Blonsky Explained

Blonsky is an East Slavic language surname. Feminine forms: Blonska (Блонська, Ukrainian), Blonskaya (Блонская, Russian, Belarusian). The surnames Blonsky, Oblonsky, Obolonsky may be derived from various placenames Блонь, Облонь, Оболонь.[1] According to Vladimir Dal's Explanatory Dictionary, the terms блонье, oболонье, among other meanings, referred to a kind of wet meadow by river (in Western parts of the Russian Empire), as well as the surrounds of a town, a suburb; - all originating from the generic meaning of "surrounding".,[2] and it is suggested that the term gave rise to placenames.[1] "Blonsky" may also be the Russified form of the Polish surname Błoński of similar origin.

Notable people with the surname include:

Fictional character:

Notes and References

  1. И. М Ганжина, Словарь современных русских фамилий, 2001, p.67
  2. http://slovardalja.net/word.php?wordid=1895 "БЛОНА"