Need a Russian last name meaning "dust"

Hello,

I'm writing a story, and I have a Russian character whose last name I want to be based off the Russian word for dust. (Like in the Christian saying, "ashes to ashes, dust to dust.")

I've been doing my best with online English-to-Russian dictionaries, but I don't completely trust them. Here are two Russian words for "dust" that I found:
pil' / пыль
prah / прах

My best guess was Prakhov (hence my username). Does that work? I'm afraid it loses the meaning of "dust."

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by prakhov

Hello,

I'm writing a story, and I have a Russian character whose last name I want to be based off the Russian word for dust. (Like in the Christian saying, "ashes to ashes, dust to dust.")

I've been doing my best with online English-to-Russian dictionaries, but I don't completely trust them. Here are two Russian words for "dust" that I found:
pil' / пыль
prah / прах

My best guess was Prakhov (hence my username). Does that work? I'm afraid it loses the meaning of "dust."

Thanks!

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In Russian In that saying the word прах is used indeed. And surname Прахов does really exist. Though I do not think that it has an effect you want.

I suggest Пыльников (I know a guy with such surname).

Thanks for the replies!

I like Прахов because it directly refers to the Biblical passage. Why might it not have the effect I want? If Прахов doesn't work, Пыльников looks like a good choice.

Пылевский, Пыльный, Пыльнов, Пылеванов, Пылев, Пыльняк, Пылич, Пылько, Пыльков, Пыльчук, Пылевой, Пылянов, Пылищев, Пылишников, Пылянский, Пыльник.

Пылепрахов, Прахопылев.

А есть и фамилия Прах.

dust лучше звучит как "пыль", всё-таки. Пыльников - хороший вариант.