Shevchenko ( ; alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko) is a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word shvets ( ; compare ), literally meaning "cobbler or shoemaker", and the suffix -enko, denoting Ukrainian descent. It is somewhat equivalent to occupational surnames: French: Cordonnier, Italian: Crispino, Spanish: Zapatero, German: Schumacher, Schumann, Schubert, and English: Shoemaker, Shoesmith, also Laster.

People

Shevchenko

  • Alexander Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Aleksandr Shevchenko (1883–1948), Ukrainian modernist painter and sculptor
  • Alexandra Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian feminist
  • Anastasiia Shevchenko (born 1998), Russian para swimmer
  • Andrey Anatolyevich Shevchenko, Russian politician
  • Andriy Shevchenko (born 1976), Ukrainian football player and manager
  • Andriy Shevchenko (politician) (born 1976), Ukrainian journalist and politician
  • Anna Shevchenko (born 1993), Kazakhstani cross-country skier
  • Antonina Shevchenko (born 1984), Kyrgyzstani/Peruvian martial artist
  • Arkady Shevchenko (1930–1998), Ukrainian Soviet diplomat and defector
  • Artem Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian TV journalist and manager
  • Christine Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian-American ballet dancer
  • Daryna Shevchenko (journalist)
  • Denys Shevchenko (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
  • Dmitriy Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Eduard Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian soldier
  • Igor Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Ihor Shevchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian politician
  • Inna Shevchenko (born 1990), Ukrainian feminist
  • Irina Shevchenko (born 1975), Russian hurdler
  • Kirill Shevchenko (born 2002), Ukrainian chess international master
  • Leonid Shevchenko (1932–2017), Soviet and Russian footballer and football coach
  • Lyudmyla Shevchenko (born 1970), Ukrainian team handball player
  • Maksim Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Mykyta Shevchenko (born 1993), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
  • Oleksandr Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Oleksiy Shevchenko (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer
  • Olga Shevchenko (born 1979), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
  • Serhiy Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Serhiy Shevchenko (1908–200?), Ukrainian politician and diplomat
  • Sofia Shevchenko (born 2001), Russian ice dancer
  • Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and artist
  • Valentina Shevchenko (born 1988), Kyrgyzstani-Peruvian mixed martial artist
  • Valentyna Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Vasyl Shevchenko (1888–1964), Ukrainian bandurist
  • Vasilij Shevchenko (born 1960), Ukrainian astronomer
  • Vitaliy Shevchenko (born 1951), Russian footballer
  • Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC journalist
  • Vladislav Shevchenko (born 1940), Russian astronomer
  • Vyacheslav Shevchenko (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
  • Yegor Shevchenko (born 1978), Russian footballer
  • Yelena Shevchenko (gymnast) (born 1971), Soviet artistic gymnast
  • Yevhen Shevchenko (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer

Other forms

  • Ihor Ševčenko (1922–2009), American philologist and historian
  • Tanja Szewczenko (born 1977), German figure skater

See also

  • Neko Case (originally Shevchenko)
  • Shevchuk, a Ukrainian cognate
  • Shvets, a Ukrainian cognate
  • Švec, a Czech cognate
  • Szewczyk, a Polish cognate