An interesting thing that the word "Ras" (раз) in Russian means "one". So he probably was initially Rasputin(One-putin), then Dvaputin(Two-putin), Triputin(Three-putin) and so on. Now he is known as V.V. Putin. Which could be a short hand for Vosemdesjat-Vosem Putin (Eighty-Eight-Putin). 