Ametistov

Ametistov, feminine: Ametistova is an artificial Russian surname originated in clergy, derived from the gemstone amethyst.Boris Unbegaun, Русские фамилии, pp. [https://archive.org/details/russiansurnames/page/n167/mode/2up 169–180] Notable people with the surname include:

• {{ill|Ernest Ametistov|ru|Аметистов, Эрнест Михайлович}}, Russian lawyer, judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in 1991–1998. One of the founders of the Memorial Society and a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group
• Evgeni Ametistov, Russian physicist
• {{ill|Tikhon Ametistov|ru|Аметистов, Тихон Александрович}} (1884–1941), Russian military commander, public and church figure