Proper Name guide

Zhukov

name · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 1

A transliteration of the Russian surname Жу́ков (Žúkov).

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name

Meaning 2

Marshall Georgy Zhukov, a Soviet Russian career officer in the Red Army, was one of the most decorated generals in the history of the Soviet Union and Russia.

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name

Meaning 3

A town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, named after Georgy Zhukov.

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noun

Meaning 4

Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Georgi Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov

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Broader terms: general, full general

History

Etymology

From Russian Жу́ков (Žúkov), from жук (žuk, “beetle”) + -ов (-ov, “genitive possessive ending”).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جُوكُوف (jūkuf) — Russian surname
  • Armenian: Ժուկով (Žukov) — Russian surname
  • Belarusian: Жукаў (Žukaw) — Russian surname
  • Bulgarian: Жуков (Žukov) — Russian surname
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朱可夫 (Zhūkěfū) — Russian surname
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茹科夫 — Russian surname
  • Czech: Žukov — Russian surname
  • Finnish: Žukov — Russian surname
  • French: Joukov — Russian surname
  • Georgian: ჟუკოვი (žuḳovi) — Russian surname
  • German: Schukow — Russian surname
  • German: Shukow — Russian surname
  • Greek: Ζούκοφ (Zoúkof) — Russian surname
  • Hebrew: ז׳וקוב — Russian surname
  • Hungarian: Zsukov — Russian surname
  • Italian: Žukov — Russian surname
  • Japanese: ジューコフ (Jūkofu) — Russian surname
  • Korean: 주코프 (Jukopeu) — Russian surname
  • Macedonian: Жуков (Žukov) — Russian surname
  • Persian: ژوکوف (žukov) — Russian surname
  • Polish: Żukow — Russian surname
  • Portuguese: Jukov — Russian surname
  • Portuguese: Zhukov — Russian surname
  • Russian: Жу́ков (Žúkov) — Russian surname
  • Serbo-Croatian: Жуков — Russian surname
  • Serbo-Croatian: Žukov — Russian surname
  • Slovak: Žukov — Russian surname
  • Slovene: Žukov — Russian surname
  • Spanish: Zhúkov — Russian surname
  • Ukrainian: Жуков (Žukov) — Russian surname