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A Bulgarian colleague of mine said that even surnames are gendered - her surname is Nakova, her father's is Nakov. It plays merry hell with admin software from

by vacri 10y ago

A Bulgarian colleague of mine said that even surnames are gendered - her surname is Nakova, her father's is Nakov. It plays merry hell with admin software from anglo nations which assume surnames aren't gendered, apparently.

viraptor 10y ago
Same in Czech, which I believe still enforces the -ova ending. (Please correct me if that changed)
phillc73 10y ago
Not just Bulgarian. I know Latvian surnames have the same concept. Probably others too.
- 3131s 10y ago
  Russian too, I'm pretty sure from watching years of tennis. Marat Safin, for example, and his sister Dinara Safina.