Lepyokhin

Lepyokhin (Лепёхин in Cyrillic) refers to a Russian surname. It is derived from a personal name or nickname, likely based on the Russian word "лепёшка" (lepyoshka), meaning flatbread or pancake. Surnames in Russia often originated from occupations, nicknames, or places of origin of an ancestor. Therefore, the ancestor of someone with the Lepyokhin surname may have been a baker of flatbread, or the name may have been a descriptive nickname. The surname itself is masculine; the feminine form would be Lepyokhina (Лепёхина). The surname is relatively uncommon.