# Is "Luveshkin" a name in Russian?

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**Created:** [May 30, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-luveshkin-a-name-in-russian/756085 "2016-05-30T14:01:46Z")\
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Is Luveshkin (or Luvechkin, or Luvishkin, or Livichkin) a real name that exists in Russian, or a real word that exists in Russian?

**Edit** : By “name,” I mean family surname.

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**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\
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[Lovetskiy](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9).

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-luveshkin-a-name-in-russian/756085/3 "2016-05-30T16:09:31Z")

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Googling /luveshkin/ yields no meaningful hits. Entering /luveshkin/ in a translator and calling for Russian converts to the closest approximation, /Овечкин/, “Ovechkin”.

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-luveshkin-a-name-in-russian/756085/4 "2016-05-31T03:02:03Z")

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Google does bring up one sorta hit. Someone asking about who is the best “Lu” in the NHL. Meaning between Luongo, Lundqvist, Lucic,etc. Someone else said [ALuxander Luvechkin](http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000212-sports-and-racing-hockey/59451081).  
(for non-fans he means Alexander Ovechkin)