Kalashnik Family History & Genealogy

Summary

Kalashnik is an old Ukrainian last name that means "maker of kalaches" or simply "baker".

History

Kalashnik (Cyrillic: Калашник) is a surname of Ukrainian origin meaning "maker of kalaches". A man who made kalaches (a type of bread in Ukrainian culture) was called a kalachnik (калачник), which sometimes by sandhi effect became kalashnik (калашник), and such a man's descendants thus got the surname Kalachnik (Калачник) or Kalashnik (Калашник). When Ukrainians with this last name moved to Russia, their last name was often changed by the authorities into Kalashnikov (Калашников) (with the suffix -ов meaning "belonging to", "son of").
Its English-spelling derivations could include Kalashnik, Kalachnik, Kalashnyk, Kalachnyk, Kalačnik, Kalašnik, Kalasnik or Kolashnik, Kolachnik, Kolashnyk, Kolachnyk, Kolačnik, Kolašnik, Kolasnik. Kalashnik is an old Ukrainian last name that means "maker of kalaches" or simply "baker".

Name Origin

Literally "maker of kalaches". More generally "bread maker" or "baker".

Spellings & Pronunciations

Kalashnik, Kalachnik, Kalashnyk, Kalachnyk, Kalačnik, Kalašnik, Kalasnik or Kolashnik, Kolachnik, Kolashnyk, Kolachnyk, Kolačnik, Kolašnik, Kolasnik.

Nationality & Ethnicity

Ukraine Ukrainian

Famous People named Kalashnik

Aleksei Kalashnik — a Russian professional soccer player of Ukrainian descent.

Early Kalashniks

These are the earliest records we have of the Kalashnik family.