Pnin is a Russian surname produced by truncation of the surname Repnin.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

Fictional characters

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  • Timofey Pnin, protagonist of the novel Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
  • Emir Pnin, a role played by Hilmi Sözer in Die Verwegene – Kämpfe um deinen Traum

References

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  1. ^ Boris Unbegaun, Russian surnames, — Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972; Russian version: Русские фамилии, 1989, Chapter IX: "Artificial surnames"