Riabovil

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Riabovil is a Ukrainian surname that literally means “Spotted Ox.” It has several spellings, including Ryabovil, Ryabovol, Riabovol, Riabowol, Rjabovil, and Rjabovol. In Ukrainian it is written as Рябовіл.

Derivatives of the name include:
- Riabovolenko, meaning Riabovil’s son
- Riabovolyk, meaning Little Riabovil or Little Spotted Ox
- Riabovoliv (or Riabovolov), meaning Riabovil’s

Famous people with this name:
- Mykola Riabovil (1883–1919), who was the chairman of the Parliament of the Kuban People's Republic (1918–1919)
- Ivan Riabovil, a pen name of Ukrainian writer Ivan Bahrianyi (1906–1963)
- Karl Riabowol, a Canadian cancer researcher