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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Alexandrovich canonical 24
Aleksandrovich 1

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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 Russian imperial family
linked to: House of Romanov

Russian nobility
usedInFullNameOf Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
Nicholas II of Russia
Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich

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Referenced by (25)

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

Nicholas II of Russia patronymicName Alexandrovich
subject linked to: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Nikolai Bulganin patronymicName Alexandrovich
Vladimir Kryuchkov patronymicName Alexandrovich
Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow patronymic Aleksandrovich
linked to: Alexandrovich
Alexander Novikov patronymicName Alexandrovich
Alexander Blok patronymicName Alexandrovich
Nicholas II of Russia patronymicName Alexandrovich