Kovalyov ( Russian: Ковалёв), often written as Kovalev, or its feminine variant Kovalyova, Kovaleva (Ковалёва), is a common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English surname Smithson (derived from the Ukrainian word koval' (коваль), which means " blacksmith"). Due to the ambiguous status of the Cyrillic letter yo, the surname may be written with the Cyrillic letter ye ( Russian: Ковалев/Ковалева) instead, though literate Russian speakers always pronounce it yo.
Notable people with the surname include:
In fiction:
Kovalyov ( Russian: Ковалёв), often written as Kovalev, or its feminine variant Kovalyova, Kovaleva (Ковалёва), is a common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English surname Smithson (derived from the Ukrainian word koval' (коваль), which means " blacksmith"). Due to the ambiguous status of the Cyrillic letter yo, the surname may be written with the Cyrillic letter ye ( Russian: Ковалев/Ковалева) instead, though literate Russian speakers always pronounce it yo.
Notable people with the surname include:
In fiction: