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In medieval or early modern names, the von particle was at times added to commoners' names; thus, Hans von Duisburg meant ' Hans from [the city of] Duisburg '. This meaning is preserved in Swiss toponymic surnames and in the Dutch van, which is a cognate of von but also does not necessarily indicate nobility.
Von is a Germanic-language preposition that approximately means of or from. When it prefixes a surname it is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence ...
von – "of", "from"; often a sign of nobility, but also just a geographical term of the name originated of a location. zu - ( German ) "at"; a sign of nobility, sometimes in the combination von und zu , meaning the noble family still owns the place of naming
Von had an older half-brother, Roland von Kurnatowski Jr., the owner of Tipitina's and founder of the Tipitina's Foundation; he died in 2019 after an accidental shooting, aged 68. [59] Von also has one older brother who is two years his senior, two younger sisters, Rolanda and Whittier [ 60 ] and an older half-sister, Joan, who is an artist.
The names of the most ancient nobility, the Uradel, but also names of some old untitled nobility, often do not contain either von or zu, such as Grote, Knigge or Vincke. [6] Conversely, the prefix von occurs in the names of 200 to 300 non-noble families, [7] much like van in the Netherlands.
The preposition von ("of") was used to distinguish nobility; for example, if someone was baron of the village of Veltheim, his family name would be von Veltheim. In modern times, people who were elevated to nobility often had a 'von' added to their name. For example, Johann Wolfgang Goethe had his name changed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...
Picture of the Von Erichs. From left to right: Kerry, Fritz, Chris (front), Kevin, Mike and David. The Von Erich family is an American professional wrestling family. Originally from Texas, their actual surname is Adkisson, but every member working in wrestling has used the ring name "Von Erich" after family patriarch Fritz Von Erich (real name Jack Adkisson).
von Weber is a German surname based on the name Weber, with the added nobiliary particle "von". Notable people with this name include: Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer; Max Maria von Weber (1822–1881), German engineer; Ritter von Weber, aristocratic German family Eduard Ritter von Weber (1870–1934), German mathematician