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Hey, I’m Vlad.
Let’s go to the park! — Vladi (@VladimirPutin) March 22, 2017
How many of these did you know?
Igor: The Igor is a Russian name that means “helper.”
Boris: Boris can be translated as warrior or fighter in Slovakian. It also has Polish and Hungarian translations for the same meaning.
Slavik: Slavs are peoples who live primarily in Eastern Europe. So if someone with this last name lives there they’re most likely from an eastern European country like Russia or Ukraine..or Poland! (Poland was technically part of East Germany–but it’s still Eastern Europe!)
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Hey, I’m Vlad. Let’s go to the park! — Vladi (@VladimirPutin) March 22, 2017
How many of these did you know? Igor: The Igor is a Russian name that means “helper.” Boris: Boris can be translated as warrior or fighter in Slovakian. It also has Polish and Hungarian translations for the same meaning. Slavik: Slavs are peoples who live primarily in Eastern Europe. So if someone with this last name lives there they’re most likely from an eastern European country like Russia or Ukraine..or Poland! (Poland was technically part of East Germany–but it’s still Eastern Europe!)
East Germany–but it’s still Eastern Europe!)
This content would be located in the “Blog” section of an imaginary website. Hey, I’m Vlad. Let’s go to the park! — Vladi (@VladimirPutin) March 22, 2017 How many of these did you know? Igor: The Igor is a Russian name that means “helper.” Boris: Boris can be translated as warrior or fighter in Slovakian. It also has Polish and Hungarian translations for the same meaning. Slavik: Slavs are peoples who live primarily in Eastern Europe . So if someone with this last name lives there they’re most likely from an eastern European country like Russia or Ukraine..or Poland!
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.
After reading these tweets about Eastern European names, we’re sure you’ll find that they are some of the most hilarious things on Twitter right now. Let’s take a look at our top 11:
Who makes up your family? The mom is still from Poland but I’m Ukrainian and my sister is Russian pic.twitter.com/dWXbqpNxkc — Sally (@sally_jane) April 27, 2017
What Are Your Names? -Czech Republic guy to his friend who was born in Ukraine #hilarity ensues (via @BrittonMills) pic.twitter.com/B0AiL
Igor is a Slavic given name and surname.
In Russian, Igor means “peaceful ruler”. It may refer to:
The last name derives from the first name as its meaning translates into “son of Igor”. In some cases it has been used for people who are not related but bear a similar sounding first or last names.
One example of this usage in America is that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son was given his father’s family trademarked stage-name, ‘Schwarzenegger’. This led to him being referred to by many media outlets during his rise to fame as ‘Arnold Jr.’
Another famous person with such an attribution would be Donald Trump Jr., whose full
East European Names
“If you’ve ever had to explain your name, or if you have a friend with an Eastern European last name.. check out these tweets. They’re funny and on point about the oddities of those names:” -thechive.com
“I’m so sorry your parents didn’t like naming their children.” — Jerrod Blandino (@jerrodblandino) May 17, 2017
