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In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model of older, mainly eastern Finnish surnames such as Korhonen and Heikkinen.
The primary meaning of the word is 'freedom' or 'liberty' in Czech. As a surname, it used to refer to "free men" (to distinguish them from "serfs"). [1] In the old Czech orthography the word was written as Swoboda and this spelling is still preserved in countries where the letter "w" is common, such as Poland or German-speaking countries.
Haug is a surname which appears most commonly in Germany and Norway. The Norwegian name Haug derives the old Norse word haugr which can be translated to mean hill , knoll , or mound . [ citation needed ] The German surname Haug has a different etymology, probably short form of names beginning with Hug- "intelligence, understanding, spirit" (cf ...
[1] [2] Early forms of the surname include filius Huberti (in 1066), Hubert (in 1199), Huberd and Hubert (in 1230), and Hoberd (in 1291). [ 2 ] People with the surname
Hauck is a German patronymic family name, derived from the Germanic given name and surname Hugo, [1] meaning "Bright in Mind and Spirit" or "intelligence". [2] It may refer to the following notable persons: Albert Hauck (1845–1918), German theologian and church historian; Alexander Hauck (born 1988), German international rugby union player
The surname Mí is a variant pronunciation of nǐ , originally the term for the spirit of one's own dead father and then a synonym for spirit tablets and ancestral shrines, all aspects of ancestral veneration connected to traditional conceptions of filial piety. Mi Heng (禰衡; 173 – 200) – Scholar in the Late Han Dynasty
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Wilder is an English and German surname, sometimes used as a given name, meaning "untamed" or "wild", a wild, free, or natural state or existence, also passionately eager or enthusiastic. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]