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'''Nadine Ivanov - '''Nadine is a French form of "Nadya", which is a diminutive of the Russian name "Nadezhda", meaning "hope". Nadia is also an Arabic name, which means "the one who has been called by God", or "dew"
 
'''Tatiana Ivanov - '''Tatiana is a Slavic name, the feminine form of the name "Tatianus". Tatiana is also a Latin name. The Latin meaning is "defensordefender of her family".
 
'''Dimitri Ivanov - '''Dimitri goes back to a Greek name, "Demetrius", derived from the Greek goddess "Demeter", which means "earth mother".
 
'''Rayna Kaminski - '''Rayna is a Bulgarian form of the Late Latin name "Regina", which means "queen".
 
The family's first names seem to be a mixture of European names, not related to any specific culture or country, although Tatiana, Nadia, Yuri and Dimitri are common names in Russia.
 
'''Dimitri Ivanov - '''Dimitri goes back to a Greek name, "Demetrius", derived from the Greek goddess "DemeterDemetra", which means "earth mother".
 
'''Rayna Kaminski - '''Rayna is a Slavic name, which has been made from the Slavic noun "ray", meaning "heaven", so the name should mean "heavenly".
 
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