According to the decision of the Milli Majlis in 1993, common slavicized family name affixes ("-ov" "-yev") could be replaced by affixes like "-lı" (depending on the root of the word "-li", "-lu", "-lü"), "-zadə", "-oğlu" (which means "son of"), "-qızı" (which means "daughter of"), or could simply be dropped.
The commission of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has considered four options.
[3] According to the chairman of the Culture Committee of the Milli Majlis, Nizami Jafarov, in 2010, 80% of the family name affixes in Azerbaijan was "-ov", "-yev", while 10% of population use "-li", "-lu", "-lu" and another 10% use "-zade".
The Civil Registry Offices consider only "-ov", "-yev" acceptable based on the previous law.
[3] Georgian Azerbaijani activists started similar campaigning to get rid of Russian surnames.