Trefilov

English translation: Trefilov

13:33 Oct 11, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Names (personal, company) / Name from Russia
Russian term or phrase: Trefilov
Does it has a connocation with the Hebrew word טרף or טרפה
Which Babylon gives in its Yiddish version:

Tref:
Adjective
1. not conforming to dietary laws
(synonym) nonkosher, terefah
(similar) unclean, impure
(classification) Judaism

And any meaning for the ending "ilov"?
Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 12:58
English translation:Trefilov
Explanation:
Russian dictionary of surnames derives this surname from a canonic male name Tryphyllius. The name originates from ancient Greece (as many Russian names do), from the word triphyllon — “shamrock”, "a plant with three-lobed leaves", in Russian conversational speech it aquired the form of Trefil. Ilov is a typical ending of Russian family-names, meaning initially, as far as I know "a son of a person with the corresponding name" (in our case- son of a person named Trefil
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A.Petrova
Local time: 12:58
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Trefilov


Explanation:
Russian dictionary of surnames derives this surname from a canonic male name Tryphyllius. The name originates from ancient Greece (as many Russian names do), from the word triphyllon — “shamrock”, "a plant with three-lobed leaves", in Russian conversational speech it aquired the form of Trefil. Ilov is a typical ending of Russian family-names, meaning initially, as far as I know "a son of a person with the corresponding name" (in our case- son of a person named Trefil


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A.Petrova
Local time: 12:58
Native speaker of: Russian
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agree  rns: http://www.ufolog.ru/names/order/Трефилов
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agree  MariyaN (X)
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agree  Jānis Greivuls
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agree  cyhul
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