Kholodny (surname)

Kholodny or Cholodny (feminine: Kholodna, Cholodna, Kholodnaya) is an surname. It comes from East Slavic descendants of Proto-Slavic *xoldьnъ ("cool", "cold"). Notable people with the surname include:
 * Natalia Liwycka-Chołodna (1902–2005), Ukrainian poet
 * Nikolai Cholodny (1882–1953), Soviet microbiologist
 * Vera Kholodnaya (1893–1919), Ukrainian-Russian actress