, meaning ‘of honey’ in Russian, hence an occupational name for a mead maker.

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