Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked by Alex Kinman on January 8, 2021
My understanding of Russian names is that for women, the names end in “-ova”, and for men they end in “-ov” or “-off”.
But Black Widow’s last name if always listed as “Romanoff” – shouldn’t it be “Romanova”? They might have gotten it wrong when the character was first created, but they would have fixed by 2008.
Is there a reason, or is this just poor design?
Romanoff is the Anglicisation of the Russian surname Romanov/Romanova. Because of Anglicisation, the gender attached to the surname is lost in translation.
Now because she defects to the west, it is an accurate change in the surname.
The same has happened with the Romanoff Family Association, they anglicanized because of what little survived (distant relatives from Nicholas II & Feodorovna) were basically exiled out of Russia.
Living members are in UK, Greece, France, and the United States.
Answered by КПТ. Александра Ростиславна on January 8, 2021
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