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  2. 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).

  3. Cowan (surname) - Wikipedia

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    The name Cowan is first seen in the historical record in the UK and Ireland among Briton people in the Scottish and English borderlands. [citation needed] It derives from the old Gaelic MacEoghain or MacEoin (the "mac" prefix meaning "son of") or the Gaelic given name Eoghan.

  4. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    Arab States of the Persian Gulf: Names mainly consist of the person's name followed by the father's first name connected by the word "ibn" or "bin" (meaning "son of"). The last name either refers to the name of the tribe the person belongs to, or to the region, city, or town he/she originates from.

  5. Surname - Wikipedia

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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. [75]

  6. Kay (surname) - Wikipedia

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    It derives from the Old Breton and Welsh cai and the Cornish key meaning "wharf", or from the Old English coeg meaning "key". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The surname is also a diminutive of MacKay and McKay . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In England, the Kay(e)s of Lancashire and Yorkshire are believed to be related to the ancient Kaye family of Woodesham , Yorkshire, and there ...

  7. Personal name - Wikipedia

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    As a result, unlike surnames, while using patronymic suffix the same last name will not pass down through many generations. And after marriage [29] the wife may or may not take her husband's given name as her last name instead of her father's. Eg: after marriage, Meena Jagadish: meaning Meena wife of Jagadish: Meena (first is wife's given name ...

  8. What happened to Mary Kay Letourneau, 'May December ... - AOL

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    What happened to Mary Kay Letourneau? The May December inspiration died in 2020 of cancer. Here's how her story compares to the movie.

  9. Fitzwilliam (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Fitzwilliam (or FitzWilliam), lit. "(bastard) Son of William", is derived from the Anglo-Norman prefix Fitz (pronounced "fits") often used in patronymic surnames of Anglo-Norman origin; that is to say originating in the 11th century (the word is a Norman French noun literally meaning "Son of", from the Latin filius (for 'son'), plus genitive case of the father's forename); and from William, lit.