Averyanov

Averyanov (Russian: Аверьянов; masculine) or Averyanova (Аверьянова; feminine) is a Russian last name.[1]

There are two theories regarding the origins of this last name.[1] According to the first one, it is a form of the last name Averkiyev and derives from the Russian male first name Averky, one of the forms of which is "Averyan".[1] However, it is also possible that this last name derives from "Averyan", a corruption of the name Valerian.[1]

People with the last name

• Aleksandr Averyanov (disambiguation), several people
• Aleksei Averyanov (b. 1985), Russian association football player
• Andrei Averyanov (b. 1966), Russian general of GRU
• Irina Averyanova, basketball player, squad member at the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
• Lidiya Averyanova, Soviet rower participating in the Friendship Games
• Lyubov Averyanova, Russian weightlifter, silver medalist in the Women 46 kg discounted event of a European Weightlifting Championship
• Nikolay Averyanov (disambiguation), several people
• Pavel Averyanov (b. 1984), Russian association football player
• Pavel Averyanov (basketball), Turkmenistani basketball player participating in the 2012 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
• Yevgeni Averyanov, Russian association football coach of FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast

Fictional characters

• Averyanov, a character in the 1991 movie A Captive in the Land

Toponyms

• Averyanov, alternative name of the rural locality (a settlement) of Averyanovka in Kologrivsky District of Kostroma Oblast, Russia; 58°7′N 44°21′E