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Surname Meaning Frequency % Origin 1 Silva: toponymic; woodland 9.44% Latin silva: 2 Santos: saints 5.96% Latin sanctus: 3 Ferreira: blacksmith 5.25% Latin ferrarius: 4 Pereira: pear tree 4.88% Latin pirus: 5 Oliveira: olive tree 3.71% Latin oliva: 6 Costa: toponymic; '[from the] coast' 3.68% Latin costa: 7 Rodrigues: patronymic; 'son of ...
Pages in category "Latin-language surnames" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images. 6. Pascal. This masculine name of Latin origin means “relating to Easter” and has ties to the Aramaic word for Passover as well.
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).
Herrera – 451,226 – From the Latin word ferrāria, meaning either "Iron Mine" or "Iron Works". Medina – 431,518 – From the Arabic word madina, meaning city. Vargas – 427,854 – From Spanish and Portuguese, from various places called Vargas, meaning variously "thatched hut", "steep slope", or "fenced pastureland which becomes ...
Even before the development of the nomen as a hereditary surname, it was customary to use the name of a person's father as a means of distinguishing him or her from others with the same personal name, like a patronymic; thus Lucius, the son of Marcus, would be Lucius, Marci filius; Paulla, the daughter of Quintus, would be Paulla, Quinti filia ...
The surname Spring is shared by: Amos Spring (1880–1958), English cricketer; Antoine Frédéric Spring (1814–1872), Belgian physician and botanist; Arthur Spring (born 1976), Irish Labour Party politician; Bryan Spring (born 1945), British jazz drummer; Charles A. Spring (1800–1892), American merchant and religious leader
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...