Yanukovych (surname)

Yanukovych (Ukrainian: Янукович) is a Ukrainian-language spelling of the Belarusian^[1] surname Yanukovich (Belarusian: Януковіч) , a patronymic surname derived from the given name Yanuk, a diminutive of Yan, Polish: Jan, i.e., Ivan. The Polish-language spelling is Janukowicz. Notable people with the surname include:

• Viktor Yanukovych (born 1950) is a Ukrainian politician of Belarusian, Polish and Russian descent who served as 4th President of Ukraine from 2010 until his overthrow in the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution
  • Lyudmyla Yanukovych, ex-wife of Viktor Yanukovych, former First Lady of Ukraine
  • Oleksandr Yanukovych (born 1973), Ukrainian businessman
  • Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych (1981–2015), Ukrainian politician
• Zofia Janukowicz-Pobłocka [pl] (1928–2019), Polish opera singer, soprano

Yanukovych

Language(s)	Ukrainian
Origin
Meaning	"son of Yanuk"
Region of origin	Belarus