Kuchta

Kuchta (Russian: Кухта , English: Kukhta ) is a Slavic family name. According to Boris Ottokar Unbegaun , the name is of Belarusian origin and means cook . According to other sources, the name could be of Siberian descent and means rough rust .

Name bearer

• Gladys Kuchta (1915-1998), American singer
• Oleg Valeryevich Kuchta (* 1970), Russian singer and actor
• Rafał Kuchta (* 1980), Polish Nordic combined skier
• Tatjana Kuchta (* 1990), Belarusian rower

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BOUnbegaun. Russian surnames , Oxford, Clarendon Press 1972
2. ↑ Даль В. Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка , тт. 1-4. - М., 1978 (репринт изд. 1880—1884)
3. ↑ С.И. Иванищев, А.С. Сухинина. Мотивационная характеристика русских фамилий г. Новокузнецка