Media Serghei Spivac or Sergey Spivak?

[BoxerMaurits]

What is Polar Bear's real name?
Some call him Serghei Spivac, and at the same time other media outlets call him Sergey Spivak.
What's going on?

Tapology:



UFC:



Sherdog:



His own Instagram:



Wikipedia:



According to Wikipedia it's Sergey Spivak, but then it says "In Romanian (Moldovan): Serghei Spivac"
What does that even mean??

For example, next week I'll go to Paris for Badr Hari vs James McSweeney at GLORY 88, and I can guarantee you when I'm about to have a conversation with some French man/girl and they ask me for my name, they won’t be able to pronounce “Maurits” and will just call me "Maurice".
It's always like that, lol. Though that’s just the way they pronounce my name in France, they can’t say “rits”, so they say “rice”.
Let’s say if I were to move to Paris and get a passport, I’ll still be Maurits and not all of a sudden become Maurice (or I’ll name myself BoxerMaurits, lol).

Why isn’t that the case with Polar Bear?
Imo it’s either Serghei Spivac or Sergey Spivak, but not both.

Right?

 

[svmr_db]

It's definitely annoying how the spelling keep getting changed up depending where you look lol.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

It's definitely annoying how the spelling keep getting changed up depending where you look lol.

Loll, freaking Mr.Burns<45>

 

[TheTickG]

What is Polar Bear's real name?
Some call him Serghei Spivac, and at the same time other media outlets call him Sergey Spivak.
What's going on?

Tapology:

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Sherdog:

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His own Instagram:

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Wikipedia:

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According to Wikipedia it's Sergey Spivak, but then it says "In Romanian (Moldovan): Serghei Spivac"
What does that even mean??

For example, next week I'll go to Paris for Badr Hari vs James McSweeney at GLORY 88, and I can guarantee you when I'm about to have a conversation with some French man/girl and they ask me for my name, they won’t be able to pronounce “Maurits” and will just call me "Maurice".
It's always like that, lol. Though that’s just the way they pronounce my name in France, they can’t say “rits”, so they say “rice”.
Let’s say if I were to move to Paris and get a passport, I’ll still be Maurits and not all of a sudden become Maurice (or I’ll name myself BoxerMaurits, lol).

Why isn’t that the case with Polar Bear?
Imo it’s either Serghei Spivac or Sergey Spivak, but not both.

Right?

I think it is a bit irrelevant since his name is spelled with a completely different alphabet.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

I think it is a bit irrelevant since his name is spelled with a completely different alphabet.

Yeah that’s true, Polar Bear’s name in his native language of Ukraine is: “Сергій Співак”.

Hey, I get that, like you they’ve a completely different alphabet. What I don’t get is the Serghei Spivac / Sergey Spivak thing, lol.
Especially when you look into what Wikipedia says

 

[Feniamin]

It’s Сергей Спивак. Since he said that he is of Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh heritage and from what I’ve seen mostly speaks Russian in private life I doubt that you should care how to call him in Moldavian.
Also you can look how Americans changed name of Aleksei Oleinik through years.

 

[HHJ]

It's spelled Сергій Співак but its pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove.

 

[kingmob6]

Sergey is a russian translated spelling, the other one is moldovian/romanian style I guess. Ukranians will probably spell it slightly differently as well. But Sergey is how it sounds

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Sergheiy Spivack

Problem solved.

 

[Feniamin]

In Wikipedia there is famous people with surname Spivak or Spivack. And it says that it’s Ukrainian and Jewish/Ashkenazi surname.

 

[Marko Polo]

It's spelled Сергій Співак but its pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove.

Lmao at that AV and description combo. That’s gonna ruffle a lot of feathers

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Sergheiy Spivack

Problem solved.

What about Sergey Spivac of Serghei Spivak?
<[analyzed}>

 

[Rationality]

@BoxerMaurits you 've got more important things to deal with, muh man.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

@BoxerMaurits you 've got more important things to deal with, muh man.

True thing, but I had to get this one out

 

[BoxerMaurits]

UFC’s official website is on the Serghei Spivac train btw

 

[jk7707]

It's definitely annoying how the spelling keep getting changed up depending where you look lol.

Winner winer chiken diner!

 

[HHJ]

Lmao at that AV and description combo. That’s gonna ruffle a lot of feathers

 

[Dana's Conscience]

My favorite was Aleksei Oleinik vs. Alexey Olynyk

 

[PrepareForGlory]

Well since on his own IG he spells it Sergey Spivak I would assume he prefers that English spelling of it.

So if it's good enough for him than that is good enough for me.

 

[Momentosis]

May come as a surprise, but different languages often have different alphabets, letters, and sounds; many which often don't have direct translations.