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

• Aleksandra Shevchenko (1926–2000), Ukrainian scientist-zootechnician and milkmaid

• 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