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A given name in Russian
Language context for this entry: Russian
[ˈmɛɫs] · Russian
01 / Meaning & origin
Мэлс is a masculine given name documented in Russian. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
From the initial letters of surnames Маркс (Marks, “Marx”), Э́нгельс (Éngelʹs, “Engels”), Ле́нин (Lénin, “Lenin”), Ста́лин (Stálin, “Stalin”). First appears in the 20s of the 20th century.
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