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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).
A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
The most common Danish family name surnames are patronymic and end in -sen; for example Rasmussen, originally meaning "son of Rasmus" (Rasmus' son).Descendants of Danish or Norwegian immigrants to the United States frequently have similar names ending in the suffix "-sen" or have changed the spelling to "-son".
The Møre surname is a place name derived from the Old Norse "Moerr", and the Norwegian word "Marr", meaning ocean, sea, or coastal district. Rollo, the famous Viking and founder of the Dukes of Normandy, may have been a member of this family, if his father - as some historians have it - was Rognvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre, Norway.
It has several independent origins. One of the origins of the surname, in England and Wales, is from the Norman personal name Lowis , Lodovicus . This name is from the post-Classical Latin name Ludovicus , the latinized form of the Germanic name Hlūtwīg , meaning "famed battle" (hlūt meaning "loud" or "famous" and wīg meaning "battle").
Jones is a surname of English and Welsh origin derived from the personal name Jone (a variant of John) and the genitive ending -s. [1] It is particularly common in Wales, where it represents an anglicization of the Welsh patronymic ap Siôn. [2] The surname is one of the most common in the United States, and is consistently ranked in the top ...
Originally a patronymic, Owen became a fixed surname in Wales beginning with the reign of Henry VIII. [1] Etymologists consider it to originate from Eugene , meaning 'noble-born'. [ 2 ] According to T. J. Morgan and Prys Morgan in Welsh Surnames : "the name is a derivation of the Latin Eugenis > OW Ou[u]ein , Eug[u]ein ... variously written in ...