Tikhonravov is an artificial Russian surname originated in clergy, derived from the words "tikho-" ('quiet') +"-nrav" ('nature') and given to a clerical student as an epithet for his calm nature.Boris Unbegaun, Русские фамилии, , p 254 The feminine form is Tikhonravova. People with this name include:

(born 1857), Russian general Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900–1974), Soviet aerospace engineer and scientist Nikolai Tikhonravov (1832–1893), Russian philologist and historian of Russian literature

See also

Tikhonravov (crater), large, eroded crater in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars

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