Zelyony (surname)

Zelyony, feminine: Zelyonaya Russian: Зелёный, Зелёная, meaning "green") is a Russian surname. It may be transliterated as Zeliony. Russian words often printed without diacritics over ё and may be occasionally transliterated as "Zeleny". Notable people with this surname include:

• Lev Zelyony (born 1948), Soviet and Russian physicist
• Rina Zelyonaya (1901-1991), Soviet actress
• Vsevolod Zelyony, native name of Vsevolods Zeļonijs, Latvian judoka

See also

• Zeleny, an equivalent surname in some other Slavic languages
• Zelenoy