Kovtun () is a Ukrainian gender-neutral surname derived from the Slavic word for the hair appearance called Polish plait, as a nickname for a person with unkempt hair, "mophead". The Polish form of the surname is Kołtun; the difference is due to the linguistic phenomenon of L-vocalization. In Russian language the surname retains its Ukrainian form, "Kovtun", although the hair style is "koltun" in Russian.
Notable people with the surname include:
Kovtun Anatolij Kovtun (1960–2005), Ukrainian basketball player Andriy Kovtun (born 1968), Ukrainian football player Dmitry Kovtun (1965–2022), Russian businessman and ex-KGB agent Illia Kovtun (born 2003), Ukrainian gymnast Marina Kovtun (born 1962), Russian politician Maxim Kovtun (born 1995), Russian figure skater Natalya Kovtun (born 1964), Russian sprinter Oleksiy Kovtun (born 1995), Ukrainian football defender Olena Kovtun (born 1966), Ukrainian table tennis player Yuri Kovtun (born 1970), Russian football defender
Koltun, Kołtun Daniel S. Koltun (1933–2014), American physicist , Polish racer Leonid Koltun (born 1944), Ukrainian football coach Mykhaylo Koltun (born 1949), Ukrainian bishop Sarah Koltun (born 1993), Canadian curler Vladlen Koltun, Israeli-American computer scientist and intelligent systems researcher
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