Chegodaev is a Russian surname, comes from the male name Chegoday (in the Russian pronunciation of Chaadai). The surname is based on a proper male name of Mongolian origin, but widely known among Turkic peoples. It is also known as the historical name of Chagatai (Jagatai), the second son of Genghis Khan , meaning brave, honest, sincere. The same name is known as the ethnonym - the name of the Turkic-Mongol tribe Jagatai-Chagatai, from which Tamerlan came. The surname sometimes changed in Chaaodaev and Cheodaev. The surname Chaadaev is the Russian princely family .
Literature
- Nikonov V.A. Dictionary of Russian last names. - M .: School-Press, 1993.