Dudin Explained

Dudin
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /ru/
Meaning:	player of a pipe
Region:	Russian Federation
Language origin:	Russian
See also:	Duda, Dudka
Footnotes:	^[1]

Dudin (Russian: Дудин ['dudʲin], with its female form Dudina (Russian: Дудина)) is a Russian surname^{[2] [3]} derived from the Russian word дудка for "fife", "pipe" that is also present in the Russian diaspora.
Notable people with the name Dudin/Dudina include:

• Aleksei Dudin (born 1977), former Russian footballer
• Ann Dudin Brown (1822–1917), English philanthropist
• Mariia Dudina (born 1998), Russian handballer
• Nedal Dudin (1974-2023),

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• Marwan Dudin (1936–2016), Jordanian government minister
• Mikhail Dudin (1916–1993), Russian poet
• Nikolai Dudin (born 1973), Soviet-Russian serial killer
• Samuil Dudin (1863–1929), Russian ethnographer, photographer, artist and explorer
• Valery Dudin (born 1963), Soviet-Russian luger
• Yelena Dudina, Soviet-Russian canoer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Last Name Dudin . americanlastnames.us . July 23, 2019 . Origin: Hungarian, Russian, Ukrainian.
2. Web site: Dudin Surname . forebears.io . July 23, 2019 . Approximately 19,215 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Russia; Highest density in: Russia.. ru.
3. Web site: Значение и происхождение фамилии Дудин. neolove.ru . July 23, 2019 . В старину дудка была очень популярна, поэтому, скорее всего, это прозвище носил музыкант или пастух, игравший на дудке, либо мастер, занимавшийся изготовлением дудок. (In the old days the pipe was very popular, therefore, most likely, this nickname was worn by a musician or a shepherd who played the pipe, or a master who was engaged in the manufacture of pipes.). ru.