Pavlov (surname)

Pavlov

Language(s)	Slavic
Origin
Meaning	"son of Pavel/Pavle/Pavlo"
Region of origin	Slavic World
Other names
Variant form(s)	Boghossian (Western Armenian) De Paolo, Di Paolo, Paolucci/Paulucci/Paoluzzi/Pauluzzi/Paluzzi (Italian) MacPhàil (Scottish Gaelic) Mac Phóil, Mac Póilín (Irish) Pálffy, Pálfi (Hungarian) Paulavčius, Paulovičius, Pavlavičius, Pavlovičius (Lithuanian) Paulus (Roman) Pāvilsons (Latvian) Pavliashvili (Georgian) Pavliv, Pavlenko (Ukrainian) Pavlopoulos, Pavlou (Greek) Pavlov (Slavic) Pavlovič (Czech and Slovak) Pavlović (Croatian and Serbian) Pavlovich (Anglicized Slavic) Pavelescu, Paulescu, Pavlescu (Romanian) Pavelić (Croatian) Pawłowicz (Polish) Paulsen (Danish) Paulson (English) Paulsson, Pålsson (Swedish) Pálsson (Icelandic) Poghossian (Eastern Armenian)

Pavlov and its feminine form Pavlova are common Russian (Па́влов, Па́влова) and Bulgarian surnames. Their Ukrainian variant is Pavliv. All stem from Christian name Paul (Russian: Pavel; Ukrainian: Pavlo). These names may refer to many people:

In arts and entertainment

Film and television

• Sergey A. Pavlov (born 1958), Russian actor, director
• Viktor Pavlov (1940–2006), Soviet/Russian actor

Literature

• Karolina Pavlova, Russian writer
• Nikolai Pavlov, Russian writer
• Oleg Pavlov (1970–2018), Russian writer
• Vera Pavlova, Russian writer

Music

• Alla Pavlova (born 1952), Russian composer
• Dmitri Pavlov (composer) (born 1959), Russian composer
• Petya Pavlova, Bulgarian singer

Other arts

• Anelia Pavlova (born 1956), Bulgarian-born Australian artist
• Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), Russian ballet dancer
• Anna Pavlova (gymnast) (born 1987), Russian artistic gymnast

Fictional characters

• The Contesa Pavlova, fictional character in the film Buenos Aires me mata

In government and politics

• Aleksandr Pavlov (politician), Kazakhstani politician, economist, financier and banker
• Jo Pavlov, Green Party Candidate, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Sergei Pavlov - Soviet politician
• Valentin Pavlov, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Pavlov (politician, born 1956), Russian politician
• Vladimir Pavlov (politician, born 1976), Russian politician

In military

• Dmitry Pavlov (general) (1897–1941), Soviet general
• Yakov Pavlov (1917–1981), Soviet platoon commander

In science

• Alexei Petrovich Pavlov (1854–1929), Russian geologist and paleontologist
• Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936), Nobel Prize–winning Russian physiologist noted for his classical conditioning experiments with dogs
• Maria Pavlova (1854–1938), Russian paleontologist
• Mikhail Grigoryevich Pavlov (1793–1840), Russian philosopher and scientist
• Nina Pavlova (1897–1973), Russian botanist

In sport

Football (soccer)

• Alyaksandr Pawlaw (born 1984), Belarusian international footballer
• Sergei Aleksandrovich Pavlov (born 1955), Russian football manager
• Yevhen Pavlov (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer

Track and field

• Igor Pavlov (athlete) (born 1979), Russian pole vaulter
• Pavel Pavlov (athlete) (1952–2004), Bulgarian sprinter
• Pepa Pavlova, Bulgarian sprinter

Other sports

• Aleksandr Pavlov (wrestler) (born 1973), Belarusian wrestler
• Alexander Pavlov (figure skater), Australian figure skater
• Anna Pavlova (gymnast) (born 1987), Russian artistic gymnast
• Igor Pavlov (ice hockey player) (born 1965), Latvian ice hockey player, ice hockey coach in Germany
• Ivan Pavlov (figure skater), Ukrainian figure skater
• Mircea Pavlov (born 1937), Romanian chess master
• Pavel Pavlov (wrestler) (born 1953), Bulgarian wrestler
• Serhii Pavlov (born 1997), Ukrainian basketball player
• Yelena Pavlova, Kazakhstani volleyball player

In other fields

• Cyril Pavlov (1919–2017), Russian Orthodox hieromonk and archimandrite, confessor of Russian patriarchs
• Igor Pavlov (programmer), Russian freelance programmer, creator of 7-zip
• Iliya Pavlov (1960–2003), Bulgarian businessman
• Mikhail Pavlov (disambiguation)
• Nikolay Pavlov (disambiguation)

See also

• Pavlov (disambiguation)
• Muriel Pavlow, British actress