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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).
Several surnames have multiple spellings; this is sometimes due to unrelated families bearing the same surname. A single surname in either language may have multiple translations in the other. In some English translations of the names, the M(a)c- prefix may be omitted in the English, e.g. Bain vs MacBain, Cowan vs MacCowan, Ritchie vs MacRitchie.
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[citation needed] An additional option, although rarely practiced [citation needed], is the adoption of the last name derived from a blend of the prior names, such as "Simones", which also requires a legal name change. Some couples keep their own last names but give their children hyphenated or combined surnames. [73]
W wood, forest Betws-y-coed: cot, cott OE, W cottage, small building or derived from Bry/W Coed or Coet meaning a wood Ascot, Didcot, Draycott in the Clay, Swadlincote [25] suffix Craig, crag, creag Bry, SG, I A jutting rock. Craigavon, Creag Meagaidh, Pen y Graig, Ard Crags: This root is common to all the Celtic languages. croft OE An enclosed ...
/ t ə ˈ w ɑː s ən / Variant pronunciations of one place Canada: Tsawwasen: sə-WAH-sən / s ə ˈ w ɑː s ən / Variant pronunciations of one place Ireland: Tuam: CHOO-əm / ˈ tʃ uː ə m / Australia: Wagga Wagga: WOG-ə-WOG-ə / ˈ w ɒ ɡ ə ˌ w ɒ ɡ ə / Australia: Wangi Wangi: WON-jee-WON-jee / ˈ w ɒ n dʒ i ˌ w ɒ n dʒ i ...
Surnames of some South Slavic groups such as Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks traditionally end with the suffixes "-ić" and "-vić" (often transliterated to English and other western languages as "ic", "ich", "vic" or "vich". The v is added in the case of a name to which "-ić" is appended would otherwise end with a vowel, to avoid ...