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Or maybe Galya is a liar?

Дейна is a Bulgarian first name. It is also the transliteration for Irish name Dana (Americans pronounce it дейна).

It is also a last name, but i'm not sure of its origin...

Generally speaking, Russian names end -ов, -ев, -ёв, -ин, -ын, -ий, -ый. Names with other endings are likely to be foriegn (e.g. Ukraine, or something else).
Now, if I don't say this, someone is...

It is both Russian and Ukrainian.

By the way it is characteristic of many Ukrainian surnames not to have any ending - Коваль vs. Ковалёв which is more typical for Russian. Коваль is used in the...

Kovalyov is Ukrainian apparently.

Talking of, names, Gogol' in Ukrainian sounds like Hohol, which means something in the language. Anyways, isn't хохол an bad word used by Russians to insult...

Hello. Did i say that all Ukrainian names end in -enko? No i didn't did I?

What is it with the people on this board.

Nope, I have no ukrainian ancestors at all.

Ok, here is the story. My father used to have -enkov in his lastname. But at certain moment (a few years after WWII) there was a passport replacement...

Волк has meaning, but -ов does not.[/quote]

Yes, but it modifies the meaning. Dont be pedanic. The presence of - indicates I am talking about the significance of the suffix. I'm not saying that Ов...

I can make four changes and I'll get a TATY as a result. :)

Absolutely nothing. Just a suffix.[/quote]

Are you sure? Suffixes have meanings. E.g.
Волк - wolf
Волков - of wolves

I'm sure in...

Are names that end in -ник Ukrainian?
The way I see it is that if you add an o, the и drops out and you get
-нко which is definately Ukrainian.

What are hte meanings of -nik and -enko anyways?