Alexandrovich

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Alexandrovich is the Russian patronymic indicating "son of Alexander," famously used in the full name of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

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Statements (28)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian-language patronymic
patronymic
category Russian given name components
derivedFrom Alexander
etymologicalRoot Greek name Alexandros
femaleFormRelated Alexandrovna
genderAssociation male
grammaticalCategory masculine form
indicatesRelationshipTo father named Alexander
language Russian
meaning son of Alexander
morphologicalSuffix -ovich
namingConvention Russian three-part personal name system
patronymicType patronymic formed from a male given name
positionInName second name
region Russia
Russian Empire
script Cyrillic
timePeriodOfCommonUse 19th century
early 20th century
usage middle name in Russian naming tradition
usedAs patronymic in East Slavic cultures
usedBy House of Romanov
surface form: "Russian imperial family"

Russian nobility
usedInFullNameOf Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
surface form: "Nicholas II of Russia"

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
surface form: "Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich"

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: "Aleksandrovich"
subject surface form: "Nicholas II of Russia"
Nikolai Bulganin patronymicName Alexandrovich
Vladimir Kryuchkov patronymicName Alexandrovich

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