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Pages in category "Estonian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 392 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Estonian masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 256 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Estonian feminine given names (169 P) M. Estonian masculine given names (256 P) This page was last edited on 5 March 2023, at 08:19 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 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 ...
Pages in category "Estonian feminine given names" The following 169 pages are in this category, out of 169 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Martin, along with a range of variant forms mostly of patronymic origin, borne by families descended from someone with the given name of Martin, are seen throughout Europe, though in some instances the Martin surname in England are instead of toponymic origin, coming from one of numerous places called Merton. Martin is the most common French ...
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).
Girsh Blumberg (born 1959), American - Estonian experimental physicist; Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1864), chemist; Georg Dehio (1850–1932), art historian; Jaan Einasto (born 1929), astrophysicist; Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1793–1831), entomologist; Bengt Gottfried Forselius (c. 1660–1688), founder of public education