{{Infobox surname |name=Afanasyev |image= |image_size= |caption= |pronunciation= |meaning= |region=Russia |language=Russian |variant='''Afanasyeva''' |footnotes= }} '''Afanasyev''' (masculine; Афанасьев) or '''Afanasyeva''' (feminine; Афанасьева) is a Russian patronymic surname. It is derived from Afanasy, which is etymologically directly connected to Athanasios (Αθανάσιος), a Greek masculine first name that means "immortal". Notable people with the surname include:
*Aleksey Afanasyev (1850-{{circa|1920}}), Russian painter and illustrator *Alexander Afanasyev (1826–1871), Russian folklorist *Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky (1817–1875), Russian/Ukrainian writer and ethnographer *Aliona Afanasieva *Anastasia Afanasieva *Anatoly Afanasyev (1912–2003), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union *Boris Afanasiev *Egor Afanasyev (born 2001), Russian ice hockey player *Fyodor Afanasyev (1859–1905), Russian revolutionary *Georgy Afanasyev (1906–1975), Soviet geologist and petrographer *Mikhail Afanasyev (born 1986), Belarusian footballer *Ivan Afanasyev (1901–1952), Soviet naval officer and Hero of the Soviet Union *Irina Afanasieva *Ksenia Afanasyeva (born 1991), Russian olympic gymnast *{{transclude list|Nikolay Afanasyev (disambiguation)}} *Nina Afanasyeva (born 1939), Russian/Sami politician and language activist *Nick Afanasiev *Nikita Afanasiev *{{transclude list|Sergey Afanasyev (disambiguation)}} *Stepan Afanasyev (1894–1965), Soviet party figure *Tatyana Afanasyeva (1876–1964), Russian/Dutch mathematician *Valery Afanasyev *Valery V. Afanasyev *Vasily Afanasyev (1843–1913), prominent mechanical engineer of the Imperial Russian Navy *Viktor Grigoryevich Afanasyev (1922–1994), Soviet/Russian journalist *Viktor Mikhaylovich Afanasyev (born 1948), Soviet/Russian cosmonaut *{{transclude list|Yelena Afanasyeva (disambiguation)}} *Yevgeny Afanasyev (born 1947), Russian diplomat *Yuri Afanasyev, (1934–2015), Russian historian and politician
==Other spellings== *Vahur Afanasjev (1979–2021), Estonian writer, filmmaker and musician *{{ill|Valērijs Afanasjevs|lv}} (born 1982), Latvian footballer *Valery Afanassiev (born 1947), Russian pianist *Walter Afanasieff, Brazilian (of Russian descent) record producer and songwriter
==See also== *{{intitle|Afanasyev}} *{{intitle|Afanasiev}} *{{intitle|Afanasyeva}} *{{intitle|Afanasieva}} ==References== *{{Cite book|last=Unbegaun|first=B. O.|title=Russian Surnames|year=1972|publisher=Oxford University Press}}
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Category:Russian-language patronymic surnames