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  2. Jǐ (ancient surname) - Wikipedia

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    It is not listed in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. [1] Ji 己 is one of the eight surnames of Zhu Rong, related to the Mi clan, which founded Chu, a major state during the Zhou dynasty. [2] Scholar Li Xuanbo believes that the name originates from the clan's totem of snake. The Chinese character Ji 己 resembles a snake. [3]

  3. List of organisms with names derived from Indigenous ...

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    Arackar means "skeleton" and licanatay is another name for the Atacama people, the indigenous inhabitants of the region where the holotype was found, who previously spoke Kunza [22] Aratasaurus museunacionali † basal coelurosaur: Tupi: The genus name means "lizard born from fire" from Tupi ara "born" and atá "fire," and Greek saurus "lizard".

  4. Category:Surnames from given names - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Surnames from given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,135 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  5. Bates (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Bates is a common surname of English origin and is derived from the name Bartholomew. [1] The name could also originate from the Old English "Bat", meaning "Boat", [2] as used to identify a person whose occupation was boatman. [3]

  6. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).

  7. Category:Surnames - Wikipedia

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    Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western cultures, but family names in general), especially articles concerned with one surname.. Use template {{}} to populate this category.

  8. Category:English-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,380 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  9. Animal epithet - Wikipedia

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    Poisson (meaning fish) is a metonym for a fishmonger or fisherman. [26] Loiseau (The bird) and Lechat (The cat) are nicknames, Lechat indicating either a flexible man or a hypocrite, Loiseau suggesting a lightly-built birdlike person. [27] [28] In Sweden, the surname Falk is common; [29] it is found among Swedish nobility from 1399. [30]