Medved

See also: medved, medveď, medvéd, and medvěd

English

Alternative forms

• Medvid, Medwid

Etymology

As a Slovene, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish, Slovak, and Czech (Medvěd) surname, all from common Slavic for bear, from Proto-Slavic *medvědь (“bear”). Compare Nedved. Also sometimes Americanized from Russian patronymic Medvedev, of the same meaning.

Proper noun

Medved (plural Medveds)

1. A surname from the Slavic languages.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Medved is the 20458^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1298 individuals. Medved is most common among White (96.15%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Medved”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 565.