Zelensky is a Slavic masculine surname.
Its Polish version is Żeleński (masculine) or Żeleńska (feminine).
Its Russian version (Russian: Зеленский) is romanized Zelenski, Zelenskii, Zelenskiy, or Zelensky, and originates from the toponym Zelyonoe, meaning “green”; its feminine counterpart is Zelenskaya or Zelenskaia.
Its Ukrainian version (Ukrainian: Зеленський) is romanized Zelenskyi, Zelensky, or Zelenskyy. The feminine (Ukrainian: Зеленська) is Zelenska.
the Lithuanized version is Zelenskis.
Notable people with the surname include:
Aleksei Zelensky (born 1971), Russian luger
Elena Zelenskaya (born 1961), Russian opera soprano
Igor Zelensky, Russian ballet dancer
Isaak Zelensky (1890–1938), Russian politician
Varvara Zelenskaya (born 1972), Russian alpine ski racer
Volodymyr Zelensky (born 1978), Ukrainian politician and incumbent President of Ukraine, formerly a screenwriter, actor and studio director
Władysław Żeleński (disambiguation), multiple people
Żeleński noble family
Count Tadeusz Josef Żeleński
Countess Ewa Theresa Żeleńska Korab-Karpinska
Countess Sarah Elżbieta Philimina Korab-Karpinska Żeleńska Eagan
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