Zelensky (surname)

This article is about the Slavic surname. For the Polish surnames, see Żeleński and Zieliński. For the Russification of Zieliński, see Zelinski (surname).

Zelensky is a Slavic masculine surname.

Its Russian spelling Зеленский is romanized Zelenski, Zelenskii, Zelenskiy, or Zelensky, and originates from the toponym Zelyonoe (Зелёное), meaning 'green'. Its feminine counterpart is Зеленская (Zelenskaya or Zelenskaia).

Its Ukrainian spelling Зеленський is romanized Zelenskyi, Zelensky, Zelenskiy, or Zelenskyy. Its feminine counterpart is Зеленська (Zelenska).

Its Lithuanian spelling is Zelenskis.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978), President of Ukraine
• Olena Zelenska (born 1978), First Lady of Ukraine
• Aleksei Zelensky (born 1971), Russian luger
• Andrey Zelenskiy (born 1963), Russian composer and pianist
• Elena Zelenskaya (born 1961), Russian opera soprano
• Igor Zelensky (born 1969), Russian ballet dancer
• Isaak Zelensky (1890–1938), Russian politician
• Varvara Zelenskaya (born 1972), Russian alpine ski racer
• Anne Zelensky (born 24 October 1935, in Casablanca, Morocco), French feminist author and activist.

See also

• Zelinski (surname)
• Żeleński, a Polish princely family